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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Wichita, KS

October 16, 1993Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 16, 1993, 7:49 AM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 16, 1993, 7:49 AM CDT (12:49 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 1993, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 1993-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1050 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1993-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 341 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1050 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 6:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick62 min
Oct 16, 6:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman57 min
Oct 16, 7:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick67 min
Oct 16, 7:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick63 min
Oct 16, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler65 min
Oct 16, 8:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley67 min
Oct 16, 8:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.