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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 16, 2003Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2003, 12:14 AM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 16, 2003, 12:14 AM CDT (05:14 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2003, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 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
May 15, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2003-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 351 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 417 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
351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
695 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

126 
WUUS53 KDDC 160514
SVRDDC
KSC007-151-160600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1214 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1214 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AND SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES WEST OF
  HOPEWELL TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUN CITY TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  AETNA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBURG
  TO 2 MILES NORTH OF BELVIDERE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF AETNA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  SUN CITY AT 1220 AM CDT
  LAKE CITY AT 1225 AM CDT
  HOPEWELL AT 1230 AM CDT
  HAZELTON AT 1235 AM CDT
  SAWYER AT 1240 AM CDT
  ISABEL AT 1250 AM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES,
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR,
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING,

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS. 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 3780 9850 3780 9900 3701 9899 3702 9836
          3748 9850

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny45 min
May 15, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell, Seward28 min
May 15, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMeade, Seward44 min
May 15, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMeade42 min
May 15, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCSeward39 min
May 15, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMeade42 min
May 15, 10:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCMeade, Seward3 hr
May 15, 10:19 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade26 min
May 15, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Meade23 min
May 15, 10:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Meade43 min
May 15, 11:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade38 min
May 15, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa45 min
May 15, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord32 min
May 16, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa23 min
May 16, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards26 min
May 16, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt, Stafford48 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.