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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 16, 2003Barber County, Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2003, 12:57 AM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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, 12:57 AM CDT (05:57 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2003, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.

733 
WUUS53 KDDC 160557
SVRDDC
KSC007-151-185-160645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1255 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE    
  EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF MACKSVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF IUKA 
  TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF HARDTNER...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2    
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELPRE TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRATT TO 5 MILES 
  SOUTH OF HARDTNER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  MACKSVILLE AT 100 AM CDT
  MEDICINE LODGE AT 105 AM CDT
  ISABEL AT 110 AM CDT
  CAIRO AT 115 AM CDT
  PRESTON AT 120 AM CDT
  ST. JOHN AT 125 AM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES,
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 70 MILES AN HOUR,
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING,

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY 
ISSUED FOR PRATT AND BARBER COUNTIES.

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 3823 9889 3800 9890 3797 9900 3778 9885
          3761 9867 3700 9869 3702 9836 3735 9838
          3737 9848 3824 9849

$$

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, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt46 min
May 16, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa23 min
May 16, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards26 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.