Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 702
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 9, 2003, 3:55 PM CDT for 46 counties in Kansas; 28 counties in Missouri; Nemaha County, Richardson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2003, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 76 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Barber County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ray County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Nemaha County, NE, Richardson County, NE
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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
51 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Richardson | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Richardson | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 41 min |
| Jul 9, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Richardson | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 8:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Scotland | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Schuyler | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clark, Scotland | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Livingston | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 58 min |
| Jul 9, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 24 min |
| Jul 9, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 54 min |
| Jul 9, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 61 min |
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1049 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 30 more | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 6:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 31 more | 92 min |
| Jul 8, 8:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Clark, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Cole and 24 more | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 5:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland | 97 min |
| Jul 8, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Antelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cedar, Cherry and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cherry, Clay and 28 more | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown and 42 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Cass, Dakota, Dodge, Douglas, Otoe and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Buffalo, Butler and 29 more | 96 min |
| Jul 9, 4:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Washington | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.