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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Wichita, KS

June 11, 2008Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2008, 6:09 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
Jun 11, 2008, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Barton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 6:13 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 Nw Olmitz, KSSPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS TRYING TO FORM TO THE NORTHWEST OF OLMITZ.
Jun 11, 6:25 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Nnw Susank, KS
Jun 11, 6:25 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Nnw Susank, KSALSO REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS.
Jun 11, 6:32 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 Se Susank, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1080 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 401 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
1080 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-484 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
401 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
639 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 112310
TORICT
KSC009-120000-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0045.080611T2309Z-080612T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
609 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLMITZ...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  GREAT BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 21 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  GALATIA...OLMITZ...SUSANK.

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 WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3868 9867 3859 9867 3847 9903 3863 9903
      3869 9891 3870 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 241DEG 19KT 3853 9898

$$


HOWERTON
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 112331
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
630 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

KSC009-120000-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080612T0000Z/
BARTON KS-
630 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SUSANK...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF GREAT
BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 46 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF SUSANK.

A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 1.75 INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS NEAR 
SUSANK AT 625 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3868 9867 3859 9867 3847 9903 3863 9903
      3869 9891 3870 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 237DEG 40KT 3862 9879

$$

SCHRECK
000 
WWUS53 KICT 112335
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
634 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

KSC009-120000-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080612T0000Z/
BARTON KS-
634 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 628 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SUSANK...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF
GREAT BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 46 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF SUSANK.

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF SUSANK 
AT 632 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3868 9867 3859 9867 3847 9903 3863 9903
      3869 9891 3870 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 237DEG 40KT 3864 9874

$$

SCHRECK
000 
WWUS53 KICT 112356
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
656 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

KSC009-120006-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080612T0000Z/
BARTON KS-
656 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
700 PM CDT...

AT 651 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3868 9867 3859 9867 3847 9903 3863 9903
      3869 9891 3870 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 237DEG 40KT 3877 9848

$$

SCHRECK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 9:57 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICTBarton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more22 hr
Jun 11, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell53 min
Jun 11, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton55 min
Jun 11, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln30 min
Jun 11, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell63 min
Jun 11, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Russell39 min
Jun 11, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth42 min
Jun 11, 6:57 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton, Russell5 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.