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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Topeka, KS

July 26, 1993Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1993, 8:06 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1993, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Osborne County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1523 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
1523 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2365 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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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
Jul 26, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSmith29 min
Jul 26, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell51 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.