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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

April 10, 1995Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 3:59 AM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1995, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1995, 4:34 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1995-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1995-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
302 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 KICT 100900 RRA
SVRICT
KSC155-100945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
359 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...RENO COUNTY
 
AT 355 AM...RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
SIZE HAIL NEAR KINGMAN...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT PRETTY PRAIRY AND THE
CHENEY LAKE AREA BY 415 AM.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...BE PREPARED FOR WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.  IF YOU
ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO AN INDOOR SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
OGREN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion29 min
Apr 10, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice41 min
Apr 10, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno32 min
Apr 10, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno19 min
Apr 10, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline20 min
Apr 10, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman49 min
Apr 10, 8:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley15 min
Apr 10, 8:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler28 min
Apr 10, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCherokee18 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.