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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Topeka, KS

May 21, 1989Ellsworth County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1989, 10:05 AM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 1989, 10:05 AM CDT (15:05 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 1989, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Ellsworth County, KS

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 21, 10:10 AM CDTHail 0.75Ellsworth, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 1989-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1989-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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
May 21, 8:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln29 min
May 21, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa60 min
May 21, 9:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline64 min
May 21, 10:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay65 min
May 21, 10:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson54 min
May 21, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley37 min
May 21, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley60 min
May 21, 11:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson22 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.