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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 23, 2003Clark County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2003, 9:34 AM CDT for Clark County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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
Apr 23, 2003, 9:34 AM CDT (14:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2003, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clark County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2003-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 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.

960 
WUUS53 KDDC 231434
SVRDDC
KSC025-097-231515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
933 AM CDT WED APR 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  EASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 933 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CLARK COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF
  SITKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RURAL KIOWA COUNTY AT 950 AM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS,

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 3732 9981 3716 9956 3738 9954 3746 9913
          3758 9933

$$

RITTERLING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 4:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott28 min
Apr 23, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott29 min
Apr 23, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche50 min
Apr 23, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark36 min
Apr 23, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa46 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.