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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Topeka, KS

June 8, 1993Douglas County, Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1993, 2:33 PM CDT for Douglas County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1993, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1993, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, KS, Shawnee County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 272 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 1993-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1592 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 1993-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
1592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
2.8

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie42 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.