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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 10, 2003Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2003, 4:05 AM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 10, 2003, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2003, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Finney County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2003-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 398 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 2003-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 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.

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 100905
SVRDDC
KSC055-100945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
405 AM CDT SUN AUG 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 405 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES
  NORTH OF PIERCEVILLE TO HOLCOMB...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  GARDEN CITY AT 410 AM CDT
  PIERCEVILLE AT 425 AM CDT
  PLYMELL AT 430 AM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...  
  HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR,

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 3803 10107 3778 10106 3775 10067 3808 10066

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott66 min
Aug 10, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.