Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 41, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 2006, 5:07 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 21, 2006, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2006, 5:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 5:22 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Barnard, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 212207 TORICT KSC105-212245- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0041.060921T2207Z-060921T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 507 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 545 PM CDT. * AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LINCOLN...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BARNARD...BEVERLY...LINCOLN...WESTFALL. 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 3892 9829 3892 9793 3922 9792 3922 9829 $$ CARUSO
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 212214 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 515 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 KSC105-212245- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-060921T2245Z/ LINCOLN KS- 515 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LINCOLN...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE... NEAR BARNARD BY 520 PM CDT. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3892 9829 3892 9793 3922 9792 3922 9829 $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS53 KICT 212219 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 519 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 KSC105-212245- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-060921T2245Z/ LINCOLN KS- 519 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BARNARD...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF BARNARD. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3892 9829 3892 9793 3922 9792 3922 9829 $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS53 KICT 212227 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 527 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 KSC105-212245- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-060921T2245Z/ LINCOLN KS- 527 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 521 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BARNARD...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF BARNARD. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3892 9829 3892 9793 3922 9792 3922 9829 $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS53 KICT 212234 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 534 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 KSC105-212244- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-060921T2245Z/ LINCOLN KS- 534 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 532 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN...OR A WARNING ISSUED. LAT...LON 3892 9829 3892 9793 3922 9792 3922 9829 $$ KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 4:04 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 15 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 36 min |
| Sep 21, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Sep 21, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Rice | 26 min |
| Sep 21, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Saline | 44 min |
| Sep 21, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 31 min |
| Sep 21, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 19 min |
| Sep 21, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Saline | 21 min |
| Sep 21, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Marion | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.