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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS

March 30, 2006Butler County, Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 1:05 PM CST for Butler County, Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. 2 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 30, 2006, 1:05 PM CST (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2006, 1:45 PM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Butler County, KS, Marion County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 30, 1:27 PM CST	HAIL 1	Florence, KS
Mar 30, 1:30 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	Florence, 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 30, 8:42 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 426 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 459 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 301905
TORICT
KSC015-115-301945-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0008.060330T1905Z-060330T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
105 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 145 PM CST

* AT 102 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITEWATER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BURNS...ELBING...FLORENCE...PEABODY...POTWIN

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

LAT...LON 3811 9715 3785 9715 3799 9682 3819 9686
      3832 9699

$$

CHANCE

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 301924
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
123 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

KSC015-301933-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060330T1945Z/
BUTLER KS-
123 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BUTLER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 119 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3811 9715 3809 9716 3808 9683 3819 9686
      3832 9699

$$

KSC115-301945-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060330T1945Z/
MARION KS-
123 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY UNTIL
145 PM CST...

AT 119 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELBING...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF PEABODY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR FLORENCE BY  135 PM CST.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3811 9715 3809 9716 3808 9683 3819 9686
      3832 9699

$$

ELDER

000 
WWUS53 KICT 301943
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
143 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

KSC115-301953-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060330T1945Z/
MARION KS-
143 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 140 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN, OR A WARNING ISSUED.

LAT...LON 3811 9715 3809 9716 3808 9683 3819 9686
      3832 9699

$$

ELDER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 3:46 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	16 hr
Mar 30, 11:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	65 min
Mar 30, 12:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Sedgwick	60 min
Mar 30, 12:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	31 min
Mar 30, 12:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	27 min
Mar 30, 12:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Marion	39 min
Mar 30, 12:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	49 min
Mar 30, 1:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	McPherson	26 min
Mar 30, 1:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	27 min
Mar 30, 1:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	62 min
Mar 30, 2:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	37 min
Mar 30, 2:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Marion	18 min
Mar 30, 2:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Elk	29 min
Mar 30, 2:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	53 min
Mar 30, 3:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	29 min
Mar 30, 3:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Wilson	55 min
Mar 30, 3:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	15 min
Mar 30, 3:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	65 min
Mar 30, 4:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	34 min
Mar 30, 4:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	37 min
Mar 30, 4:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	29 min
Mar 30, 4:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Cowley, Elk	41 min
Mar 30, 4:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	48 min
Mar 30, 5:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	52 min
Mar 30, 5:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	32 min
Mar 30, 5:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Allen	46 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.