Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Watches in 2001
Tornado Watch 374
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 5, 2001, 7:45 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2001, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Noble County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK
Warnings issued inside it
4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 53 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS9 KMKC 060032 SEL4 SEL4 MKC WW 060027 KSZ000-OKZ000-060300- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 374 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 727 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 745 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ENID OKLAHOMA TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 369...WW 370...WW 371...WW 372...WW 373... DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS IN S CENTRAL KS HAVE TAKEN A MORE ELY TO SELY DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT. TORNADO THREAT APPEARS TO BE INCREASING TO EAST OF CURRENTLY ACTIVITY. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMUGLONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25020. ...JOHNS ;375,0945 355,0964 355,0983 375,0964;
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Greer, Kiowa, Roger Mills and 1 more | 4 hr |
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.