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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Wichita, KS

April 5, 2023Labette County, Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2023, 1:48 AM CDT for Labette County, Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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, 2023, 1:48 AM CDT (06:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2023, 2:16 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Labette County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:51 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 4, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2023-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1291 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 2023-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 476 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
1291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
476 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
702 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
6.2

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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, 12:56 AM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 12:56 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 8:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
859 PM CDT Tue Apr 4 2023

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-060200-
Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase-
Reno-Harvey-Butler-Greenwood-Woodson-Allen-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper-
Sumner-Cowley-Elk-Wilson-Neosho-Chautauqua-Montgomery-Labette-
859 PM CDT Tue Apr 4 2023

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas,
South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Strong and gusty southwest winds ahead of a cold front and gusty
northwest winds behind the front will continue through early
tonight. So a Wind Advisory remains in effect for the entire area
until 1 am.

The gusty winds will also keep the fire danger in the very high
category until about midnight.

A few severe thunderstorms will be possible across the Flint Hills
and southeast Kansas until about 3 am. The main threats will be
large hail up to ping-pong ball size, damaging wind gusts up to 70
mph.

A hard freeze is anticipated over portions of north central Kansas
late tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

A hard freeze is anticipated across north central Kansas early
Wednesday morning and across much of the area late Wednesday night
into early Thursday morning.

Very high grassland fire danger is possible in north central Kansas
and portions of south central Kansas Friday and Saturday.

A low chance for thunderstorms exists Saturday evening in north
central Kansas and Sunday afternoon into the evening for parts of
south central and southeast Kansas.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is a remote possibility until about 3 am across
the Flint Hills and southeast Kansas.

&&

For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ict

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 4, 11:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1158 PM CDT TUE APR 4 2023

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

1152 PM     HAIL             2 E TORONTO             37.80N 95.91W
04/04/2023  E1.00 INCH       WOODSON            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&
Local storm report, Apr 5, 12:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Greenwood24 min
Apr 4, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick39 min
Apr 4, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick, Sumner61 min
Apr 4, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Cowley, Greenwood, Harvey, Marion and 2 more42 min
Apr 4, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Cowley, Greenwood, Marion, Sedgwick and 1 more39 min
Apr 4, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson46 min
Apr 4, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson49 min
Apr 5, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTAllen, Woodson29 min
Apr 5, 12:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Elk, Wilson, Woodson24 min
Apr 5, 12:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Chautauqua, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson34 min
Apr 5, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTChautauqua, Montgomery48 min
Apr 5, 2:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Montgomery42 min
Apr 5, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery23 min
Apr 5, 3:16 AM CDTFreeze WarningICTAllen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 19 more30 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2023Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.