Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Sep 30, 1995, 1:17 AM CDT (06:17 UTC)

Expired

Sep 30, 1995, 1:58 AM CDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Harper County, KS

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TTAA00 KICT 300618 RRA
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
117 AM CDT SAT SEP 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...HARPER COUNTY
 
AT 116 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF
ATTICA...OR 10 MILES EAST OF PRATT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH AND WILL REACH CRYSTAL SPRINGS BY 130 AM AND HARPER BY 145 AM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
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.
 
COX

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 29, 4:01 PM CDT, 9 hours 16 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
400 PM FRI SEP 29 1995

18Z SFC CHART SHOD LO PRES OVR FAR NWRN KS AND AN EXTNDNG TROF TO THE
S-SW.  WITH DWPTS IN THE 60S AHD OF THE SYS EXPCT A FEW STORMS TO FIRE
ALONG AND AHD OF SYS AS IT LIFTS TO THE NE.  TIMING MAY BE A CONCRN
HERE THO.  DID NOT CARE FOR NGM SOLN SO AGRD WITH ETA...HWVR...TIMING
REALLY DOESNT KICK IN FOR STORMS UNTIL ARND F18 TO F24. WITH THIS BEING
THE CASE...WILL THE DRIER AIR HAVE ALRDY MIXED IN ACRS THE CNTRL AND SC
SECS OF CWA.  WL HAVE TO WATCH HTG THIS AFT THO AS GUD INSTAB PARAMS
SETTING UP...CAPES TO 2200...LIS TO MINUS 9... HI CNVCTV INDEX...THETA
E RDG...AND STRONG LLJ IN PLACE. ANOTHR CONCRN IS THE HI WND SPDS...WL
THEY HNDR THE VERT EXTENT OF TCU...HV SEEN CASES WHERE WNDS WERE MUCH
TO STRONG SO TRW DIDNT FIRE AS PREDCTD. HAVE MVD TRW OUT OF FCAST FOR
AFT TO WAIT AND SEE IF THEY FIRE...HAVE LEFT CHC IN FOR TNT AS FEEL
WITH ENUF UA SUPRT AND AMPLE MSTR TRW WL FIRE...BUT AM HESITANT TO WORD
MAY BE SVR...WUD LV OUT OF FCAST AND UPDT IF NEEDED.
AS FOR TEMPS ONGOING FCAST LUKS GUD...DO NOT SEE ANY RSN TO CHANGE.

RSL 64/75 53 SLN 63/76 53
ICT 68/84 43 HUT 67/82 43
CNU 65/84 23

CHANCE

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