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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Wichita, KS

July 21, 2023Chautauqua County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2023, 6:18 AM CDT for Chautauqua County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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 21, 2023, 6:18 AM CDT (11:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Chautauqua County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2023-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1495 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2023-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
1495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper45 min
Jul 21, 4:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper47 min
Jul 21, 5:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner48 min
Jul 21, 5:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley44 min
Jul 21, 6:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley, Sumner42 min
Jul 21, 6:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette46 min
Jul 21, 6:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Elk, Montgomery23 min
Jul 21, 7:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Montgomery33 min
Jul 21, 7:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette36 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.