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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2010, 4:12 PM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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
- May 10, 2010, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2010, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 4:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | S Geuda Springs, KS | |
| May 10, 4:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Winfield, KS | |
| May 10, 4:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | Arkansas City, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 677 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 749 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
688 WFUS53 KICT 102112 TORICT KSC035-191-102145- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0002.100510T2112Z-100510T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 412 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF RENFROW...OR 27 MILES SOUTH OF WELLINGTON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. IN ADDITION...VERY LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TORNADO PATH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WINFIELD...SOUTH HAVEN...GEUDA SPRINGS...OXFORD...ARKANSAS CITY... DEXTER...BURDEN...PERTH...HUNNEWELL...STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT AND MAPLE CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3699 9774 3711 9773 3742 9671 3699 9669 TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 255DEG 43KT 3691 9755 $$ COOK
1 follow-up statement
612 WWUS53 KICT 102122 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 422 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010 KSC035-191-102145- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100510T2145Z/ SUMNER KS-COWLEY KS- 422 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN COWLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 417 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH HAVEN...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF WELLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND DAMAGE SOUTH OF THE KANSAS BORDER. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WINFIELD...GEUDA SPRINGS...ARKANSAS CITY...DEXTER...BURDEN... STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT AND MAPLE CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3699 9759 3713 9759 3742 9671 3699 9669 TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 255DEG 43KT 3699 9739 $$ JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 40 min |
| May 10, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 66 min |
| May 10, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 19 min |
| May 10, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 66 min |
| May 10, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 32 min |
| May 10, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sedgwick | 26 min |
| May 10, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 48 min |
| May 10, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 40 min |
| May 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 20 min |
| May 10, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 15 min |
| May 10, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 11 min |
| May 10, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 23 min |
| May 10, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| May 10, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 61 min |
| May 10, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 37 min |
| May 10, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 40 min |
| May 10, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 30 min |
| May 10, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice | 49 min |
| May 10, 6:10 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno and 2 more | 111 min |
| May 10, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 23 min |
| May 10, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 28 min |
| May 10, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 52 min |
| May 10, 6:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 99 min |
| May 10, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 56 min |
| May 10, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 40 min |
| May 10, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 62 min |
| May 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 49 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.