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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS

January 26, 1994Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 26, 1994, 4:53 AM CST for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 1994, 4:53 AM CST (10:53 UTC)
Expired
Jan 26, 1994, 5:45 AM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 00:00Z on 1994-01-26Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1994-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 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 261052 RRA
SVRICT
KSC035-261145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
453 AM CST WED JAN 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...WESTERN COWLEY COUNTY
 
AT 450 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF
ARKANSAS CITY. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF WINFIELD AND RAINBOW BEND SHOULD
REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING ONE INCH HAIL.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER
IN A STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 4:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner57 min
Jan 26, 5:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.