Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1995, 7:44 PM CST for Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 1995, 7:44 PM CST (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1995, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Riley County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KTOP 200144 RRA SVRTOP KSC161-200215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 744 PM CST SUN MAR 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...NORTHERN RILEY COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TOPEKA AT 740PM INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAY CENTER IN NORTHERN RILEY COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AS IT MOVES EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORM NEAR RANDOLPH BY 800PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 3:45 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-250000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
***********************************************************************
...ATTENTION: ALL MEDIA, RADIO/TV BROADCASTERS, PROGRAM DIRECTORS AND
NEWS/WEATHER REPORTERS...
USE OF THIS PRODUCT, "SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT" ( TOPSPSTOP ) WILL BE
LIMITED TO ONLY LONGER TERM WEATHER EVENTS. THE PRODUCT WILL BE USED
FOR THE...KANSAS STATE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OUTLOOK...AND TO CLEAR PARTS OF A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH. THE PRODUCT
WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED FOR WINTER WEATHER INFORMATION.
THE PRODUCT..."SHORT TERM FORECAST" ( TOPNOWTOP ) WILL BECOME THE MAIN
VEHICLE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC AND YOU...THE MEDIA...INFORMED ABOUT STORM
DEVELOPMENT...MOVEMENT...AND INTENSITIES.
IF YOU ARE NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVING SHORT TERM FORECASTS...IMMEDIATELY
CONTACT YOUR WEATHER VENDOR AND REQUEST THE SHORT TERM FORECAST BE
ADDED TO YOUR PRODUCT LIST.
IN ADDITION...SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS ( TOPSVSTOP ) WILL BE ISSUED
WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. THESE
PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN WEATHER INFORMATION IN AN EXISTING WARNING AREA
OR RECENT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER.
THIS MESSAGE WILL BE REPEATED PERIODICALLY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS CHANGE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN TOPEKA.
***********************************************************************Special weather statement, Mar 19, 3:49 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058>059-200000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 349 PM CST SUN MAR 19 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ANDERSON DICKINSON JEFFERSON OSAGE SHAWNEE BROWN DOUGLAS LYON OTTAWA WABAUNSEE CLAY FRANKLIN MARSHALL POTTAWATOMIE WASHINGTON CLOUD GEARY MORRIS REPUBLIC COFFEY JACKSON NEMAHA RILEY SYNOPSIS: A COLD FRONT WILL STILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT... ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE AIRMASS IS SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE...SO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL A STRONG POSSIBILITY. BUT NOW IT APPEARS THAT THE MAIN THREAT FOR ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE AFTER 8 PM TONIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EAST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO ABILENE...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HIAWATHA... MANHATTAN...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...OTTAWA AND EMPORIA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THESE AREAS EARLY TONIGHT AFTER 8 PM. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 3:50 PM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058>059-200000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 349 PM CST SUN MAR 19 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ANDERSON DICKINSON JEFFERSON OSAGE SHAWNEE BROWN DOUGLAS LYON OTTAWA WABAUNSEE CLAY FRANKLIN MARSHALL POTTAWATOMIE WASHINGTON CLOUD GEARY MORRIS REPUBLIC COFFEY JACKSON NEMAHA RILEY SYNOPSIS: A COLD FRONT WILL STILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT... ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE AIRMASS IS SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE...SO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL A STRONG POSSIBILITY. BUT NOW IT APPEARS THAT THE MAIN THREAT FOR ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE AFTER 8 PM TONIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EAST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO ABILENE...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HIAWATHA... MANHATTAN...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...OTTAWA AND EMPORIA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THESE AREAS EARLY TONIGHT AFTER 8 PM. BARLOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 43 min |
| Mar 19, 8:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.