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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Wichita, KS

April 28, 1991Chautauqua County, Elk County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1991, 4:44 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 1991, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1991, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Elk County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 254 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1991-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1991-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-277 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1298 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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