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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

February 27, 2011Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2011, 6:57 PM CST for Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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, 6:57 PM CST (00:57 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2011, 7:45 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Montgomery County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 27, 7:30 PM CSTHAIL 0.88Independence, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 27, 2:46 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 914 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

703 
WFUS53 KICT 280057
TORICT
KSC125-280145-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0003.110228T0057Z-110228T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
657 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 653 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PERU...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  SEDAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COFFEYVILLE...HAVANA...TYRO...DEARING...INDEPENDENCE...LIBERTY...
  BOLTON...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT AND COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT.

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.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN WICHITA.

&&

LAT...LON 3702 9596 3725 9596 3724 9552 3703 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 260DEG 45KT 3708 9603

$$

LAWSON
2 follow-up statements
036 
WWUS53 KICT 280114
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
714 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

KSC125-280145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T0145Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-
714 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CST...

AT 710 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAVANA...OR 15 MILES WEST OF COFFEYVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COFFEYVILLE...DEARING...INDEPENDENCE...LIBERTY...BOLTON...
  INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT AND COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT.

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 3702 9596 3725 9596 3724 9552 3703 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 261DEG 40KT 3710 9583

$$

LAWSON
923 
WWUS53 KICT 280136
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
736 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

KSC125-280146-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T0145Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-
736 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM CST...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN WICHITA.

LAT...LON 3702 9596 3725 9596 3724 9552 3703 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 254DEG 36KT 3717 9557

$$

LAWSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 6:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood41 min
Feb 27, 6:23 PM CSTTornado WarningICTChautauqua52 min
Feb 27, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick24 min
Feb 27, 6:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson16 min
Feb 27, 6:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner20 min
Feb 27, 7:43 PM CSTTornado WarningICTLabette47 min
Feb 27, 8:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley50 min
Feb 27, 8:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood42 min
Feb 27, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson13 min
Feb 27, 8:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson40 min
Feb 27, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Montgomery36 min
Feb 27, 8:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen31 min
Feb 27, 9:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho38 min
Feb 27, 9:28 PM CSTTornado WarningICTLabette17 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.