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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Topeka, KS

June 13, 1993Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1993, 4:49 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1993, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1993, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 12:00Z on 1993-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1497 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1993-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
1497 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Jun 13, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall48 min
Jun 13, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie45 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee56 min
Jun 13, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee46 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.