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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS

March 6, 1994Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1994, 7:12 PM CST for Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 1994, 7:12 PM CST (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1994, 7:34 PM CST
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 1994-03-07Temperature 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 1994-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 070113
SVRICT
KSC125-205-070215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
712 PM CST SUN MAR 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...SOUTHERN WILSON COUNTY
 
AT 710 PM CWS...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED JUST NORTH
OF ELK CITY OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF COFFEYVILLE.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT  25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING
BETWEEN NEODESHA AND SYCAMORE BY 745 PM. PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHERN
MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN NEOSHO COUNTIES SHOULD HEAD FOR A REINFORCED
SHELTER WHEN THIS STORM PASSES.
 
ROSNER
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 6, 6:57 PM CST, 15 minutes before
KSZ094-095-096-097-099-100-101-070200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
657 PM CST SUN MAR 6 1994

AT 650 PM CST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING INTO A LINE ACROSS PARTS
OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COFFEYVILLE TO 30 MILES EAST OF COFFEYVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN
HOUR...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORM WILL BE
MOVING INTO NEODESHA...PARSON AND COLUMBUS AROUND 735 PM. PEOPLE IN
SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF
SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.

ROSNER
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 6:59 PM CST, 13 minutes before
KSZ094-095-096-097-099-100-101-070200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
657 PM CST SUN MAR 6 1994

AT 650 PM CST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING INTO A LINE ACROSS PARTS
OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COFFEYVILLE TO 30 MILES EAST OF COFFEYVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN
HOUR...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORM WILL BE
MOVING INTO NEODESHA...PARSON AND COLUMBUS AROUND 735 PM. PEOPLE IN
SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF
SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.

ROSNER
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 7:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery63 min
Mar 6, 7:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCherokee63 min
Mar 6, 7:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua58 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.