Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

April 29, 2003Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2003, 3:30 AM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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
Apr 29, 2003, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2003, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 210 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2003-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2003-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

695 
WUUS53 KGID 290830
SVRGID
KSC183-290930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
330 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 326 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF KENSINGTON...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KENSINGTON AT 345 AM CDT
  ATHOL AT 355 AM CDT
  SMITH CENTER AT 410 AM CDT
  BELLAIRE AT 420 AM CDT
  LEBANON AT 430 AM CDT

PEOPLE IN SMITH COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

LAT...LON 3966 9906 3997 9906 3997 9857 3966 9852
$$
NNNN

MORITZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips56 min
Apr 29, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips60 min
Apr 29, 4:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell39 min
Apr 29, 4:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith43 min
Apr 29, 5:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell29 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.