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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Topeka, KS

July 3, 1995Cloud County, Ottawa County, Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 10:43 PM CDT for Cloud County, Ottawa County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 10:43 PM CDT (03:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2887 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 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2887 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KTOP 040344 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC029-143-157-040430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1043 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...CLOUD COUNTY...OTTAWA COUNTY...REPUBLIC COUNTY
 
AT 1040 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CONCORDIA. THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL HAVE
PASSED THROUGH MUCH OF REPUBLIC...CLOUD AND OTTAWA COUNTIES BY 1130 PM.
DAMAMGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE.
 
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.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER
IN A STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson36 min
Jul 3, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson30 min
Jul 3, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha37 min
Jul 3, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay33 min
Jul 3, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha20 min
Jul 3, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Washington39 min
Jul 3, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie45 min
Jul 3, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Washington33 min
Jul 4, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Marshall, Riley36 min
Jul 4, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie36 min
Jul 4, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha40 min
Jul 4, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson26 min
Jul 4, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa28 min
Jul 4, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson25 min
Jul 4, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson25 min
Jul 4, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson33 min
Jul 4, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley35 min
Jul 4, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris35 min
Jul 4, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee31 min
Jul 4, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary31 min
Jul 4, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall37 min
Jul 4, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown40 min
Jul 4, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee45 min
Jul 4, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall41 min
Jul 4, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson42 min
Jul 4, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBrown39 min
Jul 4, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic49 min
Jul 4, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson39 min
Jul 4, 3:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud, Republic41 min
Jul 4, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBrown20 min
Jul 4, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson38 min
Jul 4, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage44 min
Jul 4, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington47 min
Jul 4, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson17 min
Jul 4, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin46 min
Jul 4, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage36 min
Jul 4, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey21 min
Jul 4, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington34 min
Jul 4, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin21 min
Jul 4, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall28 min
Jul 4, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin51 min
Jul 4, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.