Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2003, 2:56 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2003, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 241956 SVRDDC KSC101-135-195-242045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 256 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PENDENNIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED UTICA AT 320 PM CDT ARNOLD AT 340 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES, STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 3869 10030 3861 10039 3847 9995 3871 9987 $$ 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, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 61 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, 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.