Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Watches in 2003
Tornado Watch 332
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 10, 2003, 3:05 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas; 13 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2003, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2003, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 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
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 46 min |
| May 10, 3:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon | 53 min |
| May 10, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 42 min |
| May 10, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 47 min |
| May 10, 4:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin | 61 min |
| May 10, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 66 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 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 422 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 100802
SEL2
SPC WW 100805
KSZ000-MOZ000-101300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 332
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
305 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 305 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 120 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF EMPORIA KANSAS TO
55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 329...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER
331. WATCH NUMBER 329 331 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 305 AM CDT.
CONTINUE...WW 328...WW 330...
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS IN KS HAVE NOW DEVELOPED VERY CLOSE TO
THE SURFACE WARM FRONT...AND THE LOW LEVELS CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE
SLOWLY NWD ACROSS SE KS/W CENTRAL MO. WITH RICH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE
AND STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IN PLACE OVER SE KS/SW MO...AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF RIGHT-MOVING SUPERCELLS TO THE NE OF ICT...THE THREAT
FOR TORNADOES IS INCREASING ACROSS E/SE KS INTO W/SW MO.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.
...THOMPSON
384,0923 365,0934 365,0980 384,0970SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Chase, Coffey, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 7:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 5 more | 88 min |
| May 9, 10:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 20 more | 26 min |
| May 9, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 12:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Barber, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay and 24 more | 86 min |
| May 10, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Barber, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay and 25 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 2:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Barber, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay and 25 more | 92 min |
| May 10, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary, Jackson and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 5:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 20 more | 93 min |
| May 10, 7:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary, Jackson and 10 more | 54 min |
| May 10, 9:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 3 hr |
| May 10, 10:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 2 more | 66 min |
| May 10, 10:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Coffey and 18 more | 2 hr |
| May 10, 11:35 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Linn, Miami | 7 hr |
| May 10, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 1 more | 7 hr |
| May 10, 1:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Miami | 2 hr |
| May 10, 1:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 1 more | 2 hr |
| May 10, 1:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Newton | 83 min |
| May 10, 5:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Knox, Lewis and 11 more | 92 min |
| May 10, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Cole, Franklin and 19 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 9:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Perry, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 1 more | 2 hr |
| May 10, 3:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Schuyler, Scotland | 58 min |
| May 10, 3:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Dent, Douglas, Franklin, Gasconade, Howell and 16 more | 2 hr |
| May 10, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland | 6 hr |
| May 10, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 22 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Audrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Chariton and 24 more | 87 min |
| May 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Audrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Chariton and 32 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 6:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Lewis and 13 more | 64 min |
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.