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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Hastings, NE

May 7, 1995Phillips County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1995, 6:29 AM CDT for Phillips County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 7, 1995, 6:29 AM CDT (11:29 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1995, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Phillips County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1995-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 192 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1995-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 071129 RRA
SVRGRI
KSC147-071200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
629 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...PHILLIPS COUNTY
 
HAIL 3/4 INCH DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS COUNTY KANSAS...AT LOGAN.
 
THAT STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE
MOVING TO THE WEST OF PHILLIPSBURG AND TOWARD WOODWARD BY 7 AM.
 
LARGE HAIL OVER ONE INCH DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.
V 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
 
 
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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.