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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Topeka, KS

May 16, 1995Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 4:13 PM CDT for Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Shawnee County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 11 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 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 205 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-437 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
354 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 162113
SVRTOP
KSC177-162145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
413 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SHAWNEE COUNTY
 
AT 410 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL NEAR 69 TH AND AUBURN
IN SOUTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT TOPEKA
THROUGH 445 PM.
 
ALSO EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH
THE AREA.
 
 
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.
 
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.
 
 
 
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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 16, 11:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
KSZ001>105-161800-

KANSAS SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1105 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF KANSAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  THE AREA MOSTLY LIKELY TO SEE SEVERE
STORMS WOULD BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GOODLAND TO CONCORDIA TO
MANHATTAN TO CHANUTE.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL AND EAST KANSAS TONIGHT.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE
STORMS.  VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
KANSAS...WHICH MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

TAKE TIME NOW TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR HOME...
WORK AND SCHOOL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE
WEATHER SITUATION.

CRANDALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa33 min
May 16, 1:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Shawnee4 hr
May 16, 3:21 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin27 min
May 16, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson44 min
May 16, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Morris49 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.