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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wichita, KS

May 16, 1995Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1995, 7:54 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 8:11 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Russell County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 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 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3022 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 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3022 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 170055
TORICT
KSC167-170130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
754 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...RUSSELL COUNTY
 
AT 752 PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO JUST NORTH OF RUSSELL.
 
THIS STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM
WILL BE MOVING INTO THE BUNKER HILL AREA AROUND 820 PM AND INTO THE
DORANCE AREA AROUND 830 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN THESE COMMUNITIES SEEK YOUR
TORNADO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!!!
 
 
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 CULVERT8.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell24 min
May 16, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln60 min
May 16, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline58 min
May 16, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth21 min
May 16, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln43 min
May 16, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline27 min
May 16, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell56 min
May 17, 12:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSaline6 hr
May 17, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell44 min
May 17, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln46 min
May 17, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton56 min
May 17, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Rice49 min
May 17, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Saline51 min
May 17, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion47 min
May 17, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley35 min
May 17, 7:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk25 min
May 17, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood30 min
May 17, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner65 min
May 17, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley41 min
May 17, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner69 min
May 17, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper30 min
May 17, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery59 min
May 17, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner61 min
May 17, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho66 min
May 17, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBourbon31 min
May 17, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCherokee, Crawford63 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.