Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 406

June 10, 200221 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Oklahoma; 13 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 10, 2002, 3:30 PM CDT for 21 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Oklahoma; 13 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2002, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell47 min
Jun 10, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson44 min
Jun 10, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell43 min
Jun 10, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess40 min
Jun 10, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford42 min
Jun 10, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOchiltree32 min
Jun 10, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray56 min
Jun 10, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess51 min
Jun 10, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade44 min
Jun 10, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGray23 min
Jun 10, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark53 min
Jun 10, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson34 min
Jun 10, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray43 min
Jun 10, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord49 min
Jun 10, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray31 min
Jun 10, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill38 min
Jun 10, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill31 min
Jun 10, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark48 min
Jun 10, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord46 min
Jun 10, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt51 min
Jun 10, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark41 min

The nearest sounding before it

W. Woodward Airport, OK (KWWR), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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, W. Woodward Airport, OK at 12:00Z on 2002-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1791 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, W. Woodward Airport, OK at 12:00Z on 2002-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
1791 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-286 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne and 6 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.