Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 229
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 4, 2003, 12:10 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2003, 12:10 AM CDT (05:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2003, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 104 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Worth County, MO, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:09 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.
Warnings issued inside it
16 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 47 min |
| May 4, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson | 26 min |
| May 4, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Otoe | 31 min |
| May 4, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk | 61 min |
| May 4, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 30 min |
| May 4, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Boone, Platte | 47 min |
| May 4, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Seward | 44 min |
| May 4, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Nemaha | 41 min |
| May 4, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 29 min |
| May 4, 3:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 33 min |
| May 4, 3:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 33 min |
| May 4, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 43 min |
| May 4, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 28 min |
| May 4, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 47 min |
| May 4, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cuming, Thurston | 40 min |
| May 4, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 46 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 11:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona and 5 more | 59 min |
| May 4, 2:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll and 37 more | 92 min |
| May 4, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 23 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 7:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 15 more | 2 hr |
| May 4, 9:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee, Clay and 17 more | 117 min |
| May 4, 12:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Taylor | 2 hr |
| May 4, 12:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 2:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Taylor | 113 min |
| May 4, 3:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 22 more | 2 hr |
| May 4, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Lee, Van Buren | 6 hr |
| May 4, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur and 14 more | 5 hr |
| May 3, 11:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Clay and 43 more | 83 min |
| May 4, 10:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Butler, Chase, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson and 19 more | 116 min |
| May 4, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 19 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 11:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 4, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 2:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ellis, Gove, Jewell, Lane, Lincoln, Mitchell and 9 more | 92 min |
| May 4, 3:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 1 more | 115 min |
| May 4, 4:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Wyandotte | 62 min |
| May 4, 4:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn, Neosho | 2 hr |
| May 4, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 7 hr |
| May 4, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Doniphan, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| May 4, 5:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Stoddard | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 18 more | 55 min |
| May 4, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 8:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arthur, Box Butte, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Deuel and 10 more | 57 min |
| May 3, 9:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Buffalo, Chase and 33 more | 33 min |
| May 3, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Antelope, Arthur, Blaine, Boone, Boyd and 41 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 1:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Fillmore, Gage, Hamilton, Lancaster, Saline and 2 more | 2 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.