Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 376, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2009, 12:22 PM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2009, 12:22 PM CDT (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2009, 1:13 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Labette County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 21, 11:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 11:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 11:23 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1123 AM CDT MON SEP 21 2009 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-221030- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 1123 AM CDT MON SEP 21 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS MAINLY EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE TODAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. IN ADDITION THE STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL PRODUCE HIGH RAINFALL RATES WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO RETURN TO THE REGION ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG OR SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP CJ/LAWSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 10:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1043 AM CDT MON SEP 21 2009 KSZ095-096-099-211615- MONTGOMERY-NEOSHO-WILSON- 1043 AM CDT MON SEP 21 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MONTGOMERY...NEOSHO AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 1043 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEODESHA...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAWSON
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 11:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1111 AM CDT MON SEP 21 2009 KSZ095-096-099-100-211645- LABETTE-MONTGOMERY-NEOSHO-WILSON- 1111 AM CDT MON SEP 21 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LABETTE...MONTGOMERY...NEOSHO AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 1111 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF CHANUTE TO LIBERTY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAWSON
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 11:41 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1141 AM CDT MON SEP 21 2009 KSZ095-096-099-100-211715- LABETTE-MONTGOMERY-NEOSHO-WILSON- 1141 AM CDT MON SEP 21 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LABETTE...MONTGOMERY...NEOSHO AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 1140 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF ERIE TO GALESBURG TO LIBERTY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT. LAWSON
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 12:10 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1210 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2009 KSZ096-099-100-211745- LABETTE-MONTGOMERY-NEOSHO- 1210 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LABETTE...EXTREME SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHEAST NEOSHO COUNTIES... AT 1209 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WALNUT TO PARSONS TO COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT. HOWERTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 4:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 5 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette | 5 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 5 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Saline | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Labette | 5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.