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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Topeka, KS

May 29, 1993Russell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 29, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1993, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Russell County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 270 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 1993-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 74 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1993-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
74 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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