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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Topeka, KS

August 12, 1993Cloud County, Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 1993, 6:23 PM CDT for Cloud County, Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 1993, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cloud County, KS, Mitchell County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1993-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 59 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1993-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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Sources

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