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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Wichita, KS

July 2, 1993Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1993, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Chase County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1993-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 579 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1993-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
579 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase64 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.