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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 386, NWS Wichita, KS

December 17, 2002Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 17, 2002, 11:25 PM CST for Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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
Dec 17, 2002, 11:25 PM CST (05:25 UTC)
Expired
Dec 18, 2002, 12:30 AM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Neosho County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:25 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
Dec 17, 10:40 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2002-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 2002-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1087 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
432 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 9:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery63 min
Dec 17, 10:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho58 min
Dec 18, 12:38 AM CSTTornado WarningICTLabette37 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.