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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Wichita, KS

July 6, 2020Barton County, Ellsworth County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2020, 3:31 PM CDT for Barton County, Ellsworth County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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 6, 2020, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2020, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Russell County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 321 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2020-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 857 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2020-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
857 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion31 min
Jul 6, 1:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice36 min
Jul 6, 2:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion36 min
Jul 6, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln35 min
Jul 6, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler27 min
Jul 6, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick36 min
Jul 6, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth32 min
Jul 6, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick26 min
Jul 6, 3:56 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick2 hr
Jul 6, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick31 min
Jul 6, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner28 min
Jul 6, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery37 min
Jul 6, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey25 min
Jul 6, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick30 min
Jul 6, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman33 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.