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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2003Lane County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2003-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2003-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray43 min
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, 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.