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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

April 9, 1994Elk County, Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1994, 8:23 PM CDT for Elk County, Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 1994, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1994, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Elk County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1994-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
747 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 100125
SVRICT
KSC049-205-100230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
823 PM CDT SAT APR 9 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...ELK COUNTY...WILSON COUNTY
 
AT 825 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN ELK COUNTY 5 MILES
EAST OF HOWARD OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WILSON COUNTY NEAR FREDONIA
BY 850 PM. ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN COWLEY COUNTY WILL
MOVE INTO WESTERN ELK COUNTY NEAR GRENOLA BY 850 PM. EXPECT LARGE HAIL
AND HIGH WINDS WITH THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES...TAKE COVER.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
STEWART

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner55 min
Apr 9, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley61 min
Apr 9, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper, Sumner56 min
Apr 9, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno57 min
Apr 9, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley66 min
Apr 9, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler56 min
Apr 9, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick41 min
Apr 9, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho68 min
Apr 9, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler57 min
Apr 9, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBourbon, Crawford65 min
Apr 9, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson55 min
Apr 9, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick58 min
Apr 9, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho59 min
Apr 9, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler49 min
Apr 9, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCherokee, Crawford47 min
Apr 9, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua63 min
Apr 9, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson, Woodson46 min
Apr 9, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery52 min
Apr 10, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCherokee57 min
Apr 10, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery60 min
Apr 10, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette65 min
Apr 10, 6:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMontgomery4 hr

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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.