Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 119
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 18, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT for 19 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2002, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rush County, KS, Saline County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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.
Warnings issued inside it
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 56 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, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 60 min |
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 23 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Johnson, Linn, Miami | 6 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.