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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Wichita, KS

September 13, 2005Elk County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 2005, 6:09 PM CDT for Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report 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, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Elk County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 13, 6:38 PM CDTTORNADO2 N Longton, KSBRIEF TOUCHDOWN

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
Sep 13, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2005-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2155 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 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
2155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 132309
TORICT
KSC049-140000-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0046.050913T2309Z-050914T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
609 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOWARD...OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL
  DORADO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ELK FALLS...HOWARD...LONGTON...MOLINE

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

LAT...LON 3755 9642 3735 9640 3733 9596 3760 9597

$$

BOWMAN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 132320
SVSICT

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

KSC049-140000-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-050914T0000Z/
ELK KS-
620 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR ELK COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOWARD...OR 39 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO...
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF ELK COUNTY...INCLUDING
THE TOWN OF HOWARD.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS

LAT...LON 3755 9642 3735 9640 3733 9596 3760 9597

$$

ES
000 
WWUS53 KICT 132344
SVSICT

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

KSC049-140000-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-050914T0000Z/
ELK KS-
643 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR ELK COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 639 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF LONGTON...OR 38 MILES WEST OF
CHANUTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF ELK COUNTY.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS

LAT...LON 3755 9642 3735 9640 3733 9596 3760 9597

$$

ES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho50 min
Sep 13, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson56 min
Sep 13, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley36 min
Sep 13, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood60 min
Sep 13, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley64 min
Sep 13, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen45 min
Sep 13, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk58 min
Sep 13, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho51 min
Sep 13, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningICTNeosho37 min
Sep 13, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley, Elk40 min
Sep 13, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.