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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Topeka, KS

May 16, 1995Douglas County, Franklin County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 11:43 PM CDT for Douglas County, Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 426 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 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 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 170443
SVRTOP
KSC045-059-170515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1143 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AT 1140PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCE TO 15 MILES WEST OF OTTAWA. THIS LINE OF SEVERE
STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL EFFECT BALDWIN
CITY AND OTTAWA BY 1215AM.
 
THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTAIN STRONG WINDS OVER 60 MPH AND SOME LARGE
HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE. TAKE COVER NOW FROM THIS DANGEROUS LINE OF
STORMS.
 
 
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.
 
KAYS

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

Local storm report, May 16, 10:56 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1055 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

TIME****   LOCATION OF EVENT*******  ST   TYPE OF EVENT/DAMAGE******
DATE****   COUNTY INVOLVED*********       FATALITIES AND INJURIES***
                                          REMARKS*******************
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1826       2W 1S CARLTON             KS   0.75 HAIL
5/16/95    DICKINSON

1827       2E 1S CARLTON             KS   1.25 HAIL
5/16/95    DICKINSON

1915       3S WOODBINE               KS   0.75 HAIL   2.50 INCHES RAIN
5/16/95    DICKINSON                      IN 30 MINUTE PERIOD

1933       WHITE CITY                KS   1.75 HAIL
5/16/95    MORRIS
LWS
Local storm report, May 16, 10:57 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1057 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

TIME****   LOCATION OF EVENT*******  ST   TYPE OF EVENT/DAMAGE******
DATE****   COUNTY INVOLVED*********       FATALITIES AND INJURIES***
                                          REMARKS*******************
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2025       ABILENE                   KS   1.75 HAIL
5/16/95    DICKINSON

2111       TESCOTT                   KS   0.75 HAIL
5/16/95    OTTAWA

2112       NW OF OLSON               KS   0.75 HAIL
5/16/95    GEARY
LWS
Local storm report, May 16, 11:11 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1112 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

TIME****   LOCATION OF EVENT*******  ST   TYPE OF EVENT/DAMAGE******
DATE****   COUNTY INVOLVED*********       FATALITIES AND INJURIES***
                                          REMARKS*******************
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1943       1E 8N COUNCIL GROVE       KS   1.00 HAIL
5/16/95    MORRIS

2015  \     4N ESKRIDGE               KS   1.00 HAIL
5/16/95    WAUBAUNSEE

2017       5S 1W LAKE WAUBAUNSEE     KS   1.75 HAIL
5/16/95    WAUBAUNSEE

2024       ENTERPRISE                KS   1.75 HAIL
5/16/95    DICKINSON
LWS
Local storm report, May 16, 11:12 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1113 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

TIME****   LOCATION OF EVENT*******  ST   TYPE OF EVENT/DAMAGE******
DATE****   COUNTY INVOLVED*********       FATALITIES AND INJURIES***
                                          REMARKS*******************
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2030       4S HARVEYVILLE            KS   60 MPH WIND
5/16/95    WAUBAUNSEE

^2045       BURLINGAME                KS   1.75 HAIL
5/16/95    OSAGE

2101       1S CARBONDALE             KS   2.75 HAIL
5/16/95    OSAGE
LWS
Local storm report, May 16, 11:32 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1132 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

TIME****   LOCATION OF EVENT*******  ST   TYPE OF EVENT/DAMAGE******
DATE****   COUNTY INVOLVED*********       FATALITIES AND INJURIES***
                                          REMARKS*******************
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1621       61ST & VALENCIA ROAD      KS   60 MPH WIND
5/16/95    WAUBAUNSEE

1937       51/2 SE WHITE CITY        KS   2.00+ HAIL, WINDOWS KNOCKED
5/16/95    MORRIS                         OUT,  POSSIBLE FUNNEL

2110       3N BURLINGAME             KS   SMALL TREES (6 INCH DIAM)
5/16/95    OSAGE                          DOWN, HAIL 2 INCHES DEEP

2115       45TH AND STUBBS           KS   POSSIBLE FUNNEL
5/16/95    SHAWNEE
LWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris53 min
May 16, 7:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson4 hr
May 16, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon, Wabaunsee33 min
May 16, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary55 min
May 16, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage26 min
May 16, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Osage46 min
May 16, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa53 min
May 16, 9:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris4 hr
May 16, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary40 min
May 16, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin48 min
May 16, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson43 min
May 16, 9:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Shawnee4 hr
May 16, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas36 min
May 16, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee41 min
May 16, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage36 min
May 17, 1:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson, Geary3 hr
May 17, 1:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Shawnee3 hr
May 17, 1:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPFranklin3 hr
May 17, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa49 min
May 17, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson44 min
May 17, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa48 min
May 17, 2:05 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson25 min
May 17, 2:19 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary41 min
May 17, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay44 min
May 17, 2:51 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee39 min
May 17, 2:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPWabaunsee3 hr
May 17, 3:12 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPShawnee34 min
May 17, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson37 min
May 17, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris35 min
May 17, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson30 min
May 17, 3:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson, Geary4 hr
May 17, 4:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage, Shawnee4 hr
May 17, 4:20 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris28 min
May 17, 4:41 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon37 min
May 17, 4:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPWabaunsee4 hr
May 17, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage36 min
May 17, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey25 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.