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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Wichita, KS

April 24, 2006Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2006, 5:15 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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: Apr 24, 2006, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2006, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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
Apr 24, 5:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Clearwater, KS
Apr 24, 5:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Clearwater, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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
Apr 24, 1:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 332 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 405 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 16.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KICT 242215
TORICT
KSC173-191-242245-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0028.060424T2215Z-060424T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
515 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHWESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CONWAY SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CLEARWATER...CONWAY SPRINGS...VIOLA

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW

LAT...LON 3743 9782 3737 9761 3748 9734 3763 9755

$$

BOWMAN

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KICT 242228
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
528 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

KSC173-191-242245-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060424T2245Z/
SEDGWICK KS-SUMNER KS-
528 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN SUMNER AND
SOUTHWESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEARWATER...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN SUMNER
AND SOUTHWESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3743 9782 3737 9761 3748 9734 3763 9755

$$

KLEINSASSER

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Apr 24, 4:53 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 4:53 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
453 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

.MESO UPDATE...
WE ARE SENDING OUT A QUICK UPDATE ON STORM TYPE POTENTIAL DURING THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

LATEST RADAR LOOP SHOWING SOME GOOD ELEVATED SUPERCELLS DEVELOPING
OVER SUMNER AND COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY END UP PRODUCING HAIL
LARGER THAN 2 INCHES AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. FURTHER
WEST JUST WEST OF PRATT...THE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION CONTINUES TO
LOWER ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THIS AREA APPEARS TO
BECOMING PRIMED FOR SURFACE BASED CONVECTION. STRETCHING PARAMETER
ALSO LOOKS FAVORABLE DUE TO STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES DEVELOPING
OVER THAT REGION. 0-1KT HELICITY IS AROUND 150 M2/S2 WHICH COULD
LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOGENISIS ESPECIALLY IF A STORM
DEVELOPS ALONG A BOUNDARY.

COX

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 351 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006/

DISCUSSION...

FORECAST PROBLEMS:
1) SEVERE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL TONIGHT.
2) MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT.

TONIGHT:
FORECAST FOCUS IS ON SEVERE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY THIS
EVENING. AS OF 3 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER
NORTH-CENTRAL OK IN GARFIELD COUNTY JUST E OF TRIPLE POINT. WITH
MID-LEVEL SHORT-WAVE MOVING E/NE ACROSS WRN KS EXPECT STRONG COLD
FRONT TO SURGE SE ACROSS KS. AMPLE MOISTURE COUPLED WITH STEEP()
MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES DEPICT GREATEST SEVERE THREAT TO BE IN FORM
OF LARGE HAIL. WITH WARM FRONT DRAPED IN W-E MANNER ACROSS NRN OK
WILL NEED TO KEEP WATCH FOR TORNADIC POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
SRN TIER COUNTIES OF SC KS. WITH COLD FRONT PROGGED TO SURGE SE...
SE KS SHOULD EXPECT NUMEROUS STRONG-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
EVENING AS BOUNDARY TO ENCOUNTER RICHER LOWER-DECK MOISTURE IN
THIS PART OF NEIGHBORHOOD. PRECIPITABLE WATERS IN 1.5-1.7 INCH
RANGE MOMENTARILY RIASED CONCERNS FOR FLASH FLOOD ISSUANCE. WITH 3
HOURLY FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE GENERALLY IN 2.5 TO 3.0 INCH RANGE
HAVE OPTED TO HOLD OFF ISSUANCE UNTIL BETTER FEEL ESTABLISHED WITH
RESPECT RAINFALL RATES.

TUESDAY:
WITH STRONG COLD FRONT PROGGED TO SURGE SE ACROSS KS/MO BORDER...
CHANCES FOR -SHRA TO BE GREATEST ACROSS SE KS WHERE NO DOUBT
CLOSER TO SFC-850MB WRAP-AROUND.

TUESDAY NIGHT:
FORECAST FOCUS IS ON LOW TEMPERATURES. LARGE SFC HIGH SETTLES SE
ACROSS NEBRASKA AND WRN/CENTRAL KS. 1000-500MB THICKNESSES
LOWERING TO 546DM COUPELD WITH CLEARING WOULD SUPPORT MINS 35F
WITH CENTRAL KS ON COLDER SIDE OF FENCE.

WED-THU NIGHT:
QUIET WEATHER SLATED ALL AREAS AS PREVIOUSLY-MENTIONED HIGH
PRESSURE AREA DOMINATES WHILE DRIFTING SE TOWARD LOWER MS VALLEY.

FRIDAY & FRIDAY NIGHT: (CORRECTED)
NEXT CHANCE FOR TSRA SLATED THESE PERIODS AS NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES
SE INTO CENTRAL KS FRIDAY MORNING IN RESPONSE TO FAIRLY POTENT
MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE SPRINTING SE ACROSS NRN PLAINS. SOME CONCERN
AS TO MOISTURE MAGNITUDE. AS SUCH..HAVE TAKEN CONSERVATIVE
APPROACH TO POPS ASSIGNING 20-30% WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS
ASSIGNED TO CENTRAL KS ON FRIDAY...WITH CHANCES GRADUALLY
INCREASED TO 30-40% FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS PRIMARILY SC & SE KS AS
COLD FRONT CONTINUES SE JAUNT ACROSS FORECAST AREA.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY:
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE TO INHERITED FORECAST.

&&

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    43  50  35  65 /  70  30   0   0
HUTCHINSON      40  49  34  65 /  60  30   0   0
NEWTON          43  48  35  65 /  70  40   0   0
ELDORADO        45  48  35  64 /  80  40   0   0
WINFIELD-KWLD   47  52  36  65 /  80  40   0   0
RUSSELL         37  47  33  66 /  40  30   0   0
GREAT BEND      37  49  33  66 /  40  30   0   0
SALINA          40  47  34  65 /  60  30   0   0
MCPHERSON       41  47  34  65 /  60  30   0   0
COFFEYVILLE     54  54  37  65 /  90  40   0   0
CHANUTE         51  51  37  65 /  90  50   0   0
IOLA            50  51  36  65 /  90  50   0   0
PARSONS-KPPF    53  53  37  65 /  90  50   0   0

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 2:15 PM CDT, 3 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
215 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-251200-
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-
215 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 4 PM MAINLY WEST OF THE
INTERSTATE 35 AND I-135 CORRIDOR AND MOVE EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AS THE
EVENING HOURS APPROACH. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME SEVERE WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION ANY SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO. AT THIS TIME THE HIGHEST
TORNADO POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL EXIST ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF A LYONS TO COTTONWOOD FALLS LINE BETWEEN 3 PM AND
9 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE ON THE SEVERITY OF THESE
STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

COX/LAWSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:56 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
456 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     HAIL             SOUTH HAVEN             37.05N 97.40W
04/24/2006  E1.75 INCH       SUMNER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

MJR

Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:57 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
457 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0455 PM     HAIL             MULVANE                 37.48N 97.24W
04/24/2006  E1.00 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

MJR

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:03 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
503 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0459 PM     HAIL             DERBY                   37.55N 97.26W
04/24/2006  E1.75 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0500 PM     HAIL             6 SE WELLINGTON         37.21N 97.32W
04/24/2006  E1.00 INCH       SUMNER             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

ES

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:05 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
505 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0502 PM     HAIL             DERBY                   37.55N 97.26W
04/24/2006  E1.75 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

MJR

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:06 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
506 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0506 PM     HAIL             OXFORD                  37.27N 97.17W
04/24/2006  E2.00 INCH       SUMNER             KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

MJR

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:13 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
513 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     HAIL             5 SE WICHITA            37.64N 97.28W
04/24/2006  E1.50 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

MJR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	52 min
Apr 23, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	66 min
Apr 23, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	50 min
Apr 23, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice	46 min
Apr 23, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	47 min
Apr 23, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Saline	32 min
Apr 23, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	54 min
Apr 23, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick	53 min
Apr 23, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	63 min
Apr 23, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	61 min
Apr 23, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	52 min
Apr 23, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	41 min
Apr 23, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	42 min
Apr 23, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Woodson	36 min
Apr 23, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	33 min
Apr 24, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	29 min
Apr 24, 3:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	26 min
Apr 24, 6:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick	53 min
Apr 24, 7:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	81 min
Apr 24, 7:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	55 min
Apr 24, 7:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey	23 min
Apr 24, 8:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	75 min
Apr 24, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	34 min
Apr 24, 9:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	59 min
Apr 24, 10:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	64 min
Apr 24, 11:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	47 min
Apr 24, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	55 min
Apr 24, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	63 min
Apr 24, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	58 min
Apr 24, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	34 min
Apr 24, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	54 min
Apr 24, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	66 min
Apr 24, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	26 min
Apr 24, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	36 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.