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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Topeka, KS

July 4, 1995Jackson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1995, 3:37 PM CDT for Jackson County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 440 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-489 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
440 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
496 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 042038
TORTOP
KSC085-042115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
337 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 335PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR
MAYETTA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AROUND 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM ARE MAYETTA HOLTON DENISON BIRMINGHAM AND NETAWAKA. TAKE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM!
 
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

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, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa, Republic47 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, 3:46 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

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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.