Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 9:01 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1995, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1995, 9:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bourbon County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 12.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 4, 4:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 4:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED WORDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 417 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE WHERE THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. LTST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTERSECTING CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. BOTH MODELS BOTH HAVE A GOOD FEEL ON THE SITUATION WITH THE LOW SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY EASTWARD. FEEL LIKE MOST OF STRONGEST ACTIVITY WILL BE EAST OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH LESS SVR ACTIVITY WEST OF THE BOUNDARY. BEST INSABILITY APPEARS TO BE IN THE SE WITH LI-11...BUT THE LESSER CAP...MOISTURE CONV...AND GOOD SPEED SHEAR IN THE UPPER LEVELS APPEARS TO BE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WHICH IS CLOSEST TO THE BETTER DYNAMICS. THIS AREA WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. THEN THIS AREA WILL GRADUALLY HEAD EAST TOWARDS THE SE LATER TNGT. WILL SPLIT GUIDANCE ON TEMPS. RSL 54/85 32 SLN 54/84 42 ICT 63/87 43 HUT 63/88 32 CNU 65/85 64 COX
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ032-068-083-092-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 502 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH #703 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HARVEY...SEDGWICK...AND SUMNER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #704 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER NO LONGER EXIST IN THESE COUNTIES. THEREFORE...TORNADO WATCH #703 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HARVE Y...SEDGWICK...AND SUMNER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #704 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. COX
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
KSZ032-068-083-092-050000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 610 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH #703 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... TORNADO WATCH #703 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AND CHASE...MARION... BUTLER AND COWLEY COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER UNDER THE WATCH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING...BUT AT THIS TIME THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. ROSNER
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
KSZ052-053-069-070-071-072-073-093-094-095-096-097-098-099-100- 101-050130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 723 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 703 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 711 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 703. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 711. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 711 WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON...CRAWFORD...NEOSHO...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. MATT WWUS32KSTL /OWWUS32 KSTL 050027 F
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
KSZ052-053-069-070-071-072-073-093-094-095-096-097-098-099-100- 101-050130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 723 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 703 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 711 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 703. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 711. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 711 WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON...CRAWFORD...NEOSHO...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. MATT
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
KSZ033-048-049-050130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 734 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 704 FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR ELLSWORTH...SALINA AND LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. MATT
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
KSZ033-048-049-050130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 734 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 704 FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED...J THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR ELLSWORTH...SALINA AND LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. MATT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Bourbon, Crawford | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson | 31 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.