Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2002, 9:07 PM CDT for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2002, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Greenwood County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 9:07 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Emporia, KS | |
| Jun 26, 9:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Olpe, KS | |
| Jun 26, 9:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Madison, KS | |
| Jun 26, 10:08 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Hamilton, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1911 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 270207 SVRICT KSC073-270300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 906 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. * AT 906 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER OLPE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA...MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR MADISON AROUND 915 PM CDT... NEAR HAMILTON AROUND 925 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES... DAMAGING WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR... VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING... SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES. REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3836 9612 3829 9633 3792 9617 3799 9595 /ES NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lyon | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 53 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.