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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

April 30, 2003Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2003, 8:29 PM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 30, 2003, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2003, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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
Apr 30, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2003-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3988 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2003-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
3988 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1381 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
10.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 010129
TORICT
KSC035-010215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
828 PM CDT WED APR 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WINFIELD...OR 3 MILES NORTH OF UDALL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS
  STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

AT 828 PM CDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A ROTATING WALL 
CLOUD ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF UDALL.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW

REPEATING...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR UNTIL 915 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3745 9713 3737 9712 3739 9704 3747 9707

&

$$

/ES

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler64 min
Apr 30, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner54 min
Apr 30, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick40 min
Apr 30, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick47 min
Apr 30, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler58 min
Apr 30, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood55 min
Apr 30, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner55 min
Apr 30, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley62 min
Apr 30, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson43 min
Apr 30, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler60 min
Apr 30, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen29 min
Apr 30, 9:57 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley48 min
Apr 30, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen32 min
Apr 30, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua36 min
Apr 30, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk58 min
Apr 30, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley47 min
Apr 30, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho51 min
Apr 30, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua51 min
Apr 30, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler55 min
Apr 30, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery57 min
Apr 30, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua49 min
Apr 30, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho46 min
Apr 30, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler49 min
May 1, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion55 min
May 1, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman44 min
May 1, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno67 min
May 1, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner58 min
May 1, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley43 min
May 1, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson42 min
May 1, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua40 min
May 1, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner50 min
May 1, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley43 min
May 1, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua62 min
May 1, 2:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChautauqua5 hr
May 1, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery57 min
May 1, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley63 min
May 1, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette60 min

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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.