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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

May 22, 2011Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2011, 4:37 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, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2011, 5:03 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), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 135 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: 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.

641 
WFUS53 KICT 222137
TORICT
KSC099-222215-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0021.110522T2137Z-110522T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUND VALLEY...OR 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALTAMONT.

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 3724 9519 3714 9519 3722 9539 3728 9538
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 289DEG 16KT 3724 9534
HAIL 2.50IN

$$

COOK

2 follow-up statements

608 
WWUS53 KICT 222151
SVSICT

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

KSC099-222215-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110522T2215Z/
LABETTE KS-
451 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LABETTE COUNTY
UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALTAMONT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOFTBALL-SIZED HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALTAMONT.

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 3724 9519 3714 9519 3722 9539 3728 9538
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 289DEG 16KT 3723 9530
HAIL 4.25IN

$$

ES

365 
WWUS53 KICT 222203
SVSICT

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

KSC099-222212-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110522T2215Z/
LABETTE KS-
503 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LABETTE 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.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH...NUMBER 325...REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3724 9519 3714 9519 3722 9539 3728 9538
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 289DEG 16KT 3721 9524

$$

ES

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, 4:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette	27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.