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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 5, 1995Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 1995, 6:50 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 1995, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Kearny County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 1995-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1675 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1995-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
1675 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 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 052353
TORDDC
KSC093-060030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
650 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTY
 
AT 650 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 20 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LAKIN MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER OPEN FARMLAND TO 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAKIN BY 730 PM CDT.
 
GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR
APARTMENT... SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE
BUILDING ON THE LOWEDST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY
FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKearny43 min
Aug 5, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny54 min
Aug 5, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis47 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.