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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Topeka, KS

May 12, 1995Jackson County, Pottawatomie County, Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 12, 1995, 11:11 PM CDT for Jackson County, Pottawatomie County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 1995, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jackson County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Shawnee County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 130412
TORTOP
KSC177-197-085-149-130500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1111 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY
   ...NORTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...EXTREME SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY
 
AT 1107 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED ABOUT 25
MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST MARYS.
 
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH...AND THE TOWNS OF ST MARYS
...ROSSVILLE...AND MAPLE HILL ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
 
 
 
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 CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOttawa68 min
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 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.