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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Wichita, KS

May 28, 1994Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1994, 10:48 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 28, 1994, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1994, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Russell County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 00:00Z on 1994-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1940 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 00:00Z on 1994-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1940 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.1

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