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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Hastings, NE

September 11, 1995Phillips County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Sep 11, 1995, 8:53 PM CDT for Phillips County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 1995, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Phillips County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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, 1.9 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 1995-09-12Temperature 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 120154
TORGRI
KSC147-120230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
853 PM CDT MON SEP 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...PHILLIPS COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE TOWN OF SPEED MOVING TO
THE EAST SOUTHEAST ALONG HIGHWAY K-9 TOWARD THE (TOWN OF GLADE.
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED
SHELTER.

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, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith44 min
Sep 11, 9:19 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDSmith41 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.