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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Topeka, KS

June 22, 1994Smith County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1994, 8:20 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1994, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Smith County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 266 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1994-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 632 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1994-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
632 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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