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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Wichita, KS

April 13, 1993Wilson County, Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 1993, 9:49 AM CDT for Wilson County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 1993, 9:49 AM CDT (14:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 1993, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1993-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 828 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1993-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 388 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
828 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
381 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho43 min
Apr 12, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Bourbon, Neosho60 min
Apr 12, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho59 min
Apr 13, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBourbon58 min
Apr 13, 9:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho31 min
Apr 13, 10:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen39 min
Apr 13, 10:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBourbon50 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.