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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Wichita, KS

September 19, 1993Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 1993, 4:34 PM CDT for Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 1993, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 1993, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 335 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 1993-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1409 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 1993-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 254 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
10.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley69 min
Sep 19, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley66 min
Sep 19, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Elk66 min
Sep 19, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Wilson55 min
Sep 19, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery65 min
Sep 19, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette68 min
Sep 19, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCherokee68 min

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.