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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

April 11, 2005Allen County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2005, 5:12 AM CDT for Allen County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 11, 2005, 5:12 AM CDT (10:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2005, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Allen County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1404 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 111012
SVRICT
KSC001-111045-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0013.050411T1012Z-050411T1045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
512 AM CDT MON APR 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT.

* AT 510 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF LA HARPE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ELSMORE...GAS...LA HARPE...MORAN...SAVONBURG

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3775 9540 3773 9509 3802 9508 3802 9532

$$

/COX

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 111028
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
528 AM CDT MON APR 11 2005

KSC001-111045-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050411T1045Z/
ALLEN KS-
528 AM CDT MON APR 11 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN ALLEN COUNTY
UNTIL 545 AM CDT...

AT 527 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MORAN...OR 14 MILES EAST OF
IOLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA HARPE BY  520 AM CDT.
  NEAR MORAN BY  525 AM CDT.

THE TOWN OF ELSMORE IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3775 9540 3773 9509 3802 9508 3802 9532

$$

/COX

000 
WWUS53 KICT 111045
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
545 AM CDT MON APR 11 2005

KSC001-111055-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050411T1045Z/
ALLEN KS-
545 AM CDT MON APR 11 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ALLEN COUNTY HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 541 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3775 9540 3773 9509 3802 9508 3802 9532

$$

/COX

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	52 min
Apr 11, 5:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	27 min
Apr 11, 5:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	23 min

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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.