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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Wichita, KS

June 4, 1993Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 3:44 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1993, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1993, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 00:00Z on 1993-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2636 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 00:00Z on 1993-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 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
2636 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
11.2

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley61 min
Jun 4, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood55 min
Jun 4, 3:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua66 min
Jun 4, 4:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette62 min
Jun 4, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCherokee40 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.