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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Topeka, KS

July 13, 1994Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1994, 12:51 AM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1994, 12:51 AM CDT (05:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1994, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Osborne County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 252 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1994-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2329 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1994-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 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
2329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1198 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
13.8

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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
Jul 13, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSmith40 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.