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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS

April 19, 2003Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2003, 5:54 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2003-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 274 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2003-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 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
274 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
395 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 192254
TORICT
KSC191-192330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  WINFIELD...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTH HAVEN...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  OVER RURAL AREAS OF SUMNER COUNTY...

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

IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND
MOBILE HOMES...WHICH OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO.

REPEATING...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUMNER COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3711 9742 3701 9724 3718 9716 3737 9723

$$

/EKSTER

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman60 min
Apr 19, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno62 min
Apr 19, 4:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick38 min
Apr 19, 7:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua37 min
Apr 19, 7:38 AM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua37 min
Apr 19, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk36 min
Apr 19, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood35 min
Apr 19, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick54 min
Apr 19, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno48 min
Apr 19, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper59 min
Apr 19, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner79 min
Apr 19, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey31 min
Apr 19, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick66 min
Apr 19, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler66 min
Apr 19, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner45 min
Apr 19, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Greenwood50 min
Apr 19, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler61 min
Apr 19, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley55 min
Apr 19, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMontgomery47 min
Apr 19, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood30 min
Apr 19, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette50 min
Apr 19, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho43 min
Apr 19, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen35 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.