Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2003, 1:18 AM CDT for Smith 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, 1:18 AM CDT (06:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2003, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 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), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:18 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3917 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.3
- Supercell composite
- -2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGID 230618 TORGID KSC183-230715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 117 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 113 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 14 MILES NORTH OF KENSINGTON...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... THOMBURG AT 125 AM CDT... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. SEEK SHELTER NOW. LAT...LON 4000 9905 3979 9907 3978 9852 3999 9852 & $$ GUYER NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 58 min |
| Jun 22, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Smith | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Jewell | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 12:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 65 min |
| Jun 23, 1:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 64 min |
Nearby
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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.