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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Wichita, KS

July 30, 2023Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2023, 9:34 PM CDT for Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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 30, 2023, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2023, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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
Jul 30, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 2023-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 648 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 2023-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln40 min
Jul 30, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln30 min
Jul 30, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson44 min
Jul 30, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen26 min
Jul 30, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho23 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.