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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Wichita, KS

June 17, 2006Elk County, Greenwood County, Kansas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2006-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1266 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2006-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.