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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 8, 1995Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 1995, 7:40 PM CDT for Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 1995, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1995, 8:23 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Doniphan County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1995-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1681 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1995-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 090044
TORMCI
KSC043-090130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
740 PM CDT SAT APR 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...DONIPHAN COUNTY
 
AT 737 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST NORTH
OF DENTON. THE DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 20
MPH. PERSONS IN THE CITY OF TROY ARE IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS STORMS A
SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMIGING WINDS.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDoniphan46 min
Apr 8, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDoniphan49 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.