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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Wichita, KS

October 21, 1994Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 21, 1994, 4:05 AM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 21, 1994, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
Expired
Oct 21, 1994, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Cowley County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 230 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1994-10-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1062 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1994-10-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1062 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.5

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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
Oct 21, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick31 min
Oct 21, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler60 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.