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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2003Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2003, 12:02 AM CDT for Gray 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 24, 2003, 12:02 AM CDT (05:02 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2003, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gray County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2003-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1125 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 2003-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
1125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1040 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 240502
SVRDDC
KSC069-240545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1202 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1202 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTH OF CHARLESTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  CHARLESTON AT 1210 AM CDT
  INGALLS AT 1225 AM CDT
  CIMARRON AT 1235 AM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3798 10065 3772 10063 3765 10022 3798 10024

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray44 min
May 24, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman46 min
May 24, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray61 min
May 24, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt43 min
May 24, 1:44 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCGray46 min
May 24, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards62 min
May 24, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney50 min
May 24, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray46 min
May 24, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott57 min
May 24, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane61 min
May 24, 6:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber43 min
May 24, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego49 min
May 24, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess61 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.