Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2006, 7:44 PM CDT for Labette County, Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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
- Aug 25, 2006, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Labette County, KS, Neosho County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 8:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 6 E Cherryvale, KS | |
| Aug 25, 8:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Altamont, KS | PUBLIC REPORTED DOWNED TREES JUST SOUTH OF ALTAMONT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -337 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 260045 SVRICT KSC099-133-260145- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0252.060826T0044Z-060826T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 744 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOUTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 845 PM CDT. * AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM THAYER TO 20 MILES WEST OF ANGOLA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ALTAMONT...ANGOLA...BARTLETT...CHETOPA...DENNIS...EDNA... GALESBURG...LABETTE...MOUND VALLEY...OSWEGO...PARSONS...PARSONS TRI CITY AIRPORT...ST. PAUL...THAYER...SOUTH MOUND. SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS: THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. 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 3753 9554 3699 9554 3699 9507 3753 9508 $$ CARUSO
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 260059 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 758 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 KSC099-133-260145- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060826T0145Z/ NEOSHO KS-LABETTE KS- 758 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LABETTE AND SOUTHERN NEOSHO COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GALESBURG TO MOUND VALLEY... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... NEAR MOUND VALLEY BY 805 PM CDT. NEAR PARSONS BY 815 PM CDT. NEAR BARTLETT BY 820 PM CDT. NEAR CHETOPA BY 830 PM CDT. NEAR OSWEGO BY 835 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF DENNIS...PARSONS TRI CITY AIRPORT...SOUTH MOUND AND LABETTE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3753 9554 3699 9554 3699 9507 3753 9508 $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS53 KICT 260116 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 817 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 KSC099-133-260145- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060826T0145Z/ NEOSHO KS-LABETTE KS- 817 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LABETTE AND SOUTHERN NEOSHO COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ST. PAUL TO EDNA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... NEAR BARTLETT BY 825 PM CDT. NEAR CHETOPA BY 840 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF SOUTH MOUND AND LABETTE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3753 9554 3699 9554 3699 9507 3753 9508 $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS53 KICT 260128 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 828 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 KSC099-133-260145- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060826T0145Z/ NEOSHO KS-LABETTE KS- 828 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LABETTE AND SOUTHERN NEOSHO COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ST. PAUL TO EDNA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... NEAR BARTLETT BY 835 PM CDT. NEAR OSWEGO BY 845 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF SOUTH MOUND AND LABETTE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3753 9554 3699 9554 3699 9507 3753 9508 $$ KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 54 min |
| Aug 25, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 20 min |
| Aug 25, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 58 min |
| Aug 26, 6:47 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 54 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.