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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Wichita, KS

July 20, 2023Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2023, 2:41 AM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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 20, 2023, 2:41 AM CDT (07:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2023, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 249 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 00:00Z on 2023-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1626 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 00:00Z on 2023-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 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
1626 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-3.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 11:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno50 min
Jul 20, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman44 min
Jul 20, 1:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman37 min
Jul 20, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner64 min
Jul 20, 2:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley40 min
Jul 20, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley42 min
Jul 20, 3:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua50 min
Jul 20, 3:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase36 min
Jul 20, 5:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen25 min
Jul 20, 5:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen23 min

Nearby

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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.