Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2002, 10:59 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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
- Aug 11, 2002, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2002, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 11:12 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Russell, KS | |
| Aug 11, 11:35 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Luray, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 2276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
583 WUUS53 KICT 120359 SVRICT KSC167-120500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1059 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. * AT 1059 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF PARADISE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR OSWEGO AROUND 1115 PM CDT... NEAR VALLEY FALLS AROUND 1125 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING... VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING... SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. LAT...LON 3902 9911 3890 9895 3926 9840 3945 9864 /FRANK NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 52 min |
| Aug 12, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 68 min |
| Aug 12, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 40 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.