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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Wichita, KS

May 9, 1993Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 1993, 1:40 AM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1993, 1:40 AM CDT (06:40 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1993, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Labette County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1993-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 277 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1993-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
277 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTAllen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson5 hr
May 9, 1:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho4 hr
May 9, 8:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Sumner3 hr
May 9, 9:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTReno3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.