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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2011, 4:07 PM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 min. 8 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 22, 2011, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Labette County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 4:08 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 W Parsons, KS | STRONG ROTATING WALL CLOUD WAS ALSO REPORTED. |
| May 22, 4:13 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Se Dennis, KS | |
| May 22, 4:19 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Parsons, KS | |
| May 22, 4:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Ese Dennis, KS | |
| May 22, 4:28 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Sw Parsons, KS | |
| May 22, 4:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Parsons, KS | |
| May 22, 4:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Wsw Parsons, KS | |
| May 22, 4:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Wsw Parsons, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 2645 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 424 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 422 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
934 WFUS53 KICT 222107 TORICT KSC099-222130- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0018.110522T2107Z-110522T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 407 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 404 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 PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PARSONS AND LABETTE. 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 3738 9517 3723 9518 3728 9542 3738 9541 TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 279DEG 18KT 3732 9534 HAIL 2.50IN $$ COOK
1 follow-up statement
367 WWUS53 KICT 222122 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 422 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 KSC099-222130- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110522T2130Z/ LABETTE KS- 422 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LABETTE COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARSONS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PARSONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3738 9517 3723 9518 3728 9542 3738 9541 TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 279DEG 18KT 3728 9532 HAIL 2.50IN $$ COOK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 32 min |
| May 21, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 13 min |
| May 22, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 63 min |
| May 22, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 37 min |
| May 22, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 93 min |
| May 22, 3:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 22 hr |
| May 22, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 26 min |
| May 22, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 62 min |
| May 22, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 27 min |
| May 22, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 26 min |
| May 22, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 64 min |
| May 22, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 24 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.