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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1994, 1:02 AM CDT for Lyon County, Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 1994, 1:02 AM CDT (06:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1994, 1:46 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 10:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-260400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1009 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THEIR TREK OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1008 PM CDT CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXTENDING TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL TO BELOIT TO NEAR JAMESTOWN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BELOIT...AND WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA-SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS OVER OSBORNE COUNTY HAVE RAPIDLY WEAKENED. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BAKER
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 10:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036-038>040-260410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1007 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1005 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING THE NORTHEAST KANSAS COUNTIES OF MARSHALL...NEMAHA AND BROWN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE STORMS INTO THE MARYSVILLE...SENECA AND HIAWATHA AREAS BETWEEN 1030 AND 11 PM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ON THE WEST END OF THE LINE ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE. THE STORMS HAVE SHOWN A SLIGHT WEAKENING TREND SINCE 930 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...BE PREPARE(D TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 10:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-260415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1028 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA SOON TO AFFECT NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 1027 PM...CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTEAST NEBRASKA EXTENDING NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR HEBRON TO FAIRBURY TO ALONG THE NEBRASKA-KANSAS BORDER NORTH OF MARYSVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL ENTER NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AFTER 1045 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY... HOWEVER...PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 45 MPH OUT IN ADVANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS LEADING EDGE. PERSONS IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE THREATENING WEATHER OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. . BAKER
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 11:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-260445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1103 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1101 PM...CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAILY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF ABILENE TO TO JUST WEST OF CONCORDIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 35 MPH. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVEING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH... ALTHOUGH NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING BEHIND THE MAIN AREA...WEST OF OSBORNE AND SMITH CENTER. THE THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE NORTH OF WASHINGTON COUNTY HAVE BEGIN TO MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY JUST TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF HARLAN. STRONG WINDS TO 50 MPH AND PEA-SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. . PERSONS OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BAKER
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 12:30 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 25, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 36 min |
| Aug 25, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.