Tornado Warning 40, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Jun 15, 2009, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Reno County, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WFUS53 KICT 160001
TORICT
KSC155-160100-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
701 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

* AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF TURON...OR 18
  MILES NORTH OF PRATT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ABBYVILLE...ARLINGTON...LANGDON...NICKERSON...PARTRIDGE...PLEVNA...
  SYLVIA...TURON.

DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED ROTATION WITH A SECOND SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SILVIA. 

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

&&

LAT...LON 3799 9847 3816 9847 3817 9821 3815 9819
      3816 9814 3817 9813 3817 9804 3773 9806
      3772 9846 3798 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 260DEG 22KT 3790 9866

$$

CARUSO

000 
WWUS53 KICT 160012
SVSICT

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

KSC155-160100-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-090616T0100Z/
RENO KS-
712 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN RENO COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM CDT...

AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SYLVIA...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF
KINGMAN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR ABBYVILLE BY 735 PM CDT.
  NEAR PARTRIDGE BY 750 PM CDT.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO AFFECT PLEVNA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AT 708 PM...A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH A 
FUNNEL 3 MILES WEST OF PLEVNA. 

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

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

&&

LAT...LON 3799 9847 3816 9847 3817 9821 3815 9819
      3816 9814 3817 9813 3817 9804 3773 9806
      3772 9846 3798 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 255DEG 23KT 3796 9839

$$

CARUSO

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