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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Wichita, KS

April 19, 2003Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2003, 7:53 PM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2003, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Labette County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 19, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2003-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 2003-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 286 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 200053
TORICT
KSC099-200130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
753 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  PARSONS...OR 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALTAMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
  MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF OSWEGO AROUND 755 PM CDT...

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR
THE WARNED AREA.

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

REPEATING...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LABETTE COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3719 9551 3703 9511 3736 9509 3736 9535

$$

/EKSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley44 min
Apr 19, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette45 min
Apr 19, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery29 min
Apr 19, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette41 min
Apr 19, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.