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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Wichita, KS

June 22, 1996Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1996, 12:45 AM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1996, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1996, 1:30 AM 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 05:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 1:05 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70Albert, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 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 00:00Z on 1996-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2938 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 1996-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2938 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
13.7

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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
Jun 21, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell65 min
Jun 22, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Rice59 min
Jun 22, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.