Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 10:55 PM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1995, 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lyon County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Emporia, KS | A small tornado hit in the 3100 block of Road N, damaging trees, power poles, fencing, farm buildings, and hog sheds. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 3417 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 080358 RRA SVRTOP KSC111-080430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1055 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY AT 1053 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF EMPORIA...OR BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF ADMIRE AND MILLER. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY...AND WILL CONTINUE TO THREATEN THE TOWNS OF ADMIRE AND MILLER. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AT ONCE...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...THIS STORM WILL DROP EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...SO ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN RIVERS AND STREAMS. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 9:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Osage | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 11:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 1:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.