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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Wichita, KS

April 18, 2002Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2002, 2:29 AM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 18, 2002, 2:29 AM CDT (07:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2002, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 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
Apr 18, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2002-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2002-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 180729
SVRICT
KSC173-180815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
229 AM CDT THU APR 18 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT.

* AT 229 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF VIOLA TO 4 MILES EAST OF CONWAY SPRINGS...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA TO 25 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
  NEAR CLEARWATER AROUND 235 AM CDT...
  NEAR GODDARD AROUND 240 AM CDT...
  NEAR HAYSVILLE AROUND 245 AM CDT...
  NEAR DOWNTOWN WICHITA AROUND 250 AM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES...
  WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


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
SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 315 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3748 9775 3746 9751 3765 9715 3773 9758

/HYSELL

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth51 min
Apr 17, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice40 min
Apr 17, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson56 min
Apr 17, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman23 min
Apr 17, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton46 min
Apr 17, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno64 min
Apr 17, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman61 min
Apr 17, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman19 min
Apr 17, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice62 min
Apr 17, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth49 min
Apr 17, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno49 min
Apr 17, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno48 min
Apr 17, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice47 min
Apr 17, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson39 min
Apr 17, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth45 min
Apr 17, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Saline42 min
Apr 17, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion27 min
Apr 17, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln48 min
Apr 17, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline49 min
Apr 17, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline44 min
Apr 18, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner65 min
Apr 18, 3:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler58 min
Apr 18, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson45 min
Apr 18, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMcPherson48 min
Apr 18, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMcPherson46 min
Apr 18, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion62 min

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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.