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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Wichita, KS

April 18, 2002Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2002, 10:44 PM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2002, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2002, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 18, 10:46 PM CDTHail 1Tampa, KS
Apr 18, 10:55 PM CDTHail 1.75Lincolnville, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 18, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2002-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2002-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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 190344
SVRICT
KSC115-190445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1042 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.

* AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DURHAM...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* AT 1040 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN 
TAMPA.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR LINCOLNVILLE AROUND 1100 PM CDT...
  NEAR MARION AROUND 1105 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...
  DAMAGING WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR...

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS 
IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR 
MARION COUNTY AT 956 PM CDT.

REPEATING...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 
MARION COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3857 9719 3841 9729 3824 9689 3848 9689

/ES

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice43 min
Apr 18, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson64 min
Apr 18, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice62 min
Apr 18, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMcPherson41 min
Apr 18, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion67 min
Apr 18, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase39 min
Apr 18, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion49 min
Apr 18, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase65 min
Apr 18, 11:17 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChase28 min
Apr 18, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell60 min
Apr 18, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline39 min
Apr 18, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase60 min
Apr 19, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln59 min
Apr 19, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln43 min
Apr 19, 1:17 AM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln28 min
Apr 19, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson35 min
Apr 19, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.