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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2011, 5:13 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 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
- Apr 14, 2011, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2011, 5:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Saline County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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, 5:23 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 N New Cambria, KS | PUBLIC REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND RIGHT ALONG SALINE AND OTTAWA COUNTY LINE. |
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
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
299
WFUS53 KICT 142213
TORICT
KSC169-142245-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0011.110414T2213Z-110414T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
513 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 512 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR NEW CAMBRIA...OR 7 MILES EAST OF SALINA. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP
AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING NORTH
AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW CAMBRIA.
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 3895 9736 3893 9736 3892 9737 3891 9736
3874 9736 3875 9761 3896 9761 3896 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 181DEG 34KT 3885 9746
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
DUNTEN1 follow-up statement
814
WWUS53 KICT 142232 RRA
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
532 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011
KSC169-142242-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110414T2245Z/
SALINE KS-
532 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN WICHITA.
LAT...LON 3895 9736 3893 9736 3892 9737 3891 9736
3874 9736 3875 9761 3896 9761 3896 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 181DEG 34KT 3903 9746
$$
DUNTENThe 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, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 40 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 |
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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.