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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Topeka, KS

June 2, 1987Douglas County, Osage County, Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1987, 1:32 PM CDT for Douglas County, Osage County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1987, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1987, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 16 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 1987-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1768 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 1987-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
1768 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell, Republic31 min
Jun 2, 12:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee50 min
Jun 2, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris58 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.