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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Topeka, KS

May 13, 1995Clay County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 12:34 AM CDT for Clay County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 12:34 AM CDT (05:34 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 12:57 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Clay County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 337 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
629 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
337 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
491 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 130534
SVRTOP
KSC027-130615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1234 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY
 
AT 1235 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED
ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAY CENTER.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL BE IN
CLAY CENTER BY 1240 PM.
 
PEOPLE IN CLAY CENTER AND GREEN SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
DDN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOttawa68 min
May 12, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOttawa25 min
May 12, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson44 min
May 12, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay64 min
May 12, 9:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary44 min
May 12, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley52 min
May 12, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee45 min
May 12, 11:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee49 min
May 12, 11:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee49 min
May 12, 11:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic, Washington41 min
May 13, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic26 min
May 13, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington27 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.