Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2003, 2:02 AM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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
- Sep 10, 2003, 2:02 AM CDT (07:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2003, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 1940 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 100702 SVRDDC KSC129-100745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 202 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 245 AM CDT * AT 159 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF RICHFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKHART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED RURAL RESIDENTS OF MORTON COUNTY THROUGH 245 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS, WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR, VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING, 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 3739 10204 3699 10203 3701 10157 3738 10157 $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 46 min |
| Sep 10, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 48 min |
| Sep 10, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 45 min |
| Sep 10, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 43 min |
| Sep 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 59 min |
| Sep 10, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 63 min |
| Sep 10, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 59 min |
| Sep 10, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 41 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.