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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Wichita, KS

September 21, 2006Lincoln County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 2006, 4:16 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 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
Sep 21, 2006, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2006, 4:37 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lincoln County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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
Sep 21, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2006-09-21Temperature 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 2006-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 212116
TORICT
KSC105-169-212200-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0039.060921T2116Z-060921T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
416 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

* AT 413 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENDALE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF SALINA...
  MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  GLENDALE.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3878 9796 3877 9772 3896 9768 3896 9792
      3901 9792 3902 9796

$$

CARUSO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KICT 212137
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
436 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006

KSC105-169-212146-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060921T2200Z/
LINCOLN KS-SALINE KS-
436 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SALINE AND SOUTHEASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 434 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSED AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3878 9796 3877 9772 3896 9768 3896 9792
      3901 9792 3902 9796

$$

JAKUB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 4:04 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICTAllen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more15 hr
Sep 21, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell36 min
Sep 21, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln25 min
Sep 21, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRice26 min
Sep 21, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Saline44 min
Sep 21, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick31 min
Sep 21, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln19 min
Sep 21, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler, Harvey, Marion29 min
Sep 21, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln27 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.