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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Wichita, KS

April 14, 2001Harper County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2001, 5:16 PM CDT for Harper County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2001, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Harper County, KS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2001-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 129 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2001-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 142216
SVRICT
KSC077-142315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
516 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CORWIN...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANTHONY AROUND 550 PM CDT...
  NEAR HARPER AROUND 605 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR...

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HARPER
COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3712 984I9 3699 9833 3704 9798 3736 9794

/OMITT

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline39 min
Apr 14, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln54 min
Apr 14, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Saline62 min
Apr 14, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline56 min
Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno56 min
Apr 14, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman53 min
Apr 14, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman56 min
Apr 14, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.