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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS

May 6, 1994Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1994, 12:44 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 1994, 12:44 AM CDT (05:44 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1994, 1:06 AM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Mitchell County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 1994-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1778 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 060546 RRA
SVRCNK
KSC123-060615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1244 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY
 
AT 1245 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CONCORDIA...NEAR BELOIT. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL
BE JUST NORTH OF ASHERVILLE BY 105 AM CDT. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL..R.DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO
DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
 
 
RABERDING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSmith55 min
May 5, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne, Smith45 min
May 5, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell, Republic43 min
May 5, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington59 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.