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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Wichita, KS

September 13, 2005Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 2005, 6:03 PM CDT for Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 3 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: Sep 13, 2005, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired: Sep 13, 2005, 6:54 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Neosho County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 13, 6:22 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	Thayer, KS
Sep 13, 6:22 PM CDT	TORNADO	Thayer, KS	POSSIBLE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
Sep 13, 6:24 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Galesburg, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 13, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 379 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 173 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 132303
SVRICT
KSC133-140000-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0252.050913T2303Z-050914T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
603 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THAYER...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF
  CHANUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  EARLTON...ERIE...GALESBURG...ST. PAUL...STARK...THAYER...SOUTH
  MOUND

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...
  WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR...
  VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE
AREA.

LAT...LON 3759 9553 3738 9552 3738 9509 3773 9509

$$

BOWMAN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 132326
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
625 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

KSC133-140000-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050914T0000Z/
NEOSHO KS-
625 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NEOSHO COUNTY UNTIL
700 PM CDT...

AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR ERIE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANUTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NEOSHO
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF ERIE AND STARK.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING 60 MPH WINDS...GOLFBALL-SIZED 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 3759 9553 3738 9552 3738 9509 3773 9509

$$

ES

000 
WWUS53 KICT 132354
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
653 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

KSC133-140003-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050914T0000Z/
NEOSHO KS-
653 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NEOSHO COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 652 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE
OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 784 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
NEOSHO COUTNY UNTIL 10 PM CDT. IN YOU LIVE IN NEOSHO COUNTY, REMAIN 
ALERT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND BE LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS 
AND POSSIBLY FURTHER WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 3759 9553 3738 9552 3738 9509 3773 9509

$$

ES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 13, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	50 min
Sep 13, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	56 min
Sep 13, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	36 min
Sep 13, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	60 min
Sep 13, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	64 min
Sep 13, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	45 min
Sep 13, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk	58 min
Sep 13, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Elk	51 min
Sep 13, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Neosho	37 min
Sep 13, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	40 min
Sep 13, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.