Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1995, 10:10 AM CDT for Clay County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1995, 10:10 AM CDT (15:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1995, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 071510 SVRTOP KSC027-071600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1010 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...CLAY COUNTY AT 1005 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAY CENTER NEAR OAK HILL. VERY STRONG STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ARE LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS CLAY CENTER BETWEEN 1030 AND 1045 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. BARLO
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, May 7, 4:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
KSZ001>105-071730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 425 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT COVERS ALL OF KANSAS TODAY... A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS TODAY FROM THE SOUTHWEST STATES. THIS STORM WILL INTERACT WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE OVER THE PLAINS. THIS INTERACTION MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOS...WOULD BE OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN KANSAS. HOWEVER THE NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SECTIONS MAY NOT ESCAPE THE SEVERE WEATHER EITHER. RAIN AND CLOUDS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COOLER OVER THE NORTHEAST SECTION. HOWEVER THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING STORM IS SUCH THAT SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...COULD NOT BE RULED OUT LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND DURING SUNDAY EVENING. THE COMPLEX WEATHER SYSTEM WILL SPREAD DRYER AIR INTO THE STATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE ARRIVAL OF THE DRYER AIR WILL BRING AN END` TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. KAYS
Special weather statement, May 7, 9:43 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-071500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 942 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 299 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...WEST CENTRAL... LANE NESS SCOTT TREGO ...CENTRAL... ELLIS RUSH ...SOUTHWEST... FINNEY HAMILTON HODGEMAN KEARNY THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH... GARDEN CITY HAYS NESS CITY SCOTT CITY SYRACUSE WAKEENEY THJNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS... BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. BARLOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 40 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.