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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Topeka, KS

August 14, 1995Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1995, 3:42 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 1995, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Ottawa County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1995-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1878 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1995-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1878 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 142043 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC143-142145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
342 PM CDT MON AUG 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...OTTAWA COUNTY
 
AT 340 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR MINNEAPOLIS. A
SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CONCORDIA...JUST WEST OF ADA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THE STORM JUST WEST OF ADA PRODUCED 60 MPH WINDS AND A BLEW A ROOF
OFF A BUILDING IN LINCOLN AT 325 PM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. B HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO
DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
 
 
BW/SD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris35 min
Aug 14, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie34 min
Aug 14, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie46 min
Aug 14, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson33 min
Aug 14, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris49 min
Aug 14, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley39 min
Aug 14, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee49 min
Aug 14, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee56 min
Aug 14, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage56 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.