Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Jun 8, 1995, 2:52 AM CDT (07:52 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1995, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

68 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Bourbon County, KS

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KICT 080755 RRA
SVRICT
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
252 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...BOURBON COUNTY
 
AT 253 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT SCOTT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH AND WILL REACH FORT SCOTT BY 315 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.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...EXPECT WINDS
OF 75 MPH OR GREATER...HAIL LARGER THAN AN INCH IN DIAMETER AND
TORRENTIAL RAIN.  SEEK A STRONG INDOOR SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS
IMMEDIATELY.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUItCKLY.  YOU SHOULD NEVER
TRY TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS.
 
COX

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 7, 10:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1000 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

(DISC COMPOSED AT 730 PM...)
MAIN CONCERN ATTM IS CBS DVLPG OVR FLINT HILLS.  THESE HAVE FORMED AT
THE INTERSECTION OF 2 BNDRYS AND THE OROGRAPHIC LIFT.  ONE BNDRY IS
XTNDS FM NR MKC TO NR DDC.  THE OTHER IS A QUASI-DRYLN WHICH PASSED
THRU ICT THIS AFTN...AND HAS RETREATED WWRD DURG THE PAST HR.  BNDRY
SHOWED UP BRIEFLY ON KICT 88D WHILE TECHS WERE WORKING ON RDR.
VISUAL INDC HV SHOWN WELL DVLPG CBS...BUT TOPS APPR TO BE TOO
LO...WITH SOME CAPPING LKLY.  HAVE ALRDY MENTIONED PCPN IN SFT.  WITH
MARGINAL MECHANISMS TO BREAK CAP...WOULD NOT EXPCT THEM TO CONT ALL
NGT.

ERLR LK INDC TMRW NGT MAY BE QUITE ACTIVE AS DIFFLUENT FLOW...DRYLN
AND FNT APPCH.

RSL 66/80 24  SLN 67/81 24
ICT 71/85 23  HUT 69/84 23
CNU 70/87 22

HOWERTON

In the hours before

KSZ070-071-072-073-094-095-096-097-098-099-100-101-080530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1123 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 570 FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAS BEEN
CANCELLED AND REPLACED BY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 574 FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

THE NEW TORNADO WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE ALLEN...NEOSHO...LABETTE...
BOURBON...CRAWFORD AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

MATT

KSZ070-071-072-073-094-095-096-097-098-099-100-101-080530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1123 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 570 FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAS BEEN
CANCELLED AND REPLACED BY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 574 FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

THE NEW TORNADO WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE ALLEN...NEOSHO...LABETTE...
BOURBON...CRAWFORD AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

MATT

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.