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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS

March 30, 2006McPherson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 1:25 PM CST for McPherson County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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 30, 2006, 1:25 PM CST (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2006, 1:51 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McPherson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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 30, 8:42 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2006-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1531 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2006-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 332 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
332 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
9.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 301925
TORICT
KSC113-302000-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0009.060330T1925Z-060330T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 123 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  BUHLER. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  INMAN...MOUNDRIDGE

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

LAT...LON 3816 9786 3816 9771 3817 9744 3829 9755
      3837 9764

$$

CHANCE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 301939
SVSICT

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

KSC113-302000-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060330T2000Z/
MCPHERSON KS-
138 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL
200 PM CST...

AT 136 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNDRIDGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MCPHERSON
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF MOUNDRIDGE.

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

LAT...LON 3816 9786 3816 9771 3817 9744 3829 9755
      3837 9764

$$

ELDER
000 
WWUS53 KICT 301951
SVSICT

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

KSC113-302000-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060330T2000Z/
MCPHERSON KS-
150 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 148 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND HAS BEEN 
REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE EASTERN PART OF 
THE COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3816 9786 3816 9771 3817 9744 3829 9755
      3837 9764

$$

ELDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 3:46 AM CSTWind AdvisoryICTAllen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more16 hr
Mar 30, 11:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln65 min
Mar 30, 12:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno, Sedgwick60 min
Mar 30, 12:13 PM CSTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Saline31 min
Mar 30, 12:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick27 min
Mar 30, 12:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Marion39 min
Mar 30, 12:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Saline49 min
Mar 30, 1:05 PM CSTTornado WarningICTButler, Marion40 min
Mar 30, 1:33 PM CSTTornado WarningICTChase, Marion27 min
Mar 30, 1:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Marion62 min
Mar 30, 2:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley37 min
Mar 30, 2:12 PM CSTTornado WarningICTMarion18 min
Mar 30, 2:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Elk29 min
Mar 30, 2:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua53 min
Mar 30, 3:08 PM CSTTornado WarningICTChautauqua, Elk29 min
Mar 30, 3:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Wilson55 min
Mar 30, 3:51 PM CSTTornado WarningICTWilson, Woodson15 min
Mar 30, 3:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Montgomery65 min
Mar 30, 4:04 PM CSTTornado WarningICTChautauqua, Montgomery34 min
Mar 30, 4:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley37 min
Mar 30, 4:27 PM CSTTornado WarningICTNeosho, Wilson29 min
Mar 30, 4:34 PM CSTTornado WarningICTCowley, Elk41 min
Mar 30, 4:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood48 min
Mar 30, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson, Woodson52 min
Mar 30, 5:33 PM CSTTornado WarningICTWilson, Woodson32 min
Mar 30, 5:59 PM CSTTornado WarningICTAllen46 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.