Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2003, 8:31 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 19, 2003, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Montgomery County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 200131 SVRICT KSC125-200200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 830 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 900 PM CDT. * AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF TYRO...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF COFFEYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR DEARING AROUND 835 PM CDT... NEAR COFFEYVILLE AROUND 840 PM CDT... 7 MILES SOUTH OF LIBERTY AROUND 850 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING... FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3714 9593 3701 9594 3701 9552 3718 9559 $$ /EKSTER NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 19, 2:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 2:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before
AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 200 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003 OVERALL...GOING FCST IS IN GOOD SHAPE. ONLY MINOR TWEAKS NEEDED ALONG WITH A FEW ADJUSTMENTS HERE AND THERE. WL PLAN ON ISSUING FORECAST PACKAGE EALIER TODAY DUE TO THE IMMINENT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR PARTS OF THE CWA. NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES IN AND NEAR THE CWA WILL MAKE FOR A DIFFICULT CONVECTION FORECAST FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER COMPLICATING FACTOR IS THE VARYING AMOUNTS OF INSOLATION ACROSS THE CWA. ALL IN ALL...SFC MOISTURE IS SLOWLY INCREASING ACROSS THE VERY SRN PART OF THE CWA...AND THE WINDS ARE BACKED AROUND TO THE SE. NO DOUBT THAT THERE IS ENOUGH SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS TODAY (APPROX 50-70KTS 0-6KM). INSOLATION IN SRN KS HAS BECOME WEAK AT BEST...LIMITING SFC BASED INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...STORMS SHUD DEVLOP IN MORE UNSTABLE AREAS OF OK AND MOVE RAPIDLY N AND NEWD INTO THE SRN SXNS OF MY CWA AND RESPOND TO THE GOOD LOW LEVEL SHEAR AS WELL AS THE LOW LCL HEIGHTS. STORMS MAY ALSO BE OF THE LOW TOPPED VARIETY IN THIS SLIGHTLY COOLER AIRMASS UP HERE...BUT NO DOUBT WILL BE POTENT...I.E...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL LIKELY SHIFT FURTHER EWD INTO SERN KS LATER THIS EVENING. WILL ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL...ESP IF STORMS CAN TRAIN & PROPAGATE ALONG BOUNDARIES. STORMS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AND MOVE EWD WITH THE DEPARTING SYSTEM. WL KEEP POPS GOING OVERNIGHT...ESP FOR S-CNTRL AND SERN ZONES. AS IMPLIED EALIER...SOME STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...ESP EARLY ON. NO BIG CHANGES TO THE REST OF THE FORECAST...AS GOING FORECAST MATCHES NICELY WITH LATEST MODEL RUNS. NEXT SIG SYSTEM LOOKS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA SOMETIME WED AND THURS WITH THE CHC OF TSTMS...AND CURRENT FCST HANDLES THIS WELL. GRIDS/ZONES TO FLY BY 215... AS ALWAYS...COMMENTS/OPINIONS WELCOMED... FCSTID =5/EKSTER ICT 45 62 41 67 / 60 5 5 5 HUT 43 61 41 67 / 40 10 5 5 EWK 44 61 41 67 / 50 10 5 5 EQA 46 61 41 67 / 60 10 5 5 WLD 47 64 42 67 / 70 5 5 5 RSL 41 59 39 66 / 30 10 5 5 GBD 41 61 39 66 / 30 10 5 5 SLN 43 60 39 66 / 50 10 5 5 MPR 44 61 41 67 / 50 10 5 5 CFV 48 64 44 67 / 70 5 5 5 CNU 48 62 44 66 / 70 10 5 5 K88 48 61 43 66 / 70 10 5 5 .ICT... KS...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR ZONES KSC015...KSC035...KSC077...KSC095...KSC173...KSC191.
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 11:55 AM CDT, 8 hours 36 minutes before
KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-201030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1155 AM CDT SAT APR 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY CLOSER TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. OTHERWISE, LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL KICK OUT INTO THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY EVENING, WITH A DRYLINE EXTENDING SOUTH FROM THIS LOW. IN ADDITION, A STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE DRAPED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS, SOUTH OF A WELLINGTON TO CHANUTE LINE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIATE IN THE VICINITY OF THE SURFACE LOW AND DRYLINE IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA BY LATE AFTERNOON, WITH THESE STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. OTHER STORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR AND ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT. THE SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY MOVE NORTHEAST TO EAST AT SPEEDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK, AS YET ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL WAVE EJECTS OUT INTO THE PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ICT/HWO/HWOICT.HTM JMC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 7:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
KSZ069-070-093-094-098-191300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 730 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003 TORNADO WATCH #132 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...GREENWOOD...WOODSON...ALLEN...WILSON...NEOSHO...ELK... MONTGOMERY...LABETTE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES... TORNADO WATCH #131 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR KINGMAN...HARPER...SUMNER...SEDGWICK...COWLEY AND BUTLER COUNTIES...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 53 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.