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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Wichita, KS

June 12, 2002Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2002, 1:48 AM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2002, 1:48 AM CDT (06:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2002, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Labette County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2002-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1671 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2002-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
1671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1060 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 120648
SVRICT
KSC099-120745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
148 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT.

* AT 148 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF MOUND VALLEY...OR ABOUT 14
  MILES NORTHEAST OF COFFEYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR MOUND VALLEY AROUND 150 AM CDT...
  NEAR ALTAMONT AROUND 200 AM CDT...
  NEAR OSWEGO AROUND 220 AM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES...
  WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR...
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH.

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LABETTE
COUNTY UNTIL 245 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3731 9551 3712 9550 3705 9514 3724 9510

/ES

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Rice62 min
Jun 11, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson65 min
Jun 11, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion65 min
Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase64 min
Jun 11, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey58 min
Jun 11, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice67 min
Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMcPherson6 hr
Jun 11, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler54 min
Jun 11, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion44 min
Jun 11, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase60 min
Jun 11, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno, Rice59 min
Jun 11, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno62 min
Jun 11, 10:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarvey6 hr
Jun 11, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick62 min
Jun 11, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey56 min
Jun 11, 11:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSedgwick6 hr
Jun 12, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner55 min
Jun 12, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery56 min
Jun 12, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno77 min
Jun 12, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick54 min
Jun 12, 6:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley43 min
Jun 12, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley60 min
Jun 12, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner56 min
Jun 12, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley66 min
Jun 12, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler64 min
Jun 12, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper, Sumner59 min
Jun 12, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick59 min
Jun 12, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson58 min
Jun 12, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman68 min
Jun 12, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley66 min
Jun 12, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner79 min
Jun 12, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harper78 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.