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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Wichita, KS

July 2, 1993Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1993, 6:43 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1993, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Chase County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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 12:00Z on 1993-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 12:00Z on 1993-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-306 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
278 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
Jul 2, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion63 min
Jul 2, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase54 min
Jul 2, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion32 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.