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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Topeka, KS

July 9, 1992Jefferson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 1992-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1343 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 1992-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
1343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
7.9

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-100100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
702 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KANSAS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO
EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 655 PM RADAR INDICATES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF
JUNCTION CITY AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  THE STORM
SHOULD ENTER WESTERN GEARY COUNTY BY 715 PM.  PERSONS IN GEARY COUNTY
SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THIS STORM AS IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  THIS STORM
MAY ALSO PASS VERY NEAR TO NORTHERN MORRIS COUNTY.

ANOTHER STORM WAS 30 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN OR NEAR BLUE RAPIDS.  THE
STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY BY 730 PM.  HEAVY RAINS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL
11 PM.  STAY TUNE TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL
RADIO OR TV FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

KISNER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:05 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson14 min
Jul 9, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary59 min
Jul 9, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris66 min
Jul 9, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris40 min
Jul 9, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris33 min

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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.