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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Topeka, KS

May 15, 2019Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2019, 5:59 AM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2019, 5:59 AM CDT (10:59 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2019, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2019-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1502 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 2019-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson27 min
May 15, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic54 min
May 15, 5:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCloud48 min
May 15, 6:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay40 min
May 15, 6:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.