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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

April 17, 1995Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1995, 10:51 PM CDT for Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 1995, 10:51 PM CDT (03:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 1995, 11:38 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:53 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1995-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1995-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
466 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 180353
SVRICT
KSC001-133-180500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1051 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...ALLEN COUNTY...NORTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY
 
AT 1050 PM...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED IN ERIE
AHEAD OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NEAR INDEPENDENCE.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF CHANUTE AND MORAN CAN EXPECT WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE IN CHANUTE BY 1115
PM.
 X
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBourbon, Crawford68 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.