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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wichita, KS

April 14, 20114 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2011, 4:59 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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: Apr 14, 2011, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2011, 5:32 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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
Apr 14, 5:09 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 W Grenola, KS
Apr 14, 5:11 PM CDT	TORNADO	12 E Atlanta, KS	BRIEF TOUCHDOWN REPORTED VIA KAKE FROM 1 WEST OF COWLEY.

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
Apr 14, 2:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -470 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 91 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 507 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 541 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

625 
WFUS53 KICT 142159
TORICT
KSC015-035-049-073-142300-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0010.110414T2159Z-110414T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
459 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF GRENOLA...OR 16 MILES
  NORTH OF CEDAR VALE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOWARD...GRENOLA...SEVERY AND PIEDMONT.

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 3768 9659 3770 9633 3760 9611 3729 9643
      3730 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 210DEG 22KT 3734 9655
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

JAKUB

2 follow-up statements

982 
WWUS53 KICT 142211
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
511 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

KSC015-035-049-073-142300-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110414T2300Z/
GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-ELK KS-COWLEY KS-
511 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN COWLEY...
WESTERN ELK...SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER AND SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES
UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF GRENOLA...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
HOWARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM WEST OF GRENOLA.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOWARD...SEVERY AND PIEDMONT.

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 3768 9659 3770 9633 3760 9611 3729 9643
      3730 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 207DEG 21KT 3739 9653
HAIL 1.50IN

$$

KLEINSASSER

665 
WWUS53 KICT 142232
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
532 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

KSC015-035-049-073-142241-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110414T2300Z/
GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-ELK KS-COWLEY KS-
532 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COWLEY...WESTERN ELK...
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER AND SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR 
PROPERTY. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL 
STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3768 9659 3770 9633 3760 9611 3729 9643
      3730 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 207DEG 21KT 3750 9646

$$

KLEINSASSER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 3:11 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more	37 hr
Apr 14, 3:11 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 6 more	37 hr
Apr 14, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	50 min
Apr 14, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	56 min
Apr 14, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	53 min
Apr 14, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	33 min
Apr 14, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	61 min
Apr 14, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	64 min
Apr 14, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	65 min
Apr 14, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	35 min
Apr 14, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	40 min
Apr 14, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Saline	19 min
Apr 14, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	51 min
Apr 14, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	34 min
Apr 14, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	59 min
Apr 14, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Greenwood	29 min
Apr 14, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho	45 min
Apr 14, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	26 min

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.