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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2003, 6:21 PM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
- May 15, 2003, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 628 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1350 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
552 WUUS53 KDDC 152321 SVRDDC KSC189-160000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 620 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF FETERITA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED FETERITA AT 630 PM CDT HUGOTON AT 645 PM CDT WOODS AT 700 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS, WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR, A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. 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 3700 10155 3701 10108 3735 10109 3723 10155 $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 46 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.