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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Wichita, KS

July 23, 2013Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2013, 5:39 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
Jul 23, 2013, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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
Jul 23, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 12:00Z on 2013-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 890 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2013-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
890 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-304 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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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 Jul 23, 3:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:02 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 23, 5:30 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
530 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     HAIL             2 S LINCOLN             39.01N 98.15W
07/23/2013  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HIGHWAY K-14

&&

SGS
Local storm report, Jul 23, 5:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
539 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0538 PM     HAIL             5 S LINCOLN             38.97N 98.15W
07/23/2013  E1.50 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PING PONG AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR 200TH ROAD
            AND GRAIN DRIVE

&&

SGS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick29 min
Jul 22, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman23 min
Jul 22, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman30 min
Jul 22, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno25 min
Jul 22, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno, Rice25 min
Jul 22, 8:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick38 min
Jul 22, 8:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno29 min
Jul 22, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno31 min
Jul 22, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman27 min
Jul 22, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth37 min
Jul 22, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton30 min
Jul 22, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth29 min
Jul 22, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton32 min
Jul 23, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell36 min
Jul 23, 1:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman48 min
Jul 23, 2:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell51 min
Jul 23, 3:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth48 min
Jul 23, 4:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton40 min
Jul 23, 6:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln27 min
Jul 23, 7:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln35 min
Jul 23, 7:48 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLincoln3 hr
Jul 23, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln28 min
Jul 23, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln39 min
Jul 23, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline49 min
Jul 23, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln32 min
Jul 23, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Rice34 min
Jul 23, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth35 min
Jul 23, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln32 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.