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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Wichita, KS

April 15, 1994Bourbon County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 1:28 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 1:28 AM CDT (06:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 1:46 AM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Crawford County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 1994-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1188 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 1994-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 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
1188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen44 min
Apr 14, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson60 min
Apr 14, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk67 min
Apr 14, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley47 min
Apr 15, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua65 min
Apr 15, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Wilson62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.