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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Wichita, KS

September 21, 1992Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 1992, 4:48 PM CDT for Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 1992, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 1992, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harper County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 1992-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 890 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 1992-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 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
890 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-265 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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