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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 16, 1995Johnson County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1995, 9:57 PM CDT for Johnson County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Johnson County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 426 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 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 170257 RRA
TORMCI
KSC091-170330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
957 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY
 
AT 955 PM...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS INDICATED 5 WEST OF SPRING HILL.
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. SPRING HILL IS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM...WHICH IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Miami50 min
May 16, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMiami42 min
May 16, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson47 min
May 17, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami21 min
May 17, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Wyandotte6 hr
May 17, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMiami6 hr
May 17, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth42 min
May 17, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXWyandotte40 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.