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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Wichita, KS

November 15, 1988Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 1988, 11:27 AM CST for Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 1988, 11:27 AM CST (17:27 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 1988, 12:30 PM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 15, 11:40 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 54Sedgwick, KS
Nov 15, 11:50 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Harvey, KS
Nov 15, 11:55 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 59Harvey, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 1988-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1080 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 1988-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1080 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 2:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBourbon, Crawford43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.