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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS

April 14, 2011Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2011, 5:55 PM CDT for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2011, 6:24 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 6:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 E Eureka, KS	KWCH STORM CHASER REPORTING QUARTER HAIL AND A WALL CLOUD 2 MILES EAST OF K99 AND US54.

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 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

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The text

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

071 
WFUS53 KICT 142255
TORICT
KSC073-150000-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0012.110414T2255Z-110415T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEVERY...OR 11
  MILES SOUTH OF EUREKA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EUREKA...HAMILTON...CLIMAX...EUREKA AIRPORT...THRALL AND VIRGIL.

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 3766 9645 3802 9636 3813 9622 3797 9595
      3760 9613 3760 9616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 220DEG 30KT 3769 9630
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

JAKUB

2 follow-up statements

057 
WWUS53 KICT 142304
SVSICT

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

KSC073-150000-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110415T0000Z/
GREENWOOD KS-
604 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY UNTIL 700
PM CDT...

AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF SEVERY...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF 
EUREKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EUREKA...HAMILTON...EUREKA AIRPORT...THRALL AND VIRGIL.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS! A TORNADO COULD 
OCCUR AT ANY TIME! 

GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY 
THIS STORM. 

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 3766 9645 3802 9636 3813 9622 3797 9595
      3760 9613 3760 9616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 217DEG 30KT 3774 9624
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

KLEINSASSER

134 
WWUS53 KICT 142324
SVSICT

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

KSC073-142332-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110415T0000Z/
GREENWOOD KS-
624 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY 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...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE 
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.

LAT...LON 3766 9645 3802 9636 3813 9622 3797 9595
      3760 9613 3760 9616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 217DEG 30KT 3787 9612

$$

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, 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, 5:13 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, 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.