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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 158

April 24, 200321 counties in Kansas; 11 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 24, 2003, 2:35 PM CDT for 21 counties in Kansas; 11 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2003, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Anderson County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson53 min
Apr 24, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Miami45 min
Apr 24, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion54 min
Apr 24, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon45 min
Apr 24, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase29 min
Apr 24, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson61 min
Apr 24, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson63 min
Apr 24, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Osage43 min
Apr 24, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson27 min
Apr 24, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon45 min
Apr 24, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette94 min
Apr 24, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin, Osage34 min
Apr 24, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage24 min
Apr 24, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage49 min
Apr 24, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry42 min
Apr 24, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette62 min
Apr 24, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Hickory, St. Clair63 min
Apr 24, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry38 min
Apr 24, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis80 min
Apr 24, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Morgan43 min
Apr 24, 7:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton6 hr

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 12:00Z on 2003-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 2003-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 1:11 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarper, Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Marion, Reno and 2 more2 hr
Apr 24, 12:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Coffey, Franklin, Linn and 3 more2 hr
Apr 24, 3:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 15 more2 hr
Apr 24, 5:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas and 18 more54 min
Apr 24, 5:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Camden, Carter, Christian, Dallas, Douglas and 12 more113 min
Apr 24, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCButler, Carter, Douglas, Dunklin, Howell, Oregon and 7 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2003Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.