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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 9, 2003Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2003, 10:33 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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 9, 2003, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2003, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 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 9, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2003-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2435 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2435 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

605 
WUUS53 KDDC 100333
SVRDDC
KSC195-100415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1032 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1032 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES   
  NORTHEAST OF VODA TO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TREGO CENTER...MOVING   
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  WAKEENEY AT 1045 PM CDT
  TREGO CENTER AT 1055 PM CDT
  OGALLAH AT 1110 PM CDT
  RIGA AT 1115 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS,
  WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR,
  VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING,

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3912 10012 3871 10015 3871 9962 3912 9960

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens44 min
Jun 9, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade31 min
Jun 9, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade26 min
Jun 9, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade48 min
Jun 9, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa50 min
Jun 9, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott49 min
Jun 10, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt40 min
Jun 10, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt45 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.