Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2002, 12:01 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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
- Apr 19, 2002, 12:01 AM CDT (05:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2002, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 12:20 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Wolf Creek, KS | |
| Apr 19, 1:02 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Hunter, 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 5990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 190501 SVRICT KSC105-190600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1200 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 100 AM CDT. * AT 1201 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUCAS...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR SYLVAN GROVE AROUND 1210 AM CDT... NEAR BARNARD AROUND 1250 AM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3913 9849 3890 9848 3926 9781 3948 9802 /ES NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 18, 8:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 8:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...MESO UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 800 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002 AS OF 0130Z...DRYLINE HAD RETREATED TO A PSN FM JUST W OF SALINA THROUGH RICE COUNTY...INTO NRN STAFFORD COUNTY. HOWEVER LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOW THE STORMS LINING UP ALONG A MORE WEST TO EAST ORIENTED BOUNDARY FM CNTRL STAFFORD CO...ACROSS RICE...MCPHERSON AND MARION COUNTIES. 925-850 WINDS WL INCREASE FM THE S-SW THROUGH 03Z... CREATING STRONG CONVERGENCE IN THIS REGION...ALSO SUPPORTING SOME BACK-BUILDING CELLS. CORFIDI VECTORS SUGGEST CONTINUED EWD PROPAGATION OF CELLS AND SOME TRAINING ECHOES. THUS, WL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING THIS EVENING. WILL STILL NEED TO WATCH ANY INDIVIDUAL CELLS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 1-3 HRS...PARTICULARLY IF LOW LVL WINDS CAN BACK CREATING HIGHER 0-3KM SHEAR. THE STORMS MAY TREND TOWARD MORE ELEVATED IN NATURE IN THE 03Z TO 06Z TIMEFRAME ACCORDING TO FCST RUC SOUNDINGS. OTHER ELEVATED CONVECTION SEEMS PROBABLE IN CENTRAL KANSAS LATER TONIGHT AS THE FRONT DROPS INTO THIS REGION FROM NEBRASKA. CARUSO .ICT... KS...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 9:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-190701- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 915 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 112 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS... HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 119 IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS... RUSSELL... LINCOLN... SALINE... BARTON... ELLSWORTH... RICE... MCPHERSON... MARION... CHASE... ...AND IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS RENO... HARVEY... CITIES INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 119 ARE LINCOLN...RUSSELL...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...AND COTTONWOOD FALLS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE WATCH AREA...BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ES
Local storm report, Apr 18, 10:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
1052 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM 2 NW MCPHERSON KS .88 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MCPHERSON REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0557 PM 7 NW MCPHERSON KS 1.50 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MCPHERSON REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0604 PM LINDSBORG KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MCPHERSON REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0610 PM 8 N MCPHERSON KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MCPHERSON REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0610 PM 4 N MCPHERSON KS 2.00 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MCPHERSON REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0630 PM 4 NE MCPHERSON KS TORNADO
04/18/02 MCPHERSON TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.
0631 PM 4 N GALVA KS TORNADO
04/18/02 MCPHERSON LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.
0655 PM MCPHERSON KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MCPHERSON REPORTED BY CO-OP
OBSERVER.
0730 PM 3 E SAXMAN KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 RICE REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0733 PM 2 NW SAXMAN KS .88 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 RICE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0740 PM 2 SE LITTLE RIVER KS 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 RICE REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0750 PM 1 S DURHAM KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MARION REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0756 PM MCPHERSON KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MCPHERSON REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0820 PM LEHIGH KS .88 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MARION REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0823 PM HILLSBORO KS .88 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MARION REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0826 PM MCPHERSON KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MCPHERSON REPORTED BY
CO-OP OBSERVER.
0830 PM 4 SW CONWAY KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MCPHERSON REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0830 PM HILLSBORO KS 70 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/18/02 MARION
0853 PM MARION LAKE KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MARION REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0920 PM 9 W ELMDALE KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 CHASE REPORTED PUBLIC.
0930 PM 2 NW ELMDALE KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 CHASE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1010 PM MCPHERSON KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MCPHERSON REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1018 PM DURHAM KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MARION REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
1018 PM 4 W TAMPA KS .88 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MARION REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
1023 PM HILLSBORO KS .88 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MARION REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
1030 PM DURHAM KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MARION REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1030 PM 1 E DURHAM KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02 MARION REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 64 min |
| Apr 18, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 62 min |
| Apr 18, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 67 min |
| Apr 18, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 65 min |
| Apr 18, 11:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 1:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 43 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.