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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Wichita, KS

June 20, 2009Reno County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2009, 7:09 PM CDT for Reno County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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 20, 2009, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2009, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 7:25 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 6013 E Sterling, KSSMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2009-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 534 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2009-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 210009
TORICT
KSC155-159-210045-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0048.090621T0009Z-090621T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
709 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

* AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NICKERSON...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  NICKERSON.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3832 9816 3829 9792 3826 9792 3818 9793
      3809 9809 3815 9822
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 211DEG 34KT 3818 9811

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KICT 210024
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
724 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

KSC155-210034-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-090621T0045Z/
RENO KS-
724 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RENO COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 724 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE
OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3832 9816 3829 9792 3826 9792 3818 9793
      3817 9795 3817 9821
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 211DEG 34KT 3830 9802

$$

KSC159-210045-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-090621T0045Z/
RICE KS-
724 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL RICE COUNTY...OR 17
MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
RICE COUNTY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3832 9816 3829 9792 3826 9792 3818 9793
      3817 9795 3817 9821
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 211DEG 34KT 3830 9802

$$

KETCHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton32 min
Jun 20, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMcPherson, Rice25 min
Jun 20, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMcPherson30 min
Jun 20, 8:06 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTReno, Rice26 hr
Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMcPherson16 hr
Jun 20, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion52 min
Jun 20, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson18 min
Jun 20, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMarion36 min
Jun 20, 8:43 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSaline10 hr
Jun 20, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln23 min
Jun 20, 9:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSaline22 hr
Jun 20, 9:48 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln14 hr

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.