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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Topeka, KS

May 27, 1991Russell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1991, 12:33 AM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 27, 1991, 12:33 AM CDT (05:33 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1991, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Russell County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 12:45 AM CDTHail 2.75Russell, 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 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 270 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 1991-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1006 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 1991-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1006 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.7

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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 26, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley49 min
May 26, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton36 min
May 26, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie46 min
May 26, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson35 min
May 26, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRice66 min
May 26, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson30 min
May 26, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne, Russell60 min
May 26, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley45 min
May 26, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary45 min
May 26, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne, Russell50 min
May 27, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPEllsworth40 min
May 27, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton26 min
May 27, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley30 min
May 27, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee26 min
May 27, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee37 min
May 27, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage50 min
May 27, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown26 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.