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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Wichita, KS

April 23, 2022Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2022, 7:22 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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 23, 2022, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2022, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Chase County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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
Apr 23, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2022-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 305 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2022-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 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
305 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1353 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood34 min
Apr 23, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson22 min
Apr 23, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase37 min
Apr 23, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette32 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.