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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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.
- 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
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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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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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 62 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.