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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2003Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2003, 1:29 AM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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, 1:29 AM CDT (06:29 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2003, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gray County, KS

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 24, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 49 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 240629
SVRDDC
KSC069-240730-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 129 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF INGALLS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  MONTEZUMA AT 200 AM CDT
  THE HAGGARD ELEV AT 205 AM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  DAMAGING HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS,
  WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR,
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING,

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY
ISSUED.

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE
AREA. 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 3785 10041 3778 10062 3749 10059 3750 10020

$$

BURGERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray	43 min
May 24, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray	44 min
May 24, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman	46 min
May 24, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt	43 min
May 24, 1:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Gray	46 min
May 24, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards	62 min
May 24, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney	50 min
May 24, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray	46 min
May 24, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	57 min
May 24, 2:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane	61 min
May 24, 6:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	43 min
May 24, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	49 min
May 24, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness	61 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.