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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS

May 15, 2003Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2003, 3:38 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
May 15, 2003, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2003, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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
May 15, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2003-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 628 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 2003-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
628 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 152038
TORGLD
KSC203-152130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
338 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 338 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER NORTHWESTERN WICHITA
  COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEOTI...MOVING EAST AT 10
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  AFFECTING RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA.

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED OR DETECTED
BY RADAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER NOW

LAT...LON 3868 10155 3860 10156 3854 10128 3869 10128

RUBIN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley57 min
May 15, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas58 min
May 15, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace57 min
May 15, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman58 min
May 15, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace66 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2003Every tornado warning in 2003Tornadoes 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.