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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Wichita, KS

October 7, 1992Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 7, 1992, 6:12 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 1992, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 282 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 1992-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 1992-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-508 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson33 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.