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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 10:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 21 min |
| Jun 8, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 25 min |
| Jun 8, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 69 min |
| Jun 8, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 45 min |
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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.