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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 7, 1995Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 11:01 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Finney County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3672 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
3672 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
12.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 080403
TORDDC
KSC055-080500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1101 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN FINNEY COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY
THAT MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE OVER OPEN
FARMLAND ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 156 AND HIGHWAY 23 JUNCTION
BY 11 30 PM CDT.
 
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
BELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt56 min
Jun 7, 10:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Rush67 min
Jun 7, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman61 min
Jun 8, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush40 min
Jun 8, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford21 min
Jun 8, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee25 min
Jun 8, 3:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego52 min
Jun 8, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford66 min
Jun 8, 5:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt32 min
Jun 8, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark59 min
Jun 8, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche69 min
Jun 8, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt64 min
Jun 8, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber43 min
Jun 8, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott45 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.