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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2006, 5:23 PM CST for Wilson County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 5 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
- Mar 30, 2006, 5:23 PM CST (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2006, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 5:30 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Coyville, KS | |
| Mar 30, 5:37 PM CST | HAIL 2 | Coyville, KS | |
| Mar 30, 6:00 PM CST | TORNADO | 6 E Buffalo, KS | |
| Mar 30, 6:03 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 S Buffalo, KS | TORNADO LASTED 5 MINS. DAMAGE TO A CARPORT AND TREE DAMAGE. |
| Mar 30, 6:03 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 S Buffalo, KS | THE TORNADO LASTED FOR 5 MINUTES. |
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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:42 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 426 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 459 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 302323 SVRICT KSC205-207-310015- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0037.060330T2323Z-060331T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 523 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 615 PM CST. * AT 519 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF FREDONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BATESVILLE...BUFFALO...COYVILLE...NEOSHO FALLS...ROSE...YATES CENTER 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: SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 3785 9594 3762 9595 3772 9553 3801 9555 $$ JAKUB
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KICT 302331 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 531 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 KSC205-207-310015- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-060331T0015Z/ WOODSON KS-WILSON KS- 531 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN WILSON AND WOODSON COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CST... AT 528 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TORONTO TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TORONTO TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FALL RIVER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... NEAR BUFFALO BY 545 PM CST. NEAR NEOSHO FALLS BY 605 PM CST. THE TOWNS OF BATESVILLE...COYVILLE AND ROSE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 3785 9594 3762 9595 3772 9553 3801 9555 $$ ELDER
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 Mar 30, 3:14 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 3:14 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 314 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CONCERNS DEAL WITH REMNANT CONVECTION IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL. FOCUS THEN SHIFTS TO PERIODS OF CONVECTION SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. ALSO, TEMPERATURES WILL BE A CHALLENGE AS THE SYSTEMS MOVE THROUGH DUE TO TIMING ISSUES... BUT FOCUS OF THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE ON THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. TONIGHT: BY THIS FORECAST VALID TIME (00Z) STORMS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA AND MOVING TO THE EAST. STORMS SHOULD BE OUT OF OUR FAR EASTERN COUNTIES BY MIDNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN A THREAT AS STORMS CONGEAL INTO A LINE AND MOVE TO THE EAST. THE MAIN HAZARDS THROUGH 06Z WILL BE FROM HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. ANY CELLS THAT REMAIN AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A TORNADO THREAT AS WELL AS A HAIL AND HIGH WIND THREAT. ALSO ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH 06Z FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KS THAT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW ITSELF. THINK THIS BIT OF CONVECTION WILL ONLY LAST A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET BUT DIDNT WANT TO REALLY GET CUTE WITH THE GRIDS GIVEN CURRENT EVENTS. SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: DECIDED TO HOLD OFF THUNDERSTORM CHANCES UNTIL THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN MORE MOISTURE CAN MAKE IT NORTH. AROUND THIS TIME A SURFACE LOW DEEPENS AND WILL BE ABLE DRAW MORE MOISTURE INTO. ALSO THE SHORTWAVE ENERGY INCREASES LATER IN THE DAY SATURDAY. GOING TOWARDS THE OVERNIGHT HOURS A VERY STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET COMES INTO PLAY AND THE WHOLE AREA IS EXPECTED TO BE IN A DIFFLUENT AREA OF THE UPPER LEVEL JET. TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY: MODELS SEEM TO BE SLOW THINGS DOWN A BIT FOR THE MID-WEEK SYSTEM. DUE TO LACK OF MODEL CONSISTENCY DECIDED TO HOLD OFF MAKING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST. HAVING SAID THAT IT NOW LOOKS LIKE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT DID PUT MENTION OF STORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAIN SYSTEM FINALLY EJECTS OUT INTO THE PLAINS. REGARDING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE FORECAST... THE GENERAL THEME WAS TO RAISE MAX AND MINS AHEAD OF THE SYSTEMS DUE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AND MOISTURE ADVECTION. UPPED MAX AND MIN TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ALSO RAISED TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THE MID-WEEK SYSTEM. BOWMAN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 45 72 45 76 / 5 0 10 20 HUTCHINSON 41 71 43 75 / 10 0 5 20 NEWTON 44 71 43 75 / 10 0 5 20 ELDORADO 45 71 44 75 / 20 0 10 20 WINFIELD-KWLD 46 72 46 77 / 10 0 10 20 RUSSELL 37 67 41 73 / 20 0 5 20 GREAT BEND 38 70 42 74 / 20 0 5 20 SALINA 42 67 40 73 / 20 0 5 20 MCPHERSON 42 70 42 74 / 20 0 5 20 COFFEYVILLE 48 72 45 76 / 50 0 10 20 CHANUTE 48 71 43 75 / 50 0 5 20 IOLA 47 70 42 74 / 50 0 5 20 PARSONS-KPPF 48 71 44 75 / 50 0 10 20 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072- 082-083-091>096-098>100. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 4:00 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 400 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-312300- 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- 400 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. STORMS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE EAVING HOURS AND WILL IMPACT AREAS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS EVENING. INITIALLY... TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE HAZARDS BUT THE TORNADO THREAT WILL DECREASE AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS AT LEAST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER OUTLOOKS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE STARTING TUESDAY. ONCE AGAIN... IT APPEARS AT LEAST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER OUTLOOKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 135. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP ADK/CDB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 30, 4:23 PM CST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
423 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0417 PM HAIL 10 NE WINFIELD 37.37N 96.84W
03/30/2006 E0.75 INCH COWLEY KS TRAINED SPOTTER
COVERED THE GOUND.
&&
LFWLocal storm report, Mar 30, 4:26 PM CST, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
426 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0424 PM TORNADO 7 E ELK CITY 37.29N 95.78W
03/30/2006 MONTGOMERY KS EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO OVER ELK CITY LAKE.
&&
LFWLocal storm report, Mar 30, 4:27 PM CST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
427 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0416 PM HAIL SYCAMORE 37.33N 95.72W
03/30/2006 E0.88 INCH MONTGOMERY KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
LFWLocal storm report, Mar 30, 4:32 PM CST, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
432 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM TORNADO 1 NE SYCAMORE 37.34N 95.71W
03/30/2006 MONTGOMERY KS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
LFWLocal storm report, Mar 30, 5:16 PM CST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
516 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0508 PM HAIL 2 W SEVERY 37.62N 96.26W
03/30/2006 E0.88 INCH GREENWOOD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
LFWLocal storm report, Mar 30, 5:20 PM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
520 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0508 PM TSTM WND GST 1 N CLIMAX 37.73N 96.22W
03/30/2006 E60 MPH GREENWOOD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
LFWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 3:46 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 12:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno, Sedgwick | 60 min |
| Mar 30, 12:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Saline | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 12:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Marion | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 12:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 1:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Marion | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 1:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 1:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 1:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 62 min |
| Mar 30, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 2:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 18 min |
| Mar 30, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Elk | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 53 min |
| Mar 30, 3:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 3:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Wilson | 55 min |
| Mar 30, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 15 min |
| Mar 30, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 4:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 4:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 4:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 4:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Elk | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 5:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 5:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen | 46 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.