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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2006, 4:26 AM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2006, 4:26 AM CDT (09:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Labette County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 090926 SVRICT KSC099-091030- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0112.060509T0926Z-060509T1030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 426 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 530 AM CDT. * AT 422 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUND VALLEY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALTAMONT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ALTAMONT...ANGOLA...BARTLETT...CHETOPA...EDNA...LABETTE...MOUND VALLEY...OSWEGO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS: THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA. LAT...LON 3732 9543 3701 9549 3700 9510 3731 9508 $$ COX
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 090943 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 443 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 KSC099-091030- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-060509T1030Z/ LABETTE KS- 443 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR LABETTE COUNTY UNTIL 530 AM CDT... AT 440 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARTLETT...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR OSWEGO BY 450 AM CDT. 5 MILES NORTH OF CHETOPA BY 455 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3732 9543 3701 9549 3700 9510 3731 9508 $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS53 KICT 091006 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 506 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 KSC099-091030- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-060509T1030Z/ LABETTE KS- 506 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR LABETTE COUNTY UNTIL 530 AM CDT... AT 501 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR BARTLETT BY 520 AM CDT. NEAR CHETOPA BY 525 AM CDT. THE TOWN OF ANGOLA IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3732 9543 3701 9549 3700 9510 3731 9508 $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS53 KICT 091026 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 526 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 KSC099-091036- /O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-060509T1030Z/ LABETTE KS- 526 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LABETTE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 522 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN, OR A WARNING ISSUED. LAT...LON 3732 9543 3701 9549 3700 9510 3731 9508 $$ KETCHAM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 9, 3:34 AM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 8, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 47 min |
| May 8, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 55 min |
| May 9, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 47 min |
| May 9, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 32 min |
| May 9, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 43 min |
| May 9, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 53 min |
| May 9, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 54 min |
| May 9, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 40 min |
| May 9, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 53 min |
| May 9, 3:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 7 more | 31 hr |
| May 9, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 54 min |
| May 9, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery | 55 min |
| May 9, 5:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.