Tornado Warning 26, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Jul 4, 1995, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)

Expired

Jul 4, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TORTOP
KSC029-157-042100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
319 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN CLOUD COUNTY...SOUTHERN REPUBLIC COUNTY
 
AT 315PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WEST OF CONCORIDA
NEAR JAMESTOWN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH.
RESIDENTS OF CONCORDIA HOLLIS AND AGENDA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
AND SHOULD GO TO SAFE SHELTER NOW!
 
 
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS 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.
 
KAYS

In the hours before

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058>059-050400-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  TOPEKA KS
1148 AM CDT MON JULY 3 1995

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY AROUND 2 PM OVER PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER
NORTHEAST KANSAS. AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A HIAWATHA TO
MANHATTAN LINE APPEAR TO HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER.  DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN CONCERN BUT A FEW
TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

SYNOPSIS:   VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE OVER EASTERN
KANSAS AS A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.  THE LOW
COMBINED WITH A WEATHER DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN KANSAS...SOME LIKELY SEVERE.

FRANTZ

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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.