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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Wichita, KS

July 6, 1993Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1993, 6:05 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1993, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1993, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1993-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1304 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1993-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
1304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

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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

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-061845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1240 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 1235 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS
MAINLY WITHIN A 25 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA
...EAST TO FORT SCOTT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A 10 MILE WIDE BAND
FROM ARKANSAS CITY ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER...NORTHEAST TO EUREKA...35
MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA.

WICHITA RADAR TOGETHER WITH SPOTTER REPORTS...INDICATED TOTAL RAINFALL
SO FAR TODAY OVER WILSON AND EASTERN NEOSHO COUNTIES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...
WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES HAVING OCCURRED JUST WEST
AND SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALL MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
.
THERE HAS BEEN AN OVERALL DECREASE IN BOTH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SINCE
1145 THIS MORNING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MID AFTERNOON IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WITH STRONG WINDS AND MORE BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN LIKELY FROM CHANUTE EAST THROUGH FORT SCOTT.

IF DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BE PREPARED FOR SOME
WATER COVERED ROADS...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS.

J.CHRISTENSON
Local storm report, Jul 6, 12:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1255 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM TUESDAY 7/6/93
ALL TIMES CDT

TIME    COUNTY      REPORT
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
715 AM  RENO        TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
                    JUST EAST OF HUTCHINSON.

735 AM  HARVEY      SPOTTER REPORT OF 3/4 INCH HAIL IN HESSTON...OR 5 MILES
                    NORTHWEST OF NEWTON.

750 AM  HARVEY      SPOTTER REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR PAXTON...OR
                    10 MILES WEST OF NEWTON.

804 AM  SEDGWICK    VALLEY CENTER POLICE REPORTED A GUST TO 72 MPH...OR
                    5 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA.
835 AM  SEDGWICK    SPOTTER REPORT OF 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS AND LARGE TREE
                    LIMBS DOWN NEAR FURLEY...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA.

845 AM  BUTLER      BUTLER EOC REPORTED A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE IN EL DORADO.

850 AM  BUTLER      BUTLER EOC REPORTED 70 MPH WINDS AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                    AT EL DORADO LAKE.

900 AM  BUTLER      BUTLER EOC REPORTED LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN EL DORADO.

1025 AM ALLEN       SPOTTER REPORT OF 60 MPH WINDS AND TREE LIMBS DOWN IN
                    IOLA.

1053 AM NEOSHO      SPOTTER REPORT OF 60 MPH WINDS IN DOWNTOWN CHANUTE.

1055 AM WILSON      SPOTTER REPORT OF A LARGE TREE DOWN IN ALTOONA.

1123 AM BOURBON     BOURBON EOC REPORTED MANY TREE LIMBS DOWN IN FORT SCOTT.

1125 AM CRAWFORD    CRAWFORD SHERIFF REPORTED POWER LINES TREE LIMBS DOWN
                    IN GIRARD...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PITTSBURG.

1128 AM CRAWFORD    GIRARD POLICE REPORTED POWER LINES AND POLES DOWN AND
                    AT LEAST 60 MPH WINDS.

OGREN
Local storm report, Jul 6, 12:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1255 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM TUESDAY 7/6/93
ALL TIMES CDT

TIME    COUNTY      REPORT
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
715 AM  RENO        TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
                    JUST EAST OF HUTCHINSON.

735 AM  HARVEY      SPOTTER REPORT OF 3/4 INCH HAIL IN HESSTON...OR 5 MILES
                    NORTHWEST OF NEWTON.

750 AM  HARVEY      SPOTTER REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR PAXTON...OR
                    10 MILES WEST OF NEWTON.

804 AM  SEDGWICK    VALLEY CENTER POLICE REPORTED A GUST TO 72 MPH...OR
                    5 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA.
835 AM  SEDGWICK    SPOTTER REPORT OF 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS AND LARGE TREE
                    LIMBS DOWN NEAR FURLEY...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA.

845 AM  BUTLER      BUTLER EOC REPORTED A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE IN EL DORADO.

850 AM  BUTLER      BUTLER EOC REPORTED 70 MPH WINDS AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                    AT EL DORADO LAKE.

900 AM  BUTLER      BUTLER EOC REPORTED LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN EL DORADO.

1025 AM ALLEN       SPOTTER REPORT OF 60 MPH WINDS AND TREE LIMBS DOWN IN
                    IOLA.

1053 AM NEOSHO      SPOTTER REPORT OF 60 MPH WINDS IN DOWNTOWN CHANUTE.

1055 AM WILSON      SPOTTER REPORT OF A LARGE TREE DOWN IN ALTOONA.

1123 AM BOURBON     BOURBON EOC REPORTED MANY TREE LIMBS DOWN IN FORT SCOTT.

1125 AM CRAWFORD    CRAWFORD SHERIFF REPORTED POWER LINES TREE LIMBS DOWN
                    IN GIRARD...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PITTSBURG.

1128 AM CRAWFORD    GIRARD POLICE REPORTED POWER LINES AND POLES DOWN AND
                    AT LEAST 60 MPH WINDS.

OGREN
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:34 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-062330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
534 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...

AT 530 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
WICHITA...NEAR VIOLA.  PEA SIZE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINS..AND GUSTY WINDS
TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.  PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS
OF VIOLA..CONWAY SPRINGS..AND CLEARWATER SHOULD MOVE INDOORS NOW TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED
IN A BAND 20 MILES WIDE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF IOLA TO AROUND OTTAWA.

AREAL COVERAGE HAS DECREASED SINCE 430 PM...WHILE INTENSITY HAS
INCREASED.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

NOONAN
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:35 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-062330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
534 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...

AT 530 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
WICHITA...NEAR VIOLA.  PEA SIZE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINS..AND GUSTY WINDS
TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.  PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS
OF VIOLA..CONWAY SPRINGS..AND CLEARWATER SHOULD MOVE INDOORS NOW TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED
IN A BAND 20 MILES WIDE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF IOLA TO AROUND OTTAWA.

AREAL COVERAGE HAS DECREASED SINCE 430 PM...WHILE INTENSITY HAS
INCREASED.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

NOONAN
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:41 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-070640-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
541 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CHEROKEE COUNTY...

AT 1230 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST WAST OF OSWEGO OR 30 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PITTSBURG. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PREDUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY
SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL BE
MOVING THROUGH OSWEGO BY 1245 AM...HALLOWELL BY 1 AM AND COLUMBUS BY 115 AM.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN AN AREA 70 MILES WIDE AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
30 MILES WEST OF COFFEYVILLE TO JUST WEST OF IOLA. LITTLE CHANGE IN COVERAGE OR
INTENSITY WAS OBSERVED SINCE 1130 PM.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AN THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS THE REST OF THIS MORNING.

ROSNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno50 min
Jul 6, 7:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey51 min
Jul 6, 8:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick54 min
Jul 6, 8:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler59 min
Jul 6, 8:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMarion3 hr
Jul 6, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBourbon52 min
Jul 6, 11:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCrawford42 min
Jul 6, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSumner36 min
Jul 6, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley54 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.