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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS

January 11, 201914 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this winter storm warning at Jan 11, 2019, 8:37 PM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2019, 8:37 PM CST (02:37 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2019, 12:28 PM CST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 254 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 2019-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2019-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.