Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 418

May 22, 200317 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 22, 2003, 6:00 PM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2003, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 3:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace2 hr
May 22, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Logan, Sherman, Wallace6 hr
May 22, 5:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 15 more89 min
May 22, 5:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Logan, Sherman, Wallace114 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.