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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Wichita, KS

April 30, 2003Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2003, 10:43 PM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 10:43 PM CDT (03:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2003, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
47 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), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2003-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2775 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2003-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
2775 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1288 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 010343
TORICT
KSC035-010430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1042 PM CDT WED APR 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE

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

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  WINFIELD...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEXTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
  THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR DEXTER AROUND 1050 PM CDT...

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

REPEATING...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR COWLEY COUNTY 
UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3720 9694 3703 9690 3705 9658 3724 9661

$$

/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, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley46 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, 10:54 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.