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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS

April 11, 2002Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2002, 5:36 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2002, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2002, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 11, 6:10 PM CDTHail 1.75Mt Vernon, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 11, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2002-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2002-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 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 
WFUS53 KICT 112236
TORICT
KSC095-155-112315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
536 PM CDT THU APR 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 536 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO 21
  MILES SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON...OR 6 MILES EAST OF PRETTY PRAIRIE.
  RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE
  NEAR MT VERNON AROUND 600 PM CDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW

REPEATING...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3778 9794 3770 9797 3768 9781 3778 9782

/CARUSO
&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno59 min
Apr 11, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion55 min
Apr 11, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey62 min
Apr 11, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey59 min
Apr 11, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick62 min
Apr 11, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman, Sedgwick63 min
Apr 11, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey62 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.