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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 31, 2003Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2003, 6:04 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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 31, 2003, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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
Jul 31, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2003-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 485 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 2003-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

395 
WUUS53 KDDC 312304
SVRDDC
KSC165-312330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
604 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF OTIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  OTIS AT 610 PM CDT

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

AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WHILE
LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DODGE CITY.

LAT...LON 3869 9924 3847 9924 3846 9904 3869 9905

$$

RITTERLING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis41 min
Jul 31, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego44 min
Jul 31, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess53 min
Jul 31, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford67 min
Jul 31, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush34 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.