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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS

May 12, 1995Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 12, 1995, 8:07 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 1995, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Ottawa County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 337 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
629 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
337 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
491 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 130107
TORTOP
KSC143-130215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
807 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...OTTAWA COUNTY
 
AT 805 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 35 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SALINA...OR JUST WEST OF ADA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
THE STORM WILL BE IN ADA AND TESCOTT BY 815...AND IN MINNEAPOLIS AND
BENNINGTON BETWEEN 830 AND 845 PM.  A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED
WITH THIS STORM ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY.  PEOPLE IN OTTAWA COUNTY SHOULD
SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE!
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CU2SHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
DDN
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOttawa25 min
May 12, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson44 min
May 12, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay64 min
May 12, 9:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary44 min
May 12, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley52 min
May 12, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee45 min
May 12, 11:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee49 min
May 12, 11:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee49 min
May 12, 11:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic, Washington41 min
May 13, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay23 min
May 13, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic26 min
May 13, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington27 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.