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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2009, 7:21 PM CDT for Butler County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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
- Jun 15, 2009, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2009, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butler County, KS, Greenwood County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 3104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1259 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 160021 TORICT KSC015-073-160115- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0041.090616T0021Z-090616T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 721 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 815 PM CDT. * AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSALIA...OR 14 MILES EAST OF EL DORADO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... EUREKA...ROSALIA...EUREKA AIRPORT. THIS REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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 3802 9621 3772 9618 3777 9668 3791 9672 TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 267DEG 14KT 3783 9660 $$ BILLINGS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 160041 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 741 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 KSC015-073-160115- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-090616T0115Z/ GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS- 741 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN BUTLER AND CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF EUREKA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR EUREKA BY 815 PM CDT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3772 9618 3782 9657 3793 9663 3802 9621 TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 268DEG 13KT 3786 9650 $$ JAKUB
000 WWUS53 KICT 160050 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 750 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 KSC015-160059- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-090616T0115Z/ BUTLER KS- 750 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 748 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3784 9651 3795 9652 3802 9621 3772 9618 TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 259DEG 14KT 3787 9645 $$ KSC073-160115- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-090616T0115Z/ GREENWOOD KS- 750 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF EUREKA AIRPORT...OR 10 MILES WEST OF EUREKA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF EUREKA BY 815 PM CDT. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3784 9651 3795 9652 3802 9621 3772 9618 TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 259DEG 14KT 3787 9645 $$ JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 16 min |
| Jun 15, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Rice, Saline | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno and 2 more | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 9:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 8 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 10:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 12 hr |
| Jun 15, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Marion | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Reno, Rice | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Reno | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 12:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 9 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 12:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 9 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 22 min |
| Jun 16, 1:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 13 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Lyon | 31 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 36 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 54 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Greenwood | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 3:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 7 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey | 7 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 7 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 4:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Greenwood, Woodson | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 54 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 3 days |
| Jun 16, 8:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette | 3 days |
| Jun 16, 8:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Rice | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 12 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 23 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 12 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 12 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 7 hr |
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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.