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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wichita, KS

April 21, 2005Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2005, 6:27 PM CDT for Labette 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 21, 2005, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Labette County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 780 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
780 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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 
WFUS53 KICT 212327
TORICT
KSC099-220000-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0010.050421T2328Z-050422T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
628 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LABETTE COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 3738 9524 3728 9523 3728 9508 3737 9508

$$

/KETCHAM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 212342
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
642 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

KSC099-220000-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050422T0000Z/
LABETTE KS-
642 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN LABETTE COUNTY UNTIL
700 PM CDT...

AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF MCCUNE...OR 8 MILES EAST OF
PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LABETTE
COUNTY.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3738 9524 3728 9523 3728 9508 3737 9508

$$

/JAKUB
000 
WWUS53 KICT 212358
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
658 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

KSC099-220008-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050422T0000Z/
LABETTE KS-
658 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LABETTE COUNTY HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 653 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3738 9524 3728 9523 3728 9508 3737 9508

$$

/JAKUB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton57 min
Apr 20, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth62 min
Apr 20, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno61 min
Apr 20, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln, Russell59 min
Apr 20, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper55 min
Apr 20, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey50 min
Apr 20, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner65 min
Apr 21, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho62 min
Apr 21, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette32 min
Apr 21, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningICTNeosho51 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.