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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2011, 4:33 PM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
- May 22, 2011, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Labette County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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, 4:45 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 5 S Parsons, KS | |
| May 22, 4:45 PM CDT | HAIL 4.25 | 4 S Parsons, KS | DEPUTY HAD HIS WINDSHIELD BLOWN OUT FROM THE HAIL. |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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.
779 WFUS53 KICT 222133 TORICT KSC099-222200- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0020.110522T2133Z-110522T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 433 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN 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 3726 9528 3731 9526 3733 9507 3721 9507 TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 287DEG 22KT 3728 9523 HAIL 2.50IN $$ COOK
2 follow-up statements
904 WWUS53 KICT 222142 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 442 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 KSC099-222200- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110522T2200Z/ LABETTE KS- 442 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LABETTE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARSONS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LABETTE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA. && LAT...LON 3726 9528 3731 9526 3733 9507 3721 9507 TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 287DEG 22KT 3727 9517 HAIL 1.75IN $$ ES
665 WWUS53 KICT 222157 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 457 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 KSC099-222208- /O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110522T2200Z/ LABETTE KS- 457 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LABETTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE 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 3726 9528 3731 9526 3733 9507 3721 9507 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 287DEG 22KT 3724 9505 $$ 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, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 23 min |
| 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, 4:37 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 |
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.