Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 718
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Oct 3, 2002, 10:40 PM CDT for 33 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2002, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2002, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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
5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 11:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 4 hr |
| Oct 3, 11:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 4 hr |
| Oct 3, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 51 min |
| Oct 4, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 48 min |
| Oct 4, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 50 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 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.