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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 14, 1991Audrain County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1991, 5:21 AM CDT for Audrain County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1991, 5:21 AM CDT (10:21 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1991, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Audrain County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 329 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 00:00Z on 1991-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1055 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 00:00Z on 1991-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
1055 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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