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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 23, 2003Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2003, 10:02 AM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 23, 2003, 10:02 AM CDT (15:02 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2003, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pratt County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2003-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 108 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 2003-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -52 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
108 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-356 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

233 
WUUS53 KDDC 231502
SVRDDC
KSC151-231545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1001 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT

* AT 1001 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF SAWYER...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RURAL PRATT COUNTY AT 1020 AM CDT

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



LAT...LON 3767 9871 3748 9881 3746 9844 3761 9847

$$

LACY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford40 min
May 23, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt48 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.