Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

May 17, 1995, 2:44 AM CDT (07:44 UTC)

Expired

May 17, 1995, 3:33 AM CDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS

The Wichita radar (KICT), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KICT 170746
SVRICT
KSC053-159-170845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
244 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...ELLSWORTH COUNTY...RICE COUNTY
 
AT 243 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GREAT BEND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO BUSHTON AND
HOLYROOD BY 300 AM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN BUSHTON OR HOLYROOD GO TO A STORM SHELTER AT ONCE TO
PROTECT AGAINST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
 
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.
 
DUDLEY

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 16, 3:45 PM CDT, 10 hours 59 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
345 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

...FCST PROBLEM IS TRW...

LATEST SFC ANAL SHOWS TROUGH OVER EAST NE TO SOUTHWEST KS WHILE THE
MAIN COLD AIR PUNCH IS OVER SD. MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT IN THAT
THEY BRING THE COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTH KS TONIGHT AND THEN TAKE IT
THROUGH THE STATE TOMORROW WHILE A LOW OVER CO WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
SOUTH PART OF THE STATE. PLENTY OF MOISTURE IS IN PLACE AT THE LOW
LEVELS WITH INSTABILITY ALSO NOT A PROBLEM.  GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFT CAN
BE FOUND ON  THE I308-I310 SFCS.  VVELS GIVE STRONG UPWARD MOTION WHICH
IS SUPPORTED BY GOOD QG FORCING AT H85. GUIDANCE DIFFERS SOMEWHAT AND
HAVE OPTED TO GO WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS TONIGHT WITH LITTLE
RECOVERY EXPECTED TMRW.

RSL 57/61 88  SLN 58/62 88
ICT 67/70 88  HUT 66/70 88
CNU 66/71 78

KING

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1230 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....LOCATION.....      STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
05/16/95
1840       GYPSUM 4S               KS     GOLF BALL HAIL
           SALINE

1922       GORHAM                  KS     GOLF BALL HAIL
           RUSSELL

1940       RUSSELL CITY            KS     GOLF BALL HAIL
           RUSSELL

1945       WILSON LAKE             KS     TORNADO
           RUSSELL

2017       LINCOLN CITY            KS     NICKEL HAIL
           LINCOLN

2042       LINCOLN 11/2E           KS     QUARTER HAIL
           LINCOLN

2059       SALINA 10WNW            KS     60-70 WINDS
           SA(LINE

2138       SALINA                  KS     NICKEL HAIL
           SALINE

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

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.