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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Wichita, KS

May 22, 2011Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2011, 4:19 PM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2011, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Labette County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2011-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2645 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2011-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 424 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

935 
WFUS53 KICT 222119
TORICT
KSC099-222145-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0019.110522T2119Z-110522T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
419 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARSONS...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LABETTE COUNTY.

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 3722 9518 3738 9518 3739 9512 3739 9508
      3738 9507 3724 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 249DEG 30KT 3729 9513
HAIL 2.50IN

$$

COOK
1 follow-up statement
664 
WWUS53 KICT 222123
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
423 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

KSC099-222145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110522T2145Z/
LABETTE KS-
423 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN LABETTE
COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 422 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF OSWEGO...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PARSONS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LABETTE COUNTY.

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 3722 9518 3738 9518 3739 9512 3739 9508
      3738 9507 3724 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 249DEG 30KT 3729 9512
HAIL 2.50IN

$$

COOK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase32 min
May 21, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase13 min
May 22, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho, Wilson63 min
May 22, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery37 min
May 22, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho93 min
May 22, 3:41 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho22 hr
May 22, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette23 min
May 22, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette62 min
May 22, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette27 min
May 22, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette26 min
May 22, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho64 min
May 22, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.