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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Wichita, KS

May 15, 1992Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1992, 5:39 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 min.

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Issued
May 15, 1992, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sumner County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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 1992-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 828 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 1992-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
828 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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