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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Topeka, KS

May 26, 1987Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1987, 1:26 PM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1987, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1987, 2:10 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 1987-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1764 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 12:00Z on 1987-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 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
1764 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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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.