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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Wichita, KS

July 2, 1994Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1994, 12:36 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1994, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1994, 1:22 AM CDT
In force
46 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, 5.6 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 1994-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1762 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 1994-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
1762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-1.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln, Russell60 min
Jul 1, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Saline65 min
Jul 1, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton58 min
Jul 1, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Rice59 min
Jul 1, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Marion61 min
Jul 1, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno61 min
Jul 1, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick2 hr
Jul 1, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman2 hr
Jul 1, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood59 min
Jul 1, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner59 min
Jul 1, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey40 min
Jul 1, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley57 min
Jul 1, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood47 min
Jul 1, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk53 min
Jul 2, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua58 min
Jul 2, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson46 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.