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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Topeka, KS

April 19, 1993Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1993, 6:56 PM CDT for Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1993, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Shawnee County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 293 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1993-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 598 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1993-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 470 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-423 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
470 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
572 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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