Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 48, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 13 E Sterling, KS | SMALL 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.
- 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
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
$$
KETCHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 8:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 26 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson | 16 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 18 min |
| Jun 20, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 8:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Saline | 10 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 9:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Saline | 22 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 14 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.