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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2011, 6:46 PM CDT for Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 6 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
- Jun 9, 2011, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 6:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Colwich, KS | TORNADO REPORTED AT 215TH AND 61ST. |
| Jun 9, 6:59 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | Bentley, KS | |
| Jun 9, 6:59 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Bentley, KS | |
| Jun 9, 7:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 3 W Colwich, KS | |
| Jun 9, 7:31 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Wsw Park City, KS | |
| Jun 9, 7:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 3 Wsw Park City, KS | OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED ESTIMATED WINDS OF AT LEAST 70 MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 600 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1962 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
462 WFUS53 KICT 092346 TORICT KSC079-173-100030- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0038.110609T2346Z-110610T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 646 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT HOPE...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLWICH...SEDGWICK...VALLEY CENTER...PARK CITY AND BENTLEY. 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 3796 9729 3778 9729 3778 9767 3793 9767 TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 273DEG 16KT 3787 9757 HAIL 1.75IN $$
2 follow-up statements
959 WWUS53 KICT 092359 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 659 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 KSC079-173-100030- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-110610T0030Z/ SEDGWICK KS-HARVEY KS- 659 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HARVEY AND NORTHERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLWICH...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SEDGWICK...VALLEY CENTER...PARK CITY AND BENTLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3796 9729 3778 9729 3778 9767 3793 9767 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 273DEG 16KT 3781 9753 HAIL 2.75IN $$ KETCHAM
527 WWUS53 KICT 100012 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 712 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 KSC079-173-100030- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-110610T0030Z/ SEDGWICK KS-HARVEY KS- 712 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HARVEY AND NORTHERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAIZE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. AT 710 PM...A WALL CLOUD WAS STILL BEING REPORTED WITH THIS STORM BUT THE TORNADO HAS LIFTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SEDGWICK...VALLEY CENTER AND PARK CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3796 9729 3778 9729 3778 9767 3793 9767 TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 273DEG 16KT 3781 9746 HAIL 2.75IN $$ KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 65 min |
| Jun 9, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 54 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.