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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Topeka, KS

June 15, 1990Douglas County, Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1990, 9:55 AM CDT for Douglas County, Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1990, 9:55 AM CDT (14:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1990, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Osage 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 1990-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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 1990-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-464 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 151455
SVRTOP
KSC045-059-139-151600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
955 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
          ...DOUGLAS...FRANKLIN...OSAGE
 
AT 955 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH SHAWNEE
COUNTY AND WILL BE ENTERING THE WARNING AREA. REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS OF
70 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR HAVE OCCURED WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
KISNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic30 min
Jun 14, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline26 min
Jun 14, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell34 min
Jun 14, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSmith38 min
Jun 15, 6:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington63 min
Jun 15, 8:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee58 min
Jun 15, 9:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee65 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.