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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Topeka, KS

July 20, 1995Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 1995, 7:16 PM CDT for Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 1995, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Osage County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 1995-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 638 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 1995-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
638 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 210021 COR
TORTOP
KSC139-210100-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
720 PM CDT THU JUL 20 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

   ...NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY

AT 710 PM SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED JUST TO
THE NORTH OF OVERBROOK.   OVERBROOK IS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TOPEKA.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM IN THIS VICINITY MOVING
TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.
THE TOWN OF OVERBROOK IS 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.

FRANTZ

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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.