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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wichita, KS

June 7, 1995Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 11:55 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Russell County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3672 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3672 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
12.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 080456
TORICT
KSC167-080600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1155 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...RUSSELL COUNTY
 
AT 1155 RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST WEST OF RUSSELL. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH RUSSELL OR JUST
NORTH OF RUSSELL BY 1210 AM.
 
 
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
POSSIBLE. ^ AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno60 min
Jun 7, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell65 min
Jun 7, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey68 min
Jun 7, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln64 min
Jun 7, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Rice57 min
Jun 7, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion67 min
Jun 8, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner59 min
Jun 8, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline55 min
Jun 8, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth35 min
Jun 8, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley56 min
Jun 8, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline65 min
Jun 8, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth58 min
Jun 8, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton67 min
Jun 8, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner60 min
Jun 8, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick64 min
Jun 8, 1:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLincoln6 hr
Jun 8, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler64 min
Jun 8, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley57 min
Jun 8, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey64 min
Jun 8, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner43 min
Jun 8, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson56 min
Jun 8, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBourbon68 min
Jun 8, 3:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarper, Sumner5 hr
Jun 8, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno58 min
Jun 8, 4:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Rice58 min
Jun 8, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson56 min
Jun 8, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno59 min
Jun 8, 5:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler59 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.