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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Wichita, KS

April 11, 2002Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2002, 10:16 PM CDT for Sumner 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2002, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2002, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sumner County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 227 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 2002-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 811 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
811 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 
WUUS53 KICT 120316
SVRICT
KSC191-120415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1015 PM CDT THU APR 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.

* AT 1015 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER DERBY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  DOWNTOWN WICHITA...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR MULVANE AROUND 1020 PM CDT...
  NEAR BELLE PLAINE AROUND 1030 PM 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...

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUMNER
COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3746 9716 3746 9735 3729 9733 3729 9716

/CARUSO

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley60 min
Apr 11, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman47 min
Apr 11, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner78 min
Apr 11, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick54 min
Apr 11, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick61 min
Apr 11, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner63 min
Apr 11, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler62 min
Apr 11, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick63 min
Apr 11, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler65 min
Apr 11, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.