Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2011, 6:23 PM CST for Chautauqua County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
- Feb 27, 2011, 6:23 PM CST (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2011, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chautauqua County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 6:23 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Nw Elgin, KS | CROSSING THE KANSAS OKLAHOMA STATE LINE. |
| Feb 27, 6:40 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Sedan, KS | WEST SIDE OF TOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2:46 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 914 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
704 WFUS53 KICT 280023 TORICT KSC019-280130- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0002.110228T0023Z-110228T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 623 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CST * AT 619 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAINOLA...OR 26 MILES WEST OF SEDAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SEDAN...CEDAR VALE...ELGIN...CHAUTAUQUA...PERU AND NIOTAZE. 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 3700 9651 3712 9651 3718 9596 3700 9596 TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 261DEG 45KT 3700 9657 $$ LAWSON
3 follow-up statements
962
WWUS53 KICT 280042
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
642 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
KSC019-280130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110228T0130Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-
642 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CST...
AT 640 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELGIN...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEDAN...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEDAN...CHAUTAUQUA...PERU AND NIOTAZE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN WICHITA.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9651 3712 9651 3718 9596 3700 9596
3700 9628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 258DEG 48KT 3707 9624
$$
LAWSON002
WWUS53 KICT 280103
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
703 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
KSC019-280130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110228T0130Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-
703 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CST...
AT 702 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PERU...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEDAN...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NIOTAZE.
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN WICHITA.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9651 3712 9651 3718 9596 3700 9596
3700 9628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 272DEG 42KT 3706 9604
$$
LAWSON434
WWUS53 KICT 280115
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
715 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
KSC019-280125-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110228T0130Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-
715 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN WICHITA.
LAT...LON 3700 9651 3712 9651 3718 9596 3700 9596
3700 9628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 272DEG 42KT 3705 9586
$$
LAWSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 41 min |
| Feb 27, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 24 min |
| Feb 27, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 16 min |
| Feb 27, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 20 min |
| Feb 27, 6:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Feb 27, 7:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 47 min |
| Feb 27, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 50 min |
| Feb 27, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 42 min |
| Feb 27, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson | 13 min |
| Feb 27, 8:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 40 min |
| Feb 27, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 36 min |
| Feb 27, 8:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 31 min |
| Feb 27, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 38 min |
| Feb 27, 9:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 17 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.