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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 10, 2003Morton County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2003-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1940 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2003-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego46 min
Sep 10, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman32 min
Sep 10, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush48 min
Sep 10, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego45 min
Sep 10, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis43 min
Sep 10, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade59 min
Sep 10, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards44 min
Sep 10, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush63 min
Sep 10, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee59 min
Sep 10, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman44 min
Sep 10, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis41 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.