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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Wichita, KS

June 28, 1999Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1999, 7:49 AM CDT for Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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 28, 1999, 7:49 AM CDT (12:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1999, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:53 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 28, 8:05 AM CDTHail 0.75Vernon, 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 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 1999-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1511 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1999-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
1511 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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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 27, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman59 min
Jun 27, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick65 min
Jun 28, 4:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln, Russell68 min
Jun 28, 6:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline41 min
Jun 28, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick, Sumner67 min
Jun 28, 7:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase48 min
Jun 28, 7:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley67 min
Jun 28, 7:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood58 min
Jun 28, 8:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk44 min
Jun 28, 8:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson66 min
Jun 28, 8:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.