Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2001, 9:14 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2001, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2001, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Chase County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 9:14 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 E | Wonsevu, KS | |
| May 5, 9:33 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Elmdale, KS | |
| May 5, 9:33 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Elmdale, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1304 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 060214 SVRICT KSC017-060315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 914 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT. * AT 909 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF WONSEVU...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTH OF EL DORADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR CEDAR POINT AROUND 915 PM CDT... NEAR ELMDALE AROUND 935 PM CDT... NEAR HYMER AROUND 940 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 80 MILES AN HOUR... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CHASE COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3821 9684 3809 9679 3847 9652 3848 9678 /DARMOFAL NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 54 min |
| May 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 43 min |
| May 5, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 23 min |
| May 5, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 46 min |
| May 5, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 57 min |
| May 6, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 43 min |
| May 6, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 31 min |
| May 6, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 44 min |
| May 6, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 48 min |
| May 6, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.