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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2006, 8:43 PM CDT for Elk County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2006, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2006, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1319 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 180146 TORICT KSC049-073-180230- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0029.060618T0143Z-060618T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 843 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOUTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 842 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR GRENOLA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES EAST OF EUREKA TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEDAN. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADOES POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ARE LANDSPOUT TORNADOES...AND ARE GENERALLY WEAK AND SHORT LIVED. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ELK FALLS...FALL RIVER...GRENOLA...HOWARD...LONGTON...MOLINE... SEVERY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND SHELTER. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH...CULVERT OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3784 9627 3730 9652 3730 9596 3779 9596 $$ SCHRECK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 180210 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 909 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006 KSC049-073-180230- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060618T0230Z/ GREENWOOD KS-ELK KS- 909 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR ELK AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 842 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A ROPE TORNADO 1 MILE WEST OF GRENOLA IN ELK COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOWARD...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF SEDAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE... 4 MILES NORTH OF ELK FALLS BY 915 PM CDT. 6 MILES NORTH OF LONGTON BY 925 PM CDT. A SECOND STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LANDSPOUT TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOWARD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3784 9627 3730 9652 3730 9596 3779 9596 $$ CARUSO
000 WWUS53 KICT 180230 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 929 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006 KSC049-073-180239- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060618T0230Z/ GREENWOOD KS-ELK KS- 929 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ELK AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 928 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN, OR A WARNING ISSUED. LAT...LON 3784 9627 3730 9652 3730 9596 3779 9596 $$ CARUSO
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.