Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 5:33 PM CST for Wilson County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 4 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, 5:33 PM CST (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2006, 6:05 PM CST
- In force
- 32 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), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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, 5:37 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.
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 302334 TORICT KSC205-207-310015- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0017.060330T2333Z-060331T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 533 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOUTHERN WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 615 PM CST * AT 532 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF TORONTO...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF FREDONIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BUFFALO THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3779 9594 3761 9594 3766 9553 3792 9552 $$ JAKUB
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 302342 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 540 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 KSC205-207-310015- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060331T0015Z/ WOODSON KS-WILSON KS- 540 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN WILSON AND SOUTHERN WOODSON COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CST... AT 536 PM CST...A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF FREDONIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 2 INCH SIZE HAIL IN COYVILLE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR BUFFALO BY 545 PM CST. THE TOWN OF ROSE IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3779 9594 3761 9594 3766 9553 3792 9552 $$ ELDER
000 WWUS53 KICT 302347 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 547 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 KSC205-207-310015- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060331T0015Z/ WOODSON KS-WILSON KS- 547 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN WILSON AND SOUTHERN WOODSON COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CST... AT 544 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUFFALO...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF YATES CENTER... AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN WILSON AND SOUTHERN WOODSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF ROSE AND BUFFALO. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3779 9594 3761 9594 3766 9553 3792 9552 $$ ELDER
000 WWUS53 KICT 310005 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 605 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 KSC205-207-310015- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060331T0015Z/ WOODSON KS-WILSON KS- 605 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WILSON AND SOUTHERN WOODSON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 601 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN, OR A WARNING ISSUED. LAT...LON 3779 9594 3761 9594 3766 9553 3792 9552 $$ 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, 3:51 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, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 52 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.