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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Wichita, KS

November 27, 2005Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2005, 2:37 PM CST for Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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: Nov 27, 2005, 2:37 PM CST (20:37 UTC)
Expired: Nov 27, 2005, 2:59 PM CST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Montgomery County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 27, 2:48 PM CST	TORNADO	Ne Cherryvale, KS	TORNADO ON THE GROUND NORTHEAST OF CHERRYVALE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 11 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 27, 12:36 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 272037
TORICT
KSC125-272115-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0051.051127T2037Z-051127T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
237 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 236 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LIBERTY...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF COFFEYVILLE...
  AND MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CHERRYVALE...INDEPENDENCE...LIBERTY

IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE.

LAT...LON 3711 9575 3710 9559 3738 9551 3739 9569

$$

CARUSO

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 272042
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
242 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

KSC125-272115-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-051127T2115Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-
242 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
UNTIL 315 PM CST...

AT 240 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD WITH 
STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LIBERTY...OR 12 MILES 
NORTH OF COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF CHERRYVALE.

LAT...LON 3711 9575 3710 9559 3738 9551 3739 9569

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 272050
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
250 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

KSC125-272115-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-051127T2115Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-
250 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
UNTIL 315 PM CST...

AT 248 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THE 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF CHERRYVALE...OR 18 MILES NORTH 
OF COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF CHERRYVALE.

LAT...LON 3711 9575 3710 9559 3738 9551 3739 9569

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 272059
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
300 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

KSC125-272110-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-051127T2115Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-
300 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 257 PM CST...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 3711 9575 3710 9559 3738 9551 3739 9569

$$

KETCHAM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Nov 27, 10:47 AM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 10:47 AM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1047 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

.UPDATE...
NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE CURRENT PACKAGE. LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO
PROGRESS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE. SOUTHEAST FLOW
AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS ADVECTING MID 50 DEWPOINTS INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE ATMOSPHERE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT DUE TO A COLD POOL ALOFT...DECENT SHEAR PRESENT AND
A DRY SLOT ROTATING ACROSS OKLAHOMA TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS
OF KANSAS. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE
WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 403 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005/

DISCUSSION...
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS:
1) SVR THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL OVER PRIMARILY SE KS THIS AFTERNOON.
2) STRONG NW WINDS TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL KS TONIGHT, THEN ACROSS
SC KS MONDAY.

TODAY:
FORECAST FOCUS IS ON BEHAVIOR OF INTENSE() UPSTAIRS LOW DIGGING
SE ACROSS CENTRAL ROCKIES. PROGGED POSITIONING OF 300-MB JET MAX
PLACES SE KS BENEATH LEFT EXIT REGION THIS AFTERNOON & WITH MODEST
INSTABILITY AND STRONG DEEP-LAYER SPEED PRESENT, WL INCLUDE SEVERE
DESCRIPTOR THIS AFTERNOON. TSRA THAT DEVELOP WILL BE FAST-MOVING,
WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. AS PARENT UPSTAIRS LOW
APPROACHES, DEEP() SFC LOW WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NE ACROSS ERN 1/3
OF KS TO ALLOW WINDS TO SHIFT TO NW & INCREASE MARKEDLY EARLY THIS
EVENING. WITH EXPECTED LATE ARRIVAL OF SYSTEM, CHECKED SWING ON
ISSUING WIND ADVISORY FOR WRN CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT WILL
BE TIGHT & DIFFICULT TO PIN-POINT ACROSS SE KS (WHERE NO DOUBT
ALIGNED WITH WARM ADVECTION AXIS) & ALONG NW CORRIDOR, WHERE NO
DOUBT CLOSEST TO ONSET OF STRONG COLD ADVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT:
WITH DEEP() SFC LOW CONTINUING TO LIFT ACROSS NE KS & THE MO/IA
BORDER, STRONG COLD ADVECTION INVADES FORECAST AREA IN NW-SE MANNER
VIA STRONG NW WINDS THATLL LIKELY REACH 25-30 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL
KS AROUND 12 MIDNIGHT. RA TO CHANGE TO -SN ACROSS WRN 1/2 OF
CENTRAL KS 9 PM, ACROSS SC KS 12 MIDNIGHT, WITH -RA/-SN MIXTURE
PICTURED FOR SE KS EARLY MONDAY MORNING, AS DEEP WRAP-AROUND
MOISTURE OVERSPREADS NEIGHBORHOOD. GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR
ACCUMULATING SN NO DOUBT TICKETED FOR CENTRAL KS WHERE 1-2
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK. WITH GROUNDS AS WARM AS
THEYVE BEEN, ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE TEMPERED, HENCE THE
CONSERVATIVE APPROACH.

MONDAY:
AS PREVIOUSLY-MENTIONED SFC LOW APPROACHES UPR MS VALLEY, NW WINDS
WILL DIMINISH, WITH -SN CONFINED TO NRN TIER COUNTIES IN AFTERNOON.

MONDAY NIGHT-TUE NIGHT:
DRY WEATHER SLATED ALL AREAS AS WEAK SFC RIDGE MOVES ACROSS EAST
ACROSS SRN PLAINS.

WED & WED NIGHT:
NEXT CHANCE FOR RA SLATED FOR WED AFTERNOON AS NEXT COLD FRONT
SURGES E/SE ACROSS KS. TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE AS TO HOW MUCH
MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLD FRONT TO WORK WITH, HENCE THE
CONSERVATIVE APPROACH ON POPS FOR TIME BEING.

&&

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    57  34  40  23 /  50  60  20   0
HUTCHINSON      54  32  39  22 /  60  60  30   0
NEWTON          58  33  39  22 /  50  60  30   0
ELDORADO        60  34  40  23 /  50  50  30   0
WINFIELD-KWLD   59  35  42  24 /  50  50  20   0
RUSSELL         50  29  36  20 /  60  70  40   0
GREAT BEND      49  30  38  21 /  60  70  30   0
SALINA          56  32  36  20 /  60  70  40   0
MCPHERSON       56  32  37  21 /  60  60  30   0
COFFEYVILLE     66  37  42  25 /  50  40  20   0
CHANUTE         64  36  40  24 /  50  40  20   0
IOLA            64  35  40  24 /  50  40  20   0

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM MONDAY FOR
KSZ032-033-047>053-067-068-082-083.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 27, 10:58 AM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1058 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-281200-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
1058 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FOR TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PRIMARILY SOUTHEAST
KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE
PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER...ENOUGH SHEAR IS PRESENT IN THE
ATMOSPHERE...THAT A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  THE AREA OF
PRIMARY CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE TO THE EAST OF A MARION TO
SEDAN LINE.

FOR TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THAT...
WHEN COMBINED WITH AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW SPREADING SOUTHEAST ACROSS
CENTRAL AND PART OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...WILL PRODUCE POTENTIALLY
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY...FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A MARION TO
SEDAN LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

ES/CH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 27, 1:50 PM CST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
150 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0148 PM     TORNADO          4 SW LINCOLNVILLE       38.45N 97.01W
11/27/2005                   MARION             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND.

&&

CWH

Local storm report, Nov 27, 1:57 PM CST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
157 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0151 PM     TORNADO          E MARION                38.35N 97.02W
11/27/2005                   MARION             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND EAST OF MARION. NO DAMAGE
            HAS BEEN REPORTED.

&&

CWH

Local storm report, Nov 27, 2:10 PM CST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
210 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0202 PM     TORNADO          2 NE LINCOLNVILLE       38.51N 96.93W
11/27/2005                   MARION             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. NO DAMAGE REPORTED

&&

CWH

Local storm report, Nov 27, 2:19 PM CST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
219 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0218 PM     HAIL             UDALL                   37.39N 97.12W
11/27/2005  0.75 INCH        COWLEY             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CWH

Local storm report, Nov 27, 2:22 PM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
222 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0222 PM     HAIL             UDALL                   37.39N 97.12W
11/27/2005  0.75 INCH        COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CWH

Special weather statement, Nov 27, 2:23 PM CST, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
223 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

KSZ069-083-092-093-272100-
BUTLER-COWLEY-SEDGWICK-SUMNER-
223 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BUTLER...COWLEY...SEDGWICK AND SUMNER
COUNTIES...

AT 219 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR UDALL...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF ARKANSAS
CITY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MANY OF THE STORMS IN
THIS ADVISORY AREA MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

CARUSO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 27, 4:26 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	Barton, Chase, Ellsworth, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more	42 hr
Nov 27, 1:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	53 min
Nov 27, 1:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Marion	20 min
Nov 27, 1:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk	32 min
Nov 27, 2:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	12 min
Nov 27, 2:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery	61 min
Nov 27, 2:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	28 min
Nov 27, 2:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	20 min
Nov 27, 3:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	24 min
Nov 27, 3:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	61 min
Nov 27, 3:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	21 min
Nov 27, 3:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	50 min
Nov 27, 4:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	44 min
Nov 27, 4:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	21 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.