1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 29, 2:42 AM CST, 6 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 342 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003 FCST CONCERNS... MESO/SYNOPTIC BNDRY PLACEMENT AND AFFECT ON TEMPS/CNVTV CHCS TODAY... CNVTV TRENDS/QPF THRU THE WEEKEND ACRS THE SRN CWA... MCS CONTS TO ROLL EWD ACRS SERN KS EARLY THIS MRNG, BRINGING WELCOME RAFL TO PARTS OF THE CWA. XPCT CNVTN TO BEGIN TO WANE ARND SUNRISE WITH LO LVL FLO/JET PROGD TO VEER OUT AND WKN A BIT AFT 12Z. LKLY TO REALIZE HEATHY 2 TO 4 INCH RAINS IN THIS AREA, E AND SE OF ICT. OUTFLOW BNDRY HAS ALREADY MOVD S INTO NRN OKLA, HOWEVER SUSPECT SYNOPTIC FNT WL BCM MORE DEFINED TWD MIDDAY, SOMEWHERE ACRS CNTRL KS. MOIST 65-70F DWPTS LOOK TO RMN ACRS MUCH OF THE CWA INVOF BNDRY TODAY, WITH THINNING AND SOME BREAK OUT FM CNVTV DEBRI XPCTD BY THIS AFTN. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR 10-15F DIURNAL RECOVERY, FOR MAXS INTO THE 80S. WL THEREFORE TWEAK MAXS UP SVRL DEGREES ACRS THE CWA. WL STILL SHOW A SLGT THERMAL TROF ACRS THE MID PTN OF THE CWA, FM EWK TO N OF CNU. CHCS FOR CNVTN LOOK TO INCRS BY EVE/TNGT, WITH BEST CHCS/LKLY POPS ACRS THE SRN CWA. DECENT H8-H7 LYR CNVGNC IS PROGD ACRS THIS AREA WITH WK ELEVATED INSTBY. MAY SEE ANOTHER HEATHY QPF EVENT, ESPCLY FOR THE SRN ROW OF COUNTIES. ALTHO CANNOT RULE OUT A FLASHY TYPE EVENT FM RUNOFF, VRY DRY ANTECEDENT CONDS BFR TODAY, SUGGESTS A FFA IS PROBLY NOT NEEDED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER DAY SHIFT WL HAVE TO ASSESS AFT RAFL CALLS COME IN THIS MRNG. SHRTWV TROF NOW OVR THE W, WL AFFECT THE AREA ON SAT, WITH SYNOPTIC FNT PUSHING WELL S INTO OKLA. CHCS WL BEGIN TO DCRS FM N TO S ACRS THE CWA INTO SAT NGT, HOWEVER MID LVL TROF/CNVGNC ZONE STILL PROGD TO RMN ACRS THE SRN CWA WITH MRNGL MSTR/INSTBY. THEREFORE HAVE UPPED POPS A BIT FM PRVS FCST. THE SLGTLY COOLER AIR WL CONT TO OOZE SWD INTO THE CWA, WITH COMBO OF CLOUDS AND SCT PCPN PORTENDING TO COOLER MAXS STILL, INTO UPR 70S MOST AREAS. XPCT A GENL IMPROVING TREND IN WX CONDS TO CLOSE OUT THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, THOUGH PCPN CHCS LOOK TO HOLD IN FOR SERN KS ON SUNDAY NOW, WITH SHRTWV STILL LINGERING ACRS THIS AREA. LTL CHG XPCTD TO FCST FOR SUNDAY/MONDAY. FCSTID = 13/DARMOFAL ICT 83 66 78 62 / 70 60 50 50 HUT 83 65 76 60 / 60 40 30 30 EWK 83 65 77 61 / 60 50 40 40 EQA 83 66 77 62 / 70 60 50 50 WLD 85 67 79 64 / 70 70 60 60 RSL 82 60 74 55 / 30 30 20 20 GBD 83 62 75 57 / 40 30 20 20 SLN 84 63 76 58 / 40 30 20 20 MPR 83 64 76 60 / 50 40 30 30 CFV 85 68 80 64 / 70 70 60 60 CNU 82 66 78 63 / 70 70 60 60 K88 82 66 78 63 / 70 60 50 50 .ICT...NONE.
KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-301200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 542 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT, WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND IS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, THE MAIN RISK WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 400. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN SMALL, HOWEVER AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE COUNTIES BORDERING OKLAHOMA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER A FEW CALLS TO LOCAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CAN BE EXPECTED, TO ASSESS CONDITIONS WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ICT/HWO/HWOICT.HTM KED
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Warehouse owned by Greif Brothers Corporation struck. The lightning struck the fuse box, however damage to the structure and it's contents was minimal. (Arkansas City Traveler).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5378036.