Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 323
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 23, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Oklahoma; 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2002, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Carson County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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
14 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Roberts | 43 min |
| May 23, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey | 59 min |
| May 23, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 50 min |
| May 23, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Woodward | 58 min |
| May 23, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 38 min |
| May 23, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 45 min |
| May 24, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major | 58 min |
| May 24, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 63 min |
| May 24, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 66 min |
| May 24, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 67 min |
| May 24, 2:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| May 24, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 30 min |
| May 24, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 58 min |
| May 24, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 26 min |
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase and 45 more | 5 hr |
| May 24, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland and 15 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2002
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.