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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 23, 2003Grant County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2003, 6:44 PM CDT for Grant County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 23, 2003, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Grant County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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 23, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2003-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1681 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 380 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
1681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-356 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
461 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

441 
WUUS53 KDDC 232344
SVRDDC
KSC067-093-240030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
643 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
  KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF ULYSSES...OR ABOUT 3 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF BIG BOW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  LAKIN AT 715 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  DAMAGING HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS,
  WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR

LAT...LON 3740 10151 3749 10128 3816 10111 3810 10151

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton48 min
Jun 23, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton50 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.