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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 23, 2003Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2003, 9:33 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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 23, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2003-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2627 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 2003-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 240233
SVRDDC
KSC119-240330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MISSLER TO 9 MILES 
SOUTH OF MEADE STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  FOWLER 
  MEADE
  MEADE LAKE STATE PARK

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... 
  WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY 
ISSUED FOR THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3746 10062 3702 10061 3702 10012 3746 10012

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott38 min
Jun 23, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward39 min
Jun 23, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade55 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.