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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Topeka, KS

June 8, 1994Anderson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1994, 3:54 AM CDT for Anderson County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1994, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1994, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Anderson County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 1994-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 1994-06-08The 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-841 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2199 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
383 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.8

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin42 min
Jun 8, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey50 min
Jun 8, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon46 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.