Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1995, 8:51 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 69 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1995, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saline County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Salina, KS | |
| Jul 3, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Salina, KS | The Salina PD reported a brief touchdown. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2887 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 040150 TORICT KSC169-040300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 851 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...SALINE COUNTY AT 850 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO DEVELOPING JUST SOUTHEAST OF SALINA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND PASS NEAR SALINA AND NEW CAMBRIA AROUND 905 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. COX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 68 min |
| Jul 3, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 62 min |
| Jul 3, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 59 min |
| Jul 3, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 63 min |
| Jul 3, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 69 min |
| Jul 3, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Bourbon, Crawford | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Neosho | 45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.