Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 1:33 PM CST for Allen County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 4 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
- Mar 12, 2006, 1:33 PM CST (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 2:12 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Allen County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 1:44 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 2 W Iola, KS | |
| Mar 12, 1:45 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 E Iola, KS | ROTATING WALL CLOUD. |
| Mar 12, 1:45 PM CST | HAIL 1.5 | Iola, KS | |
| Mar 12, 1:45 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Iola, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 121932 TORICT KSC001-122030- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0004.060312T1933Z-060312T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 133 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ALLEN 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 HUMBOLDT...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF CHANUTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... GAS...HUMBOLDT...IOLA...LA HARPE...MORAN 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 3774 9511 3796 9512 3793 9550 3774 9551 $$ LAWSON
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 121945 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 144 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 KSC001-122030- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060312T2030Z/ ALLEN KS- 144 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALLEN COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM CST... AT 142 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IOLA...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR LA HARPE BY 150 PM CST. NEAR MORAN BY 200 PM CST. THE TOWN OF BASSETT IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3774 9511 3796 9512 3793 9550 3774 9551 $$ BOWMAN
000 WWUS53 KICT 121954 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 154 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 KSC001-122030- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060312T2030Z/ ALLEN KS- 154 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALLEN COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM CST... AT 150 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LA HARPE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR MORAN BY 200 PM CST. 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 3774 9511 3796 9512 3793 9550 3774 9551 $$ BOWMAN
000 WWUS53 KICT 122012 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 213 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 KSC001-122023- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060312T2030Z/ ALLEN KS- 213 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ALLEN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 211 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN, OR A WARNING ISSUED. LAT...LON 3774 9511 3796 9512 3793 9550 3774 9551 $$ BOWMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 5:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 5:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 5:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase | 54 min |
| Mar 12, 7:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 7:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 12:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 24 min |
| Mar 12, 12:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 57 min |
| Mar 12, 12:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 55 min |
| Mar 12, 12:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 12:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery, Wilson | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 53 min |
| Mar 12, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 1:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson | 23 min |
| Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Neosho | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 1:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Neosho | 17 min |
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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.