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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 2, 1995Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1995, 6:17 PM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1995, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Stevens County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-02Temperature 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1995-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 022316
TORDDC
KSC189-030000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
617 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTY
 
AT 608 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF FETERITA AND AT 612
PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING TORNADO AROUND 6 MILES WEST
OF HUGOTON. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH WILL
CROSS OPEN FARMLANND AND BE NEAR FETERITA BY 630 PM CDT.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN FETERITA TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

 
KRUSE
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny40 min
Jul 1, 7:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHamilton44 min
Jul 1, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton44 min
Jul 1, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant54 min
Jul 1, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton31 min
Jul 1, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant47 min
Jul 2, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens53 min
Jul 2, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant39 min
Jul 2, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens58 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.