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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS

April 5, 2010Labette County, Montgomery County, Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2010, 5:58 AM CDT for Labette County, Montgomery County, Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
Apr 5, 2010, 5:58 AM CDT (10:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2010, 6:32 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2010-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1337 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 2010-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 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
1337 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
7.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 5, 5:44 AM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 5:44 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 3:17 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
317 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010

KSZ093-050845-
COWLEY-
317 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COWLEY COUNTY...

AT 315 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHILOCCO...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF ARKANSAS
CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

CARUSO
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 3:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
338 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010

KSZ093-050915-
COWLEY-
338 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COWLEY COUNTY...

AT 336 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARDY...OR 9 MILES EAST OF
ARKANSAS CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

CARUSO
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 4:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
422 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010

KSZ069-092-093-050945-
BUTLER-COWLEY-SUMNER-
422 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BUTLER...COWLEY AND SUMNER COUNTIES...

AT 418 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR UDALL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

CARUSO
Local storm report, Apr 5, 4:58 AM CDT, 1 hour before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley51 min
Apr 5, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Montgomery62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.