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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

March 12, 2006Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 1:30 PM CST for Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
Mar 12, 2006, 1:30 PM CST (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2006, 2:06 PM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Neosho County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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
Mar 12, 11:49 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2006-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2006-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 622 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
93 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
622 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
826 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 121930
TORICT
KSC133-122030-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0003.060312T1930Z-060312T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
130 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 129 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THAYER...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CHANUTE...GALESBURG...THAYER

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

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3761 9552 3745 9551 3747 9532 3772 9524
      3771 9550

$$

LAWSON
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 121939
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
139 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

KSC133-122030-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060312T2030Z/
NEOSHO KS-
139 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN NEOSHO COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM
CST...

AT 138 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THAYER...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY NORTHWESTERN NEOSHO
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF EARLTON.

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 3761 9552 3745 9551 3747 9532 3772 9524
      3771 9550

$$

BOWMAN
000 
WWUS53 KICT 122006
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
206 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

KSC133-122016-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060312T2030Z/
NEOSHO KS-
206 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN NEOSHO COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 203 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 3761 9552 3745 9551 3747 9532 3772 9524
      3771 9550

$$

BOWMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 5:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler42 min
Mar 12, 5:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick38 min
Mar 12, 5:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase54 min
Mar 12, 7:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion30 min
Mar 12, 7:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion27 min
Mar 12, 12:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley24 min
Mar 12, 12:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk57 min
Mar 12, 12:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson55 min
Mar 12, 12:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson58 min
Mar 12, 12:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Montgomery, Wilson51 min
Mar 12, 1:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson53 min
Mar 12, 1:10 PM CSTTornado WarningICTAllen, Woodson50 min
Mar 12, 1:17 PM CSTTornado WarningICTWilson23 min
Mar 12, 1:33 PM CSTTornado WarningICTAllen39 min
Mar 12, 1:50 PM CSTTornado WarningICTNeosho17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.