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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS

March 27, 1991Harvey County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1991, 12:09 AM CST for Harvey County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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
Mar 27, 1991, 12:09 AM CST (06:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1991, 12:45 AM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Harvey County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 12:10 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 60Harvey, 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 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 00:00Z on 1991-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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 00:00Z on 1991-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 413 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
413 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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
Mar 26, 6:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman55 min
Mar 26, 6:31 PM CSTTornado WarningICTReno44 min
Mar 26, 6:43 PM CSTTornado WarningICTHarper, Kingman47 min
Mar 26, 7:16 PM CSTTornado WarningICTReno29 min
Mar 26, 7:27 PM CSTTornado WarningICTKingman33 min
Mar 26, 7:38 PM CSTTornado WarningICTSedgwick48 min
Mar 26, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner60 min
Mar 26, 8:53 PM CSTTornado WarningICTSumner52 min
Mar 26, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley67 min
Mar 26, 9:28 PM CSTTornado WarningICTCowley62 min
Mar 26, 9:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman53 min
Mar 26, 10:06 PM CSTTornado WarningICTKingman39 min
Mar 26, 10:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno61 min
Mar 26, 10:20 PM CSTTornado WarningICTCowley40 min
Mar 26, 10:55 PM CSTTornado WarningICTWilson50 min
Mar 26, 11:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno37 min
Mar 26, 11:24 PM CSTTornado WarningICTReno36 min
Mar 26, 11:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson48 min
Mar 26, 11:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey42 min
Mar 26, 11:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen49 min
Mar 26, 11:50 PM CSTTornado WarningICTReno40 min
Mar 27, 12:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBourbon27 min
Mar 27, 12:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.