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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS

March 7, 2009Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 2009, 6:23 PM CST for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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: Mar 7, 2009, 6:23 PM CST (00:23 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 2009, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Kingman County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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
Mar 7, 6:25 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	11 Ne Medicine Lodge, KS
Mar 7, 6:25 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	6 Se Isabel, 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 080023
TORICT
KSC095-080100-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0004.090308T0023Z-090308T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
623 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 700 PM CST.

* AT 617 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE...OR 7  
  MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.    
  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CLEVELAND...NASHVILLE...RAGO...SPIVEY...ZENDA.

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.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3738 9847 3749 9847 3763 9816 3743 9804
      3737 9830 3737 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 242DEG 34KT 3739 9843

$$

KLEINSASSER

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 080032
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
632 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

KSC095-080100-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090308T0100Z/
KINGMAN KS-
632 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN KINGMAN
COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CST...

AT 618 PM CST...A SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR MEDICINE LODGE IN 
BARBER COUNTY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NASHVILLE...OR 
13 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
KINGMAN COUNTY...INCLUDING NASHVILLE...ZENDA...SPIVEY AND CLEVELAND.

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 3738 9847 3749 9847 3763 9816 3743 9804
      3737 9830 3737 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 242DEG 34KT 3743 9833

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KICT 080038
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
638 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

KSC095-080100-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090308T0100Z/
KINGMAN KS-
638 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN KINGMAN
COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CST...

AT 636 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ZENDA...OR 17
MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
KINGMAN COUNTY...INCLUDING ZENDA...SPIVEY AND CLEVELAND.

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 3738 9847 3749 9847 3763 9816 3743 9804
      3737 9830 3737 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 242DEG 34KT 3746 9827

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KICT 080050
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
650 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

KSC095-080100-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090308T0100Z/
KINGMAN KS-
650 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KINGMAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
700 PM CST...

AT 646 PM CST...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 1000 PM CST
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3738 9847 3749 9847 3763 9816 3743 9804
      3737 9830 3737 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 242DEG 34KT 3751 9814

$$

KLEINSASSER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 7, 6:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick	25 min
Mar 7, 6:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	33 min
Mar 7, 7:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	33 min
Mar 7, 7:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	27 min
Mar 7, 7:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	33 min
Mar 7, 7:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick	37 min
Mar 7, 8:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	22 min
Mar 7, 8:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	40 min
Mar 7, 8:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Greenwood	17 min
Mar 7, 10:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	21 min
Mar 7, 10:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	27 min
Mar 7, 10:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno	15 min
Mar 7, 10:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	35 min
Mar 7, 10:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno	32 min
Mar 7, 11:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	23 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.