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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS

June 9, 1992Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1992, 3:53 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1992, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1992, 4:14 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Butler County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 1992-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 263 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 1992-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 092055
TORICT
KSC015-092130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
353 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...BUTLER COUNTY
 
AT 352 PM CDT...LAW ENFORECENT OFFICALS IN BUTLER COUNTY REPORTED A
TORNADO ON THE GROUND 3 MILES SOUTH OF EL DORADO...OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST
OF WICHITA. RADAR INDICATED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN EL DORADO...OR CHELSEA GO TO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW!!!
 
 
 
GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR
APARTMENT... SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY
FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
 
HYSELL

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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.