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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS

April 8, 1995Brown County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1995, 8:13 PM CDT for Brown County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 1995, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Brown County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 1995-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1681 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 1995-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
1681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 090114 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC013-090145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
813 PM CDT SAT APR 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...BROWN COUNTY
 
AT 808 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 TO 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HIAWATHA NEAR SABETHA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15
MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH OR NEAR MORRILL...HAMLIN...PADONIA
...RESERVE AND HIAWATHA BY 845 PM.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE.
 
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.

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, Apr 8, 4:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ008>012-020>026-034>040-049-051>060-067>073-082-083-091>105-090125-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
401 PM CDT SAT APR 8 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY...

A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN KANSAS SUNDAY.

THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD GENERALLY BE EAST
OF A MANHATTAN TO WICHITA LINE.  LARGE HAIL...DAMAGIMG WINDS AND EVEN
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREAS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD MOST LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS
EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE EASTWARD INTO EASTERN KANSAS.

TAKE TIME NOW TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES FOR HOME AND
WORK.
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STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 4:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ008>012-020>026-034>040-049-051>060-067>073-082-083-091>105-090125-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
401 PM CDT SAT APR 8 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY...

A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN KANSAS SUNDAY.

THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD GENERALLY BE EAST
OF A MANHATTAN TO WICHITA LINE.  LARGE HAIL...DAMAGIMG WINDS AND EVEN
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREAS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD MOST LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS
EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE EASTWARD INTO EASTERN KANSAS.

TAKE TIME NOW TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES FOR HOME AND
WORK.
<
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

WALAWENDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha26 min
Apr 8, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown30 min
Apr 8, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha45 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.