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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Wichita, KS

September 13, 2005Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 2005, 6:14 PM CDT for Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2005, 6:51 PM CDT
In force
37 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), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 13, 6:22 PM CDTHAIL 2.75Thayer, KS
Sep 13, 6:22 PM CDTTORNADOThayer, KSPOSSIBLE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
Sep 13, 6:24 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Galesburg, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 13, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2005-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 379 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
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 
WFUS53 KICT 132314
TORICT
KSC133-140015-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0047.050913T2314Z-050914T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THAYER...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ERIE...GALESBURG...ST. PAUL...THAYER

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

LAT...LON 3756 9553 3738 9552 3738 9508 3763 9507

$$

BOWMAN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 132331
SVSICT

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

KSC133-140015-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-050914T0015Z/
NEOSHO KS-
630 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY UNTIL 715
PM CDT...

AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GALESBURG...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR ST. PAUL BY  645 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF SOUTH MOUND IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO.

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 3756 9553 3738 9552 3738 9508 3763 9507

$$

ES
000 
WWUS53 KICT 132351
SVSICT

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

KSC133-132359-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-050914T0015Z/
NEOSHO KS-
650 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 648 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER
POSED AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3756 9553 3738 9552 3738 9508 3763 9507

$$

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, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningICTElk51 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.