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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 2005, 6:35 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 6:56 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 S Grenola, 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
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 132335 TORICT KSC019-035-049-140015- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0048.050913T2335Z-050914T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 635 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHWESTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. NORTHWESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF BURDEN...OR 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARKANSAS CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... GRENOLA...MOLINE THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW LAT...LON 3741 9661 3727 9670 3717 9638 3739 9627 $$ BOWMAN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 132356 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 656 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 KSC019-035-049-140015- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-050914T0015Z/ CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-COWLEY KS- 656 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN COWLEY...SOUTHWESTERN ELK AND NORTHWESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRENOLA...OR 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARKANSAS CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR GRENOLA BY 715 PM CDT. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3741 9661 3727 9670 3717 9638 3739 9627 $$ ES
000 WWUS53 KICT 140010 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 710 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 KSC019-035-049-140015- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-050914T0015Z/ CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-COWLEY KS- 710 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN COWLEY...SOUTHWESTERN ELK AND NORTHWESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF GRENOLA...OR 32 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN COWLEY... NORTHWESTERN CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHWESTERN ELK 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 3741 9661 3727 9670 3717 9638 3739 9627 $$ 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, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 51 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, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 50 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.