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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS

May 10, 2010Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas

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.

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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
May 10, 4:40 PM CDTTORNADOS Geuda Springs, KS
May 10, 4:55 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Winfield, KS
May 10, 4:55 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 63Arkansas 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 1:25 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2010-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2010-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 677 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman40 min
May 10, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner66 min
May 10, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno19 min
May 10, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman66 min
May 10, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman32 min
May 10, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman, Sedgwick26 min
May 10, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley48 min
May 10, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick40 min
May 10, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno20 min
May 10, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell15 min
May 10, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice11 min
May 10, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler31 min
May 10, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley, Elk23 min
May 10, 5:22 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick3 hr
May 10, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick61 min
May 10, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler37 min
May 10, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner40 min
May 10, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline30 min
May 10, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice49 min
May 10, 6:10 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICTButler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno and 2 more111 min
May 10, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley23 min
May 10, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley28 min
May 10, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood52 min
May 10, 6:27 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Elk, Greenwood99 min
May 10, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua56 min
May 10, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua40 min
May 10, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson, Woodson62 min
May 10, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery49 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.