Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2003, 2:49 PM CDT for Lyon County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2003, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2003, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 582 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 841 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 17.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
136 WUUS53 KTOP 041949 SVRTOP KSC111-127-197-042030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 249 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS EAST CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR COUNCIL GROVE...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED... ESKRIDGE A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES RAPIDLY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING NOW. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3872 9645 3864 9640 3884 9596 3907 9596 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 30 min |
| May 4, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 25 min |
| May 4, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 17 min |
| May 4, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 26 min |
| May 4, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 64 min |
| May 4, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary | 34 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.