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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Wichita, KS

June 2, 1994Chase County, Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1994, 2:42 PM CDT for Chase County, Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1994, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1994, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chase County, KS, Marion County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 282 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -123 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
282 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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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.