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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Wichita, KS

August 12, 2002Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 12, 2002, 12:21 AM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2002, 12:21 AM CDT (05:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2002, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barton County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2002-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2276 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2002-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

537 
WFUS53 KICT 120521
TORICT
KSC009-120600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
ISSUED BY NWS TOPEKA KS
1221 AM CDT MON AUG 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1215 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF GREAT BEND...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  ELLINWOOD
  CLAFLIN

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING. AS A
LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3850 9880 3826 9882 3831 9848 3854 9849

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell61 min
Aug 11, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton57 min
Aug 12, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln52 min
Aug 12, 6:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Rice47 min
Aug 12, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln57 min
Aug 12, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice68 min
Aug 12, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.