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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1995, 6:59 PM CDT for Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1995, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1995, 7:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Neosho County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 2303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 050001 COR TORICT KSC133-050100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED COUNTIES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 659 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ...SOUTHEASTERN NEOSHO COUNTY AT 659 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST NORTH OF PARSONS...OR 30 MILES WEST OF PITTSBURG. THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH NEOSHO STATE LAKE AND PARK BY 715 PM. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL SIZE UP TO GOLF BALLS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jul 4, 4:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 4:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED WORDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 417 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE WHERE THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. LTST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTERSECTING CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. BOTH MODELS BOTH HAVE A GOOD FEEL ON THE SITUATION WITH THE LOW SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY EASTWARD. FEEL LIKE MOST OF STRONGEST ACTIVITY WILL BE EAST OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH LESS SVR ACTIVITY WEST OF THE BOUNDARY. BEST INSABILITY APPEARS TO BE IN THE SE WITH LI-11...BUT THE LESSER CAP...MOISTURE CONV...AND GOOD SPEED SHEAR IN THE UPPER LEVELS APPEARS TO BE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WHICH IS CLOSEST TO THE BETTER DYNAMICS. THIS AREA WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. THEN THIS AREA WILL GRADUALLY HEAD EAST TOWARDS THE SE LATER TNGT. WILL SPLIT GUIDANCE ON TEMPS. RSL 54/85 32 SLN 54/84 42 ICT 63/87 43 HUT 63/88 32 CNU 65/85 64 COX
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
KSZ032-068-083-092-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 502 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH #703 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HARVEY...SEDGWICK...AND SUMNER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #704 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER NO LONGER EXIST IN THESE COUNTIES. THEREFORE...TORNADO WATCH #703 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HARVEY...SEDGWICK...AND SUMNER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #704 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. COX : _.BJT3b;r~KfN7>2w N*2RTfR^ b2VV>4zd<fP
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
KSZ032-068-083-092-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 502 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH #703 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HARVEY...SEDGWICK...AND SUMNER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #704 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER NO LONGER EXIST IN THESE COUNTIES. THEREFORE...TORNADO WATCH #703 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HARVE Y...SEDGWICK...AND SUMNER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #704 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. COX
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:10 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
KSZ032-068-083-092-050000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 610 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH #703 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... TORNADO WATCH #703 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AND CHASE...MARION... BUTLER AND COWLEY COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER UNDER THE WATCH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING...BUT AT THIS TIME THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. ROSNER
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, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 69 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 |
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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.