Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 7:30 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Independence, 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 41 min |
| Feb 27, 6:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 52 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, 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.