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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Wichita, KS

June 15, 2009Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2009, 6:55 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 15, 2009, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2009, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Butler County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 15, 7:00 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 W Rosalia, KS	CONE LIKE FUNNEL ABOUT 3/4 WAY TO GROUND
Jun 15, 7:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 W Rosalia, KS	ROPE TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND.
Jun 15, 7:08 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Sw Rosalia, KS	REPORTED AT STONEY CREEK AND SOUTHEAST 20TH.
Jun 15, 7:25 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 S Rosalia, KS	WEAKLY ROTATING FUNNEL CLOUD

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
Jun 15, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -643 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 371 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 152355
TORICT
KSC015-160045-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0039.090615T2355Z-090616T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
655 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

* AT 655 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR EL
  DORADO LAKE...OR NEAR EL DORADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  EL DORADO...ROSALIA...EL DORADO LAKE.

THIS REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE 
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND 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. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE
HOMES...WHICH OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3782 9696 3808 9678 3785 9651 3773 9651
      3772 9680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 222DEG 15KT 3784 9681

$$

BILLINGS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KICT 160010
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
710 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

KSC015-160045-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-090616T0045Z/
BUTLER KS-
710 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 708 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT BRIEF 
TORNADOES TOUCHING THE GROUND WITH THIS STORM. THIS DANGEROUS STORM 
WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF ROSALIA...OR 10 MILES EAST OF EL 
DORADO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN BUTLER
COUNTY...INCLUDING ROSALIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3774 9673 3785 9676 3798 9666 3785 9651
      3774 9651 3773 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 248DEG 16KT 3782 9667

$$

JAKUB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	15 min
Jun 14, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	60 min
Jun 14, 10:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper	50 min
Jun 14, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	58 min
Jun 14, 11:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Sumner	43 min
Jun 15, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	44 min
Jun 15, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	62 min
Jun 15, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	58 min
Jun 15, 1:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Cowley	40 min
Jun 15, 1:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	55 min
Jun 15, 2:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	24 min
Jun 15, 2:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	6 hr
Jun 15, 2:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	18 min
Jun 15, 3:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	15 hr
Jun 15, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	56 min
Jun 15, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	64 min
Jun 15, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	42 min
Jun 15, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	28 min
Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	65 min
Jun 15, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	62 min
Jun 15, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler	45 min
Jun 15, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	31 min
Jun 15, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	16 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.