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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 702

July 9, 200346 counties in Kansas; 28 counties in Missouri; Nemaha County, Richardson County, Nebraska

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.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie44 min
Jul 9, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway59 min
Jul 9, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson42 min
Jul 9, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha39 min
Jul 9, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa62 min
Jul 9, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline64 min
Jul 9, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie45 min
Jul 9, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson25 min
Jul 9, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha44 min
Jul 9, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway41 min
Jul 9, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew53 min
Jul 9, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson51 min
Jul 9, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson60 min
Jul 9, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee45 min
Jul 9, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley25 min
Jul 9, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline66 min
Jul 9, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion66 min
Jul 9, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno65 min
Jul 9, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee49 min
Jul 9, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson30 min
Jul 9, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningICTReno63 min
Jul 9, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber59 min
Jul 9, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee29 min
Jul 9, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman57 min
Jul 9, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche50 min
Jul 9, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick62 min
Jul 9, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley32 min
Jul 9, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage40 min
Jul 9, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler61 min
Jul 9, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick46 min
Jul 9, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon27 min
Jul 9, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper56 min
Jul 9, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber37 min
Jul 9, 8:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNScotland6 hr
Jul 9, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXSchuyler36 min
Jul 9, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood63 min
Jul 9, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClark, Scotland64 min
Jul 9, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick34 min
Jul 9, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber42 min
Jul 9, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson56 min
Jul 9, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLivingston25 min
Jul 9, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper63 min
Jul 9, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler58 min
Jul 9, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Miami24 min
Jul 9, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley54 min
Jul 9, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson61 min
Jul 9, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson39 min
Jul 9, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk53 min
Jul 9, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner65 min
Jul 9, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua55 min
Jul 9, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley61 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2003-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1183 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2003-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 2:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 30 more35 min
Jul 9, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 31 more92 min
Jul 8, 8:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Clark, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 18 more2 hr
Jul 9, 12:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Cole and 24 more56 min
Jul 9, 5:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland97 min
Jul 8, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cedar, Cherry and 16 more5 hr
Jul 8, 11:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cherry, Clay and 28 more60 min
Jul 8, 11:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown and 42 more5 hr
Jul 9, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBurt, Cass, Dakota, Dodge, Douglas, Otoe and 4 more6 hr
Jul 9, 2:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Buffalo, Butler and 29 more96 min
Jul 9, 4:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Douglas, Sarpy, Washington2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.