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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS

April 5, 2005Elk County, Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2005, 3:54 PM CDT for Elk County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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 5, 2005, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 5, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 674 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -355 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 289 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 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 052054
TORICT
KSC049-073-052130-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0005.050405T2054Z-050405T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
354 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
  SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF LATHAM...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF EUREKA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  EUREKA AND PIEDMONT

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3756 9651 3755 9633 3784 9629 3785 9651

$$

/DARMOFAL

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 052114
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
413 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

KSC049-052123-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050405T2130Z/
ELK KS-
413 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ELK COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 409 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE
OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3762 9650 3762 9635 3784 9629 3785 9650

$$

KSC073-052130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050405T2130Z/
GREENWOOD KS-
413 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY
UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF SEVERY...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
EUREKA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF 
SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF PIEDMONT.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3762 9650 3762 9635 3784 9629 3785 9650

$$

/KLEINSASSER

000 
WWUS53 KICT 052126
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
426 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

KSC073-052136-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050405T2130Z/
GREENWOOD KS-
426 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE...

AT 423 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 3762 9650 3762 9635 3784 9629 3785 9650

$$

/KLEINSASSER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	66 min
Apr 5, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood	59 min
Apr 5, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	52 min
Apr 5, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson	44 min

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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.