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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS

June 4, 1996Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1996, 7:13 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 9 reports 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 4, 1996, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1996, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 7:28 PM CDTHail 1Conway Springs, KS
Jun 4, 7:30 PM CDTHail 1.5Argonia, KS
Jun 4, 7:32 PM CDTHail 1.5Caldwell, KS
Jun 4, 7:50 PM CDTHail 1.75Caldwell, KS
Jun 4, 8:03 PM CDTHail 1.75Caldwell, KS
Jun 4, 8:04 PM CDTHail 1.75Caldwell, KS
Jun 4, 8:07 PM CDTHail 1.75Argonia, KS
Jun 4, 8:07 PM CDTHail 1.75Argonia, KS
Jun 4, 8:07 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Argonia, 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 1996-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 533 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 1996-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 307 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
533 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-184 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
426 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 4, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSumner50 min
Jun 4, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner29 min
Jun 4, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner25 min
Jun 4, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley, Sumner39 min
Jun 4, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner68 min
Jun 4, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley40 min
Jun 5, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson47 min
Jun 5, 5:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson33 min
Jun 5, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson29 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.