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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 28, 2003Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2003, 11:52 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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
Jul 28, 2003, 11:52 PM CDT (04:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2003, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1031 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1031 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

441 
WUUS53 KDDC 290452
SVRDDC
KSC033-290515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1151 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1151 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AND SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF PROTECTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  COLDWATER AT MIDNIGHT CDT
  WILMORE AT 1215 AM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS,
  WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR,

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3736 9953 3703 9952 3702 9901 3736 9904

$$

BURKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche34 min
Jul 29, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny55 min
Jul 29, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott47 min
Jul 29, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny45 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.