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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 28, 2003Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2003, 5:04 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2003, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 25 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2003-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 714 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2003-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 363 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
714 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-280 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
363 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 282204
SVRDDC
KSC057-282245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
503 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 503 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF KINGSDOWN...OR ABOUT 4 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BLOOM...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RURAL RESIDENCE OF SOUTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS,

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3759 9973 3761 10021 3748 10019 3747 9972

$$

BURGERT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton23 min
Jun 27, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton44 min
Jun 27, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott73 min
Jun 27, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott45 min
Jun 27, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton75 min
Jun 27, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott39 min
Jun 27, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott23 min
Jun 27, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott60 min
Jun 27, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott25 min
Jun 27, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton56 min
Jun 27, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney49 min
Jun 27, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott30 min
Jun 27, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton45 min
Jun 27, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney59 min
Jun 27, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton62 min
Jun 28, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt45 min
Jun 28, 8:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt29 min
Jun 28, 8:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche52 min
Jun 28, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark41 min
Jun 28, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark49 min
Jun 28, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade42 min
Jun 28, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord44 min
Jun 28, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark46 min
Jun 28, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade59 min
Jun 28, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord62 min
Jun 28, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray58 min
Jun 28, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman56 min
Jun 28, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess42 min

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.