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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Topeka, KS

June 17, 1992Atchison County, Jefferson County, Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 1:49 AM CDT for Atchison County, Jefferson County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1992, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1992, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atchison County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Shawnee County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 1992-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4203 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 1992-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 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
4203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
17.5

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell40 min
Jun 16, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell66 min
Jun 16, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic66 min
Jun 16, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne56 min
Jun 16, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell36 min
Jun 16, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud44 min
Jun 17, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Pottawatomie41 min
Jun 17, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee41 min
Jun 17, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson, Shawnee30 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.