Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 3:51 PM CST for Wilson County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 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
- Mar 30, 2006, 3:51 PM CST (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2006, 4:06 PM CST
- In force
- 15 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 Wichita radar (KICT), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 3:56 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 N Fredonia, KS | ROPE TYPE TORNADO, SKIPPING UP AND DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:42 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 WFUS53 KICT 302152 TORICT KSC205-207-302230- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0013.060330T2151Z-060330T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 351 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOUTHEASTERN WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 430 PM CST * AT 346 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF FREDONIA. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BUFFALO...BENEDICT A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW LAT...LON 3757 9595 3751 9583 3773 9552 3787 9577 $$ CARUSO
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 302159 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 358 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 KSC205-207-302230- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060330T2230Z/ WOODSON KS-WILSON KS- 358 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN WILSON AND SOUTHEASTERN WOODSON COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CST... AT 355 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROPE TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUFFALO...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF YATES CENTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN WILSON AND SOUTHEASTERN WOODSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BUFFALO AND ROSE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3757 9595 3751 9583 3773 9552 3787 9577 $$ ELDER
000 WWUS53 KICT 302203 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 403 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 KSC205-302213- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060330T2230Z/ WILSON KS- 403 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WILSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 359 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS 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 3774 9585 3773 9571 3773 9552 3787 9577 $$ KSC207-302230- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060330T2230Z/ WOODSON KS- 403 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOODSON COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CST... AT 359 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUFFALO...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF YATES CENTER... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN WOODSON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF ROSE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3774 9585 3773 9571 3773 9552 3787 9577 $$ ELDER
000 WWUS53 KICT 302206 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 406 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 KSC207-302216- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060330T2230Z/ WOODSON KS- 406 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOODSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 403 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND 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 3774 9585 3773 9571 3773 9552 3787 9577 $$ ELDER
The 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, 3:55 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, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 52 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 |
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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.