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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Wichita, KS

May 30, 2001Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2001, 8:58 PM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2001, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Labette County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2001-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 375 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2001-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 226 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
375 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 310159
TORICT
KSC099-310215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
858 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 850 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 28 MILES EAST OF
  COFFEYVILLE...OR 4 MILES WEST OF OSWEGO...MOVING EAST AT 10   
  MPH.  

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND 
SHELTER. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH...CULVERT OR LOW 
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

REPEATING...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LABETTE COUNTY
UNTIL 915 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3724 9519 3707 9519 3703 9508 3725 9509

/NOONAN
&

NNNN

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.