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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Wichita, KS

July 9, 2003Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2003, 8:12 PM CDT for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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
Jul 9, 2003, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2003, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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
Jul 9, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 244 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1823 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 100112
SVRICT
KSC073-100215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
812 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.

* AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF EUREKA...MOVING EAST AT
  45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR EUREKA AROUND 825 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...
  DAMAGING WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR...

THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
GREENWOOD COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3794 9649 3773 9651 3770 9597 3799 9597

$$

/COX

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman57 min
Jul 9, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick62 min
Jul 9, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler61 min
Jul 9, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick46 min
Jul 9, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper56 min
Jul 9, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick34 min
Jul 9, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson56 min
Jul 9, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper63 min
Jul 9, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler58 min
Jul 9, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley54 min
Jul 9, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson61 min
Jul 9, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk53 min
Jul 9, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner65 min
Jul 9, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua55 min
Jul 9, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery53 min
Jul 9, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley61 min
Jul 9, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery53 min
Jul 9, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette66 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.