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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Wichita, KS

April 25, 1994Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1994, 1:00 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 1994, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1994, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Barton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1994-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 132 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1994-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 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
132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-455 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 25, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno49 min
Apr 25, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell46 min
Apr 25, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln27 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.