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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Wichita, KS

June 10, 2003Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2003, 4:08 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
Jun 10, 2003, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Butler County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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
Jun 10, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2003-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1376 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2003-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1376 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

820 
WFUS53 KICT 102108
TORICT
KSC015-102200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
408 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 11 MILES NORTH OF EL DORADO...OR 8 MILES SOUTH
  OF BURNS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR CASSODAY AROUND 435 PM CDT...

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPEATING...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL
500 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3803 9692 3792 9690 3791 9665 3806 9662

$$

/OMITT

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho64 min
Jun 10, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson62 min
Jun 10, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen39 min
Jun 10, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase57 min
Jun 10, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler51 min
Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno55 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.