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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Hastings, NE

September 11, 1995Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Sep 11, 1995, 9:19 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 1995, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 1995-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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 1995-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 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 KGRI 120220
TORGRI
KSC183-120300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
919 PM CDT MON SEP 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SMITH COUNTY
 
PERSONS IN GAYLORD AND HARLAN SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW. AT 918 RADAR
INDICATED A TORNADO SOUTHWEST OF SMITH CENTER BETWEEN GAYLORD AND CEDAR
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. GAYLORD IS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG.
 
THE TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR GAYLORD BY 935 AND COULD REACH HARLAN BY
945.
 
 
PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF
AVAILABLE.  pOTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.  CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED.
 
KD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks42 min
Sep 11, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips46 min
Sep 11, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith48 min
Sep 11, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhillips37 min
Sep 11, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith44 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.