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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

June 4, 2005Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 6:13 PM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 4, 2005, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
47 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), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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 4, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1774 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 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
1774 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 042313
TORICT
KSC015-035-050000-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0021.050604T2313Z-050605T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
613 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOUGLASS...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF WINFIELD...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  DOUGLASS...LEON

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

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

LAT...LON 3749 9707 3737 9690 3767 9653 3785 9653
      3792 9668

$$

KLEINSASSER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 042323
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
623 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

KSC015-035-050000-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050605T0000Z/
BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-
623 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN COWLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN
BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF DOUGLASS...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF
WINFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEON BY  640 PM CDT.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 3749 9707 3737 9690 3767 9653 3785 9653
      3792 9668

$$

CHANCE
000 
WWUS53 KICT 042336
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
636 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

KSC015-035-050000-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050605T0000Z/
BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-
636 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN COWLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN
BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF LATHAM...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF EL
DORADO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN COWLEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3749 9707 3737 9690 3767 9653 3785 9653
      3792 9668

$$

CHANCE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley25 min
Jun 3, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley42 min
Jun 3, 9:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChase, Marion6 hr
Jun 3, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley35 min
Jun 3, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley31 min
Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley32 min
Jun 3, 11:07 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley23 min
Jun 3, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley32 min
Jun 3, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua44 min
Jun 3, 11:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChautauqua, Elk5 hr
Jun 3, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua33 min
Jun 4, 12:23 AM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua19 min
Jun 4, 1:12 AM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua, Montgomery20 min
Jun 4, 1:28 AM CDTTornado WarningICTMontgomery32 min
Jun 4, 2:01 AM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette, Montgomery24 min
Jun 4, 3:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler, Greenwood6 hr
Jun 4, 5:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTWoodson3 hr
Jun 4, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMcPherson, Saline40 min
Jun 4, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase51 min
Jun 4, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley61 min
Jun 4, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Greenwood50 min
Jun 4, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley61 min
Jun 4, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley65 min
Jun 4, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick28 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Elk, Greenwood61 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.