Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 2009, 5:22 PM CST for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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 7, 2009, 5:22 PM CST (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Marion County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 5:44 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 7 S Hillsboro, 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 7, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 511 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 535 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 072322 TORICT KSC115-080000- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0003.090307T2322Z-090308T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 522 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 600 PM CST. * AT 518 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOESSEL...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... FLORENCE...GOESSEL...MARION...PEABODY. 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 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3817 9736 3830 9736 3843 9687 3814 9685 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 251DEG 34KT 3819 9734 $$ KLEINSASSER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 072330 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 530 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 KSC115-080000- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090308T0000Z/ MARION KS- 530 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CST... AT 527 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOESSEL...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES NORTH OF PEABODY BY 540 PM CST. 5 MILES SOUTH OF MARION BY 550 PM CST. NEAR FLORENCE BY 555 PM CST. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3817 9736 3830 9736 3843 9687 3814 9685 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 251DEG 34KT 3822 9724 $$ SCHRECK
000 WWUS53 KICT 072334 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 534 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 KSC115-080000- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090308T0000Z/ MARION KS- 534 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CST... AT 532 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEABODY...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES SOUTH OF MARION BY 550 PM CST. NEAR FLORENCE BY 555 PM CST. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3817 9736 3830 9736 3843 9687 3814 9685 TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 251DEG 34KT 3823 9719 $$ SCHRECK
000 WWUS53 KICT 072340 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 540 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 KSC115-080000- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090308T0000Z/ MARION KS- 540 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CST... AT 537 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PEABODY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES SOUTH OF MARION BY 550 PM CST. NEAR FLORENCE BY 555 PM CST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3817 9736 3830 9736 3843 9687 3814 9685 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 251DEG 34KT 3825 9712 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 63 min |
| Mar 7, 4:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 52 min |
| Mar 7, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson | 41 min |
| Mar 7, 5:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 5:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.