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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Topeka, KS

May 24, 1994Douglas County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1994, 7:14 PM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 24, 1994, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1994, 7:50 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Douglas County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 1994-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1667 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
1667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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