Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 414

June 11, 200244 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 11, 2002, 9:15 PM CDT for 44 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2002, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2002, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford45 min
Jun 11, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno, Rice59 min
Jun 11, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee43 min
Jun 11, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford16 min
Jun 11, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford62 min
Jun 11, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno62 min
Jun 11, 10:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarvey6 hr
Jun 11, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick62 min
Jun 11, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt57 min
Jun 11, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey56 min
Jun 11, 11:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSedgwick6 hr
Jun 11, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford45 min
Jun 12, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner55 min
Jun 12, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery56 min
Jun 12, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette57 min
Jun 12, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee52 min

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2002-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2002-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
8 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.8

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane and 11 more6 hr
Jun 11, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Johnson, Linn, Miami4 hr
Jun 11, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 8 more3 hr
Jun 12, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Butler, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Harper and 4 more5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.