Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 17, 2003Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2003, 4:08 PM CST for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
Mar 17, 2003, 4:08 PM CST (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2003, 5:00 PM CST
In force
52 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), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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
Mar 17, 1:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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 12:00Z on 2003-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 336 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 2003-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
336 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-208 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 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.

820 
WUUS53 KDDC 172208
SVRDDC
KSC033-172300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
408 PM CST MON MAR 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CST.

* AT 408 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF BUTTERMILK...MOVING NORTH AT
  35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  COLDWATER AT 420 PM CST
  WILMORE AT 430 PM CST.

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

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY 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 3701 9940 3701 9902 3738 9901 3737 9939

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 2:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade32 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.