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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

June 12, 2004Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2004, 8:10 PM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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 12, 2004, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2004, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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 12, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4355 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
4355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
17.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 130110
TORICT
KSC015-035-130215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
810 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS REISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 14 MILES NORTH OF
  WINFIELD...OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOUGLASS...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

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

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

REPEATING...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN REISSUED FOR UNTIL 915 PM CDT 
FOR BUTLER AND COWLEY COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3753 9699 3742 9697 3741 9681 3754 9682

$$

/ES

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick65 min
Jun 12, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler, Cowley57 min
Jun 12, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson39 min
Jun 12, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson42 min
Jun 12, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho59 min
Jun 12, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline25 min
Jun 12, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler, Cowley51 min
Jun 12, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningICTElk60 min
Jun 12, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood55 min
Jun 12, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WarningICTElk60 min
Jun 12, 10:19 PM CDTTornado WarningICTWilson56 min
Jun 12, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson66 min
Jun 12, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion67 min
Jun 12, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho, Wilson64 min
Jun 12, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno37 min
Jun 12, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler70 min
Jun 12, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno61 min
Jun 13, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion59 min
Jun 13, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick68 min
Jun 13, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno64 min
Jun 13, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno60 min
Jun 13, 6:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman55 min
Jun 13, 7:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTKingman, Sedgwick6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.