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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Topeka, KS

June 8, 1995Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1995, 12:21 AM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 12:21 AM CDT (05:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Ottawa County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 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 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3417 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 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 080523
TORTOP
KSC143-080615-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1221 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN OTTAWA COUNTY
 
AT 1240 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED ABOUT 30
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...OR JUST WEST OF THE TOWN OF ADA.
 
THIS SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH...AND THE TOWNS
ADA...TESCOTT...CULVER...LINDSEY...AND MINNEAPOLIS ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM.
 
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF TlHIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
DDN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 7, 11:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
KSZ008>012-020>026-032>040-047>060-067>073-082-083-091>105-080505-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1103 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 570 IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 570 ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
KANSAS UNTIL 2AM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS WATCH HAS BEEN REPLACED
BY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 574 FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
UNTIL 6AM CDT.

KAYS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 11:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
KSZ008>012-020>026-032>040-047>060-067>073-082-083-091>105-080505-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1103 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 570 IS CANCELLED...

T HE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 570 ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
KANSAS UNTIL 2AM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS WATCH HAS BEEN REPLACED
BY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 574 FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
UNTIL 6AM CDT.

KAYS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage38 min
Jun 7, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage47 min
Jun 7, 9:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOsage3 hr
Jun 7, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage37 min
Jun 7, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon41 min
Jun 7, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon35 min
Jun 7, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon32 min
Jun 7, 11:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon38 min
Jun 7, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris45 min
Jun 8, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris43 min
Jun 8, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee53 min
Jun 8, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson51 min
Jun 8, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee43 min
Jun 8, 1:13 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay47 min
Jun 8, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa42 min
Jun 8, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud53 min
Jun 8, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage27 min
Jun 8, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington48 min
Jun 8, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin41 min
Jun 8, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson31 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.