Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Jul 2, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)

Expired

Jul 2, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Cowley County, KS

The Wichita radar (KICT), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED TEXT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
834 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

   ...SOUTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTY

AT 829 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR COWLEY STATE
LAKE...OR 15 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH AND WILL REACH THE EASTERN BORDER OF COWLEY COUNTY BY 845 PM.

THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR COWLEY COUNTY.
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.

COX

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jul 2, 3:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
328 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995

17Z SFC MAP SHOWS LEE TROF...THEN TO THE EAST HI PRES...WITH LGT SLY
FLO OVR US. CLDS CONT TO BLANKET MOST OF CWA. THIS SHD INHIBIT SGFNT
SFC HTG NEEDED TO DESTABILIZE ATMOSPHERE FOR TSTM DVLPMT. AFTER
MODIFYING MRNG SOUNDINGS TO CURRENT TEMP TREND...LIS APCH -1 AND
CAPES APCH 1000.  WITH LIS THIS LOW NEED A GOOD LFTG MECHANISM.
LOOKING AT 18Z ADAP PRODUCTS MAJORITY OF MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE
LOCATED IN WRN KS. THIS LKS TO BE THE FOCUS FOR TSTM ACTIVITY THIS
AFTN. STMS SHD MOV EWD TNGT AND WITH H8 MSTR IN PLACE ALG WITH WRM
AIR ADVTN. HWVR...DO NOT SEE ANY STG UPR LVL DYNAMICS MOVG INTO OUR
CWA TNGT.^ BECAUSE OF THIS TSTMS SHD BE MORE OF THE SCT VARIETY.
DUE TO ABV REASONS HAVE BACKED OFF POPS FOR TMRW.

RSL 60/79 33  SLN 60/79 33
ICT 61/78 33  HUT 60/77 33
CNU 60/78 33

KIRKWOOD/ELDER

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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.