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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Topeka, KS

June 13, 1993Lyon County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1993, 8:02 PM CDT for Lyon County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1993, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 1993-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2867 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 00:00Z on 1993-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
2867 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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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, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee65 min
Jun 13, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson54 min
Jun 13, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris31 min

Nearby

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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.