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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Topeka, KS

April 16, 1995Osage County, Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1995, 7:26 AM CDT for Osage County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1995, 7:26 AM CDT (12:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1995, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 1995-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1995-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
426 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 161231 COR
SVRTOP
KSC139-177-161315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED COUNTIES...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
726 AM CDT SUN APR 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY...SOUTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY
 
AT 725 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA...NEAR DOVER.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH DOVER BY 735 AM...AUBURN BY 750 AM AND
CARBONDALE BY 805 AM.
 
THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF TOPEKA.
 
THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR
WABAUNSEE COUNTY.
 
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.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO
DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
 
WALAWENDER

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 16, 7:04 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-031>033-046>053-065-161300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
705 AM CDT SUN APR 16 1995

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 195 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART
OF KANSAS.  THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

...NORTH CENTRAL...
JEWELL          MITCHELL        OSBORNE         PHILLIPS
ROOKS           SMITH

...CENTRAL...
BARTON          ELLIS           ELLSWORTH       LINCOLN
MARION          MCPHERSON       RICE            RUSH
RUSSELL         SALINE

...EAST CENTRAL...
CHASE
...SOUTH CENTRAL...
PAWNEE

THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH...

GREAT BEND      HAYS         V   LARNED          MCPHERSON
PHILLIPSBURG    RUSSELL         SALINA

BILLS
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 7:23 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-161330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
721 AM CDT SUN APR 16 1995

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 195 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART
OF KANSAS.  THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

...NORTH CENTRAL...
CLAY            CLOUD           OTTAWA          REPUBLIC
WASHINGTON

...CENTRAL...
DICKINSON

THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH...

ABILINE         CLAY CENTER     CONCORDIA

ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING IN
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...THE THREAT OF SEVERS STORMS APPEARS
TO HAVE PASSED.

BILLS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 5:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson43 min
Apr 16, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris46 min
Apr 16, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee44 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

Nearby

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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.