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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

March 28, 1993Chautauqua County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1993, 11:00 AM CST for Chautauqua County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 1993, 11:00 AM CST (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1993, 11:31 AM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Chautauqua County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 1993-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1993-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 281701
SVRICT
KSC019-125-205-207-281745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1100 AM CST SUN MAR 28 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...WILSON COUNTY
   ...WOODSON COUNTY
 
AT 1058 AM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM 20
MIELS SOUTH OF EMPORIA...TO 20 MILES EAST OF COFFEYVILLE HAS PRODUCED
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 3/4 TO 1 INCH SIZE HAIL.
 
THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY AND
WILL ENTER MONTGOMERY...WILSON...AND WOODSON COUNTIES BY 1110 AM.
 
PERSONS IN WAYSIDE...NEW ALBANY...BATESVILLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOULD MOVE TO AN REINFORCED SHELTER TO
PROTECT AGAINST LARGE HAIL.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
*THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED*
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO
DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
 
HYSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 6:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner43 min
Mar 28, 6:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick50 min
Mar 28, 7:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno29 min
Mar 28, 7:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey36 min
Mar 28, 7:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick49 min
Mar 28, 7:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Harvey, Marion64 min
Mar 28, 8:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua65 min
Mar 28, 8:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk40 min
Mar 28, 8:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Greenwood69 min
Mar 28, 8:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery69 min
Mar 28, 8:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler47 min
Mar 28, 10:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood43 min
Mar 28, 10:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua48 min
Mar 28, 10:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk68 min
Mar 28, 10:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood45 min
Mar 28, 11:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson, Woodson45 min
Mar 28, 11:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCherokee, Labette49 min
Mar 28, 4:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery61 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.