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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Wichita, KS

May 13, 1997Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1997, 9:29 PM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 8 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
May 13, 1997, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1997, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Cowley County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 9:42 PM CDTHail 1Udall, KS
May 13, 9:51 PM CDTHail 1Burden, KS
May 13, 9:52 PM CDTHail 4.5Wilmot, KS
May 13, 10:05 PM CDTHail 1New Salem, KS
May 13, 10:07 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Winfield, KS
May 13, 10:07 PM CDTHail 1Winfield, KS
May 13, 10:16 PM CDTHail 0.75Burden, KS
May 13, 10:16 PM CDTHail 1Dexter, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1997-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1997-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 140230 RRA
SVRICT
KSC035-140315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
929 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  COWLEY COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
 
* SOME TOWNS AFFECTED
    ROCK BY 935 PM
    UDALL BY 940 PM
    BURDEN BY 945 PM

* AT 927 PM  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOUGLASS OR
  ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EL DORADO MOVING SOPUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...BE PREPARED FOR WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.  IF YOU ARE
CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO AN INDOOR SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.


URBAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno59 min
May 13, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho63 min
May 13, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler45 min
May 13, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk45 min
May 13, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua45 min
May 13, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley46 min
May 13, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery46 min
May 13, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.