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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 13, 2009, 6:48 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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
- May 13, 2009, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2009, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 6:52 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Se Cambridge, KS | |
| May 13, 7:23 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 E Cedar Vale, KS | THE HAIL OCCURRED WITH 50 MPH WINDS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 701 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -565 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 587 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KICT 132348
TORICT
KSC019-035-140030-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0021.090513T2348Z-090514T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
648 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.
* AT 649 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDAR VALE...OR
18 MILES EAST OF WINFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CEDAR VALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3699 9672 3728 9671 3730 9652 3730 9651
3730 9647 3729 9645 3699 9637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 333DEG 15KT 3729 9665
$$
DARMOFAL3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KICT 140009
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
709 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
KSC019-035-140030-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090514T0030Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-COWLEY KS-
709 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN COWLEY AND
WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR VALE...OR 19 MILES WEST OF
SEDAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
NEAR CEDAR VALE BY 720 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3699 9672 3728 9671 3730 9652 3730 9651
3730 9647 3729 9645 3699 9637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 324DEG 22KT 3717 9652
$$
LAWSON000
WWUS53 KICT 140022
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
722 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
KSC019-035-140030-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090514T0030Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-COWLEY KS-
722 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN COWLEY AND
WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF CEDAR VALE...OR 18 MILES
WEST OF SEDAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
6 MILES NORTH OF CEDAR VALE BY 730 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3699 9672 3728 9671 3730 9652 3730 9651
3730 9647 3729 9645 3699 9637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 309DEG 14KT 3720 9649
$$
LAWSON000
WWUS53 KICT 140025
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
725 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
KSC019-035-140035-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090514T0030Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-COWLEY KS-
725 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COWLEY AND WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
AT 725 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3699 9672 3728 9671 3730 9652 3730 9651
3730 9647 3729 9645 3699 9637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 309DEG 14KT 3719 9648
$$
LAWSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 55 min |
| May 13, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk | 45 min |
| May 13, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 57 min |
| May 13, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 49 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.