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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

May 12, 2004Harvey County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2004, 7:40 PM CDT for Harvey County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min. 2 reports 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
May 12, 2004, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2004, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harvey County, KS, Reno County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 12, 7:49 PM CDTHAIL 16 Se Hutchinson Airport, KS
May 12, 7:53 PM CDTHAIL 12 N Haven, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 12, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2004-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4023 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
4023 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.5
Supercell composite
18.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 130040
TORICT
KSC079-155-130145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
740 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  HUTCHINSON...OR 2 MILES WEST OF HAVEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
  THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR BURRTON AROUND 805 PM CDT...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALSTEAD AROUND 820 PM CDT...

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

REPEATING...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HARVEY AND RENO
COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3796 9789 3785 9781 3808 9733 3818 9758

$$

/JAKUB

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper63 min
May 12, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman53 min
May 12, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion57 min
May 12, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton53 min
May 12, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper53 min
May 12, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Marion64 min
May 12, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper, Sumner64 min
May 12, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno59 min
May 12, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase58 min
May 12, 9:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarper6 hr
May 12, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman52 min
May 12, 10:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTKingman6 hr
May 12, 10:16 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSumner59 min
May 12, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick54 min
May 12, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick65 min
May 12, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman57 min
May 12, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler57 min
May 12, 11:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner6 hr
May 13, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno63 min
May 13, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman55 min
May 13, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno61 min
May 13, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick60 min
May 13, 4:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler59 min
May 13, 5:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler6 hr
May 13, 6:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood55 min
May 13, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho65 min
May 13, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley47 min
May 13, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick59 min
May 13, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.