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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 1, 2003Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2003, 7:04 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 1, 2003, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2003, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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 2003-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 487 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 2003-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
487 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 020004
SVRDDC
KSC069-020045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
704 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...OR ABOUT 3
  MILES NORTHEAST OF PIERCEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  INGALLS AT 715 PM CDT
  CIMARRON AT 725 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR,



LAT...LON 3798 10064 3774 10063 3774 10021 3799 10023

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney36 min
Jun 1, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.