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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Wichita, KS

May 14, 1992Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1992, 12:54 AM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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
May 14, 1992, 12:54 AM CDT (05:54 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1992, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Cowley County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 12:59 AM CDTHail 1.75Cowley, 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 00:00Z on 1992-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3665 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
3665 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1074 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
9.3

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The text

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 12:48 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1248 AM CDT THU APR 14 1992

SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FOR WEDNESDAY APR 13 AND THURSDAY APR 14 1992...

TIME(CDT)       COUNTY         REPORT

2317            HARPER         HAIL 11/2 INCHES IN DIAMTER NEAR
                               CRISFIELD

2318            HARPER         HAIL 13/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER NEAR
                               ATTICA

2333            HARPER         GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL SOUTH OF ANTHONY

2351            HARPER         GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL EAST OF ATTICA

0002            SUMNER         PEA SIZE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
                               IN OXFORD

WILSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper45 min
May 14, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sedgwick, Sumner60 min
May 14, 1:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarper57 min
May 14, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper57 min
May 14, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley44 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.