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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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
- May 22, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1995, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Arlington, KS | Brief tornado touched down at Arlington. |
| May 22, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Pretty Prairie, KS | Brief tornado touched down 1 W of Pretty Prairie. |
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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 222146 TORICT KSC095-155-222245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 445 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...KINGMAN COUNTY...RENO COUNTY AT 442 PM...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO BETWEEN TURON AND CUNNINGHAM OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRATT. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH PENALOSA...AND KINGMAN STATE LAKE AND PARK BY 5 PM. 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. KING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 70 min |
| May 22, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 57 min |
| May 22, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 60 min |
| May 22, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 66 min |
| May 22, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 65 min |
| May 22, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 66 min |
| May 22, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 64 min |
| May 22, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 63 min |
| May 22, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 55 min |
| May 22, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.