Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 2011, 1:36 PM CST for 4 counties in 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
- Feb 27, 2011, 1:36 PM CST (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2011, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Marion County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 1:59 PM CST | HAIL 0.5 | W El Dorado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 1:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 505 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
895 WUUS53 KICT 271936 SVRICT KSC015-017-115-173-272030- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0002.110227T1936Z-110227T2030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 136 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 230 PM CST * AT 128 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOWNTOWN WICHITA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EL DORADO...ANDOVER...AUGUSTA...TOWANDA...WHITEWATER...POTWIN... BURNS...CASSODAY...MATFIELD GREEN...BENTON...ELBING...EL DORADO LAKE...ROSALIA...WONSEVU AND BAZAAR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3811 9715 3836 9653 3781 9653 3756 9716 TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 228DEG 42KT 3776 9726 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ KETCHAM
3 follow-up statements
479 WWUS53 KICT 271954 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 154 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 KSC015-017-115-173-272030- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110227T2030Z/ MARION KS-CHASE KS-BUTLER KS-SEDGWICK KS- 154 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SEDGWICK...NORTHERN BUTLER...SOUTHWESTERN CHASE AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CST... AT 151 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TOWANDA...OR 10 MILES WEST OF EL DORADO... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EL DORADO...POTWIN...BURNS...CASSODAY...MATFIELD GREEN...ELBING... EL DORADO LAKE...ROSALIA...WONSEVU AND BAZAAR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3811 9715 3836 9653 3781 9653 3756 9716 TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 228DEG 42KT 3787 9700 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ KETCHAM
536
WWUS53 KICT 272005
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
205 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
KSC173-272015-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110227T2030Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
205 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SEDGWICK
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3769 9684 3791 9713 3811 9715 3836 9653
3781 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 232DEG 44KT 3793 9678
$$
KSC015-017-115-272030-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110227T2030Z/
MARION KS-CHASE KS-BUTLER KS-
205 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
BUTLER...SOUTHWESTERN CHASE AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL
230 PM CST...
AT 203 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF EL DORADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURNS...CASSODAY...MATFIELD GREEN...ROSALIA...WONSEVU AND BAZAAR.
LAT...LON 3769 9684 3791 9713 3811 9715 3836 9653
3781 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 232DEG 44KT 3793 9678
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
KETCHAM189
WWUS53 KICT 272023
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
223 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
KSC015-017-115-272033-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110227T2030Z/
MARION KS-CHASE KS-BUTLER KS-
223 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BUTLER...SOUTHWESTERN
CHASE AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN WICHITA.
LAT...LON 3769 9684 3791 9713 3811 9715 3836 9653
3781 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 232DEG 44KT 3806 9656
$$
LAWSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 9:11 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 39 min |
| Feb 27, 2:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood | 53 min |
| Feb 27, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 26 min |
| Feb 27, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick | 41 min |
| Feb 27, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 36 min |
| Feb 27, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 47 min |
| Feb 27, 5:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 43 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.