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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Topeka, KS

May 6, 1996Coffey County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1996, 10:15 PM CDT for Coffey County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 1996, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1996, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Coffey County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 10:25 PM CDTHail 0.75Burlington, KS
May 6, 10:36 PM CDTHail 1.25Burlington, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 1996-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 1996-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 333 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
435 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey26 min
May 6, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey53 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.