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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS

May 7, 1995Clay County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1995-05-07Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 248 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa40 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.