Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2002, 11:38 PM CST for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 8, 2002, 11:38 PM CST (05:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2002, 12:45 AM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 12:01 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Pittsburg, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KSGF 090538 SVRSGF KSC011-021-037-090645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1136 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN KANSAS CRAWFORD COUNTY IN KANSAS BOURBON COUNTY IN KANSAS * UNTIL 1245 AM CST * AT 1131 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PRESCOTT TO 6 MILES EAST OF COFFEYVILLE...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... FORT SCOTT BY 1150 PM CST. MCCUNE BY 1155 PM CST. GIRARD BY MIDNIGHT CST. WEST MINERAL...ARMA...ARCADIA BY 1210 AM CST. SCAMMON...FRONTENAC...CHEROKEE BY 1215 AM CST. PITTSBURG...WEIR...COLUMBUS BY 1220 AM CST. THE TOWNS OF DEVON...PETERSBURG...HARDING...MAPLETON AND MARMATON ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3804 9504 3699 9507 3699 9463 3805 9461 BOOKBINDER
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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.