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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Wichita, KS

November 27, 2005Neosho County, Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2005, 2:55 PM CST for Neosho County, Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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: Nov 27, 2005, 2:55 PM CST (20:55 UTC)
Expired: Nov 27, 2005, 3:15 PM CST
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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.

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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 272056
TORICT
KSC133-205-272130-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0052.051127T2055Z-051127T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 252 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF CHERRYVALE...OR 22 MILES NORTH
  OF COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CHANUTE...ERIE...GALESBURG...THAYER

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES

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

LAT...LON 3738 9562 3738 9539 3773 9509 3773 9549

$$

CARUSO

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 272107
SVSICT

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

KSC133-205-272130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-051127T2130Z/
WILSON KS-NEOSHO KS-
307 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN NEOSHO AND
SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CST...

AT 305 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF THAYER...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
CHANUTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN NEOSHO
AND SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF EARLTON AND
CHANUTE.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3738 9562 3738 9539 3773 9509 3773 9549

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 272115
SVSICT

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

KSC133-205-272126-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-051127T2130Z/
WILSON KS-NEOSHO KS-
316 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEOSHO AND SOUTHEASTERN
WILSON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 314 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN, OR A WARNING ISSUED.

LAT...LON 3738 9562 3738 9539 3773 9509 3773 9549

$$

KETCHAM

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, 2:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Montgomery	22 min
Nov 27, 2:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	28 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.