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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

April 23, 2004Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2004, 8:50 AM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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 23, 2004, 8:50 AM CDT (13:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2004, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2004-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2004-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 231350
SVRICT
KSC035-231445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
850 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT.

* AT 849 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF OXFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR UDALL AROUND 855 AM CDT...

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

THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF 
GOLFBALLS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COWLEY
COUNTY UNTIL 945 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3742 9714 3724 9709 3730 9681 3748 9690

$$

/ES

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper59 min
Apr 23, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner64 min
Apr 23, 7:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman55 min
Apr 23, 8:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner52 min
Apr 23, 9:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick54 min
Apr 23, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley33 min
Apr 23, 9:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho, Wilson65 min
Apr 23, 10:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk58 min
Apr 23, 10:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper53 min
Apr 23, 10:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua59 min
Apr 23, 10:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler56 min
Apr 23, 10:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick57 min
Apr 23, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman63 min
Apr 23, 10:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner71 min
Apr 23, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk50 min
Apr 23, 11:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley69 min
Apr 23, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick32 min
Apr 23, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk65 min
Apr 23, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood67 min
Apr 23, 12:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChautauqua, Elk6 hr
Apr 23, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson55 min
Apr 23, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner64 min
Apr 23, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley58 min
Apr 23, 6:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTCowley, Sumner5 hr
Apr 23, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner63 min
Apr 23, 6:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChautauqua, Elk6 hr

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.