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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Topeka, KS

April 16, 1995Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1995, 5:47 AM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1995, 5:47 AM CDT (10:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1995, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Dickinson County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 161050
SVRTOP
KSC041-161130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
547 AM CDT SUN APR 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY
 
AT 547 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE JUST WEST OF CARLTON. THIS
STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE
ACROSS OR VERY NEAR THE TOWNS OF CARLTON...HOLLAND...ELMO...
DILLON...NAVARRE AND HOPE TO NEAR WOODBINE AND HERINGTON BY
630 AM CDT. IF YOU LIVE IN THESE CITIES...GET INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
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 HOMNE OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO
DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
 
PB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris46 min
Apr 16, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee44 min
Apr 16, 7:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee49 min
Apr 16, 8:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage46 min
Apr 16, 8:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin48 min
Apr 16, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin51 min
Apr 16, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas36 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.