Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 8:52 AM CDT for Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1995, 8:52 AM CDT (13:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1995, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Riley County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 526 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 723 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KTOP 101353 RRA SVRTOP KSC061-161-101430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 852 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...WESTERN GEARY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...RILEY COUNTY AT 835 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE STORM IN THE VICINITY OF JUNCTION CITY BY 855 AM AND THE MANHATTAN VICINITY BY 9 AM AND KEATS AND RILEY BY 910 AM. LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY THREAT THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FROM ISSUED FOR RILEY COUNTY THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM. 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. FRANTZ
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, Apr 10, 6:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 612 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 168 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...SOUTHEAST... ALLEN BOURBON CHEROKEE CRAWFORD LABETTE MONTGOMERY NEOSHO WILSON WOODSON THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... CHANUTE FORT SCOTT INDEPENDENCE IOLA PITTSBURG SD
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 612 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 168 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...SOUTHEAST... ALLEN BOURBON CHEROKEE CRAWFORD LABETTE MONTGOMERY NEOSHO WILSON WOODSON THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... CHANUTE FORT SCOTT INDEPENDENCE IOLA PITTSBURG SD
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-032>040-047>056-058-059-067>073-082-083- 091>101-101305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 701 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS EXPIRED AT 7 AM... A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS MORNING BRINGING WITH IT THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL IN SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS MORNING...KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER DETAILS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS EXPIRED AT 7 AM. MANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL WERE REPORTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING BUT NOW THE THREAT HAS DIMINISHED. YOU CAN STILL EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL THROUGH TODAY. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. DERGAN
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-032>040-047>056-058-059-067>073-082-083- 091>101-101305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 701 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS EXPIRED AT 7 AM... A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS MORNING BRINGING WITH IT THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL IN SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS MORNING...KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER DETAILS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS EXPIRED AT 7 AM. MANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL WERE REPORTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING BUT NOW THE THREAT HAS DIMINISHED. YOU CAN STILL EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL THROUGH TODAY. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. DERGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 5:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris, Wabaunsee | 12 min |
| Apr 10, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 8:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 8:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 17 min |
| Apr 10, 9:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie | 37 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.