Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2011, 7:43 PM CST for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
- Feb 27, 2011, 7:43 PM CST (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2011, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Labette County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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.
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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1011 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 472 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
440
WFUS53 KICT 280143
TORICT
KSC099-280230-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0004.110228T0143Z-110228T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
743 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CST
* AT 739 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LIBERTY...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARSONS...MOUND VALLEY...ALTAMONT...OSWEGO AND LABETTE.
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 3712 9551 3712 9552 3713 9552 3733 9552
3738 9507 3716 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 254DEG 47KT 3721 9550
$$
LAWSON3 follow-up statements
833
WWUS53 KICT 280153
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
753 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
KSC099-280230-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110228T0230Z/
LABETTE KS-
753 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LABETTE COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM CST...
AT 751 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUND VALLEY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PARSONS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARSONS...ALTAMONT...OSWEGO AND LABETTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN WICHITA.
&&
LAT...LON 3712 9551 3712 9552 3713 9552 3733 9552
3738 9507 3716 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 255DEG 45KT 3723 9537
$$
LAWSON478
WWUS53 KICT 280204
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
804 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
KSC099-280230-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110228T0230Z/
LABETTE KS-
804 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LABETTE COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM CST...
AT 759 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALTAMONT...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF PARSONS...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSWEGO AND LABETTE.
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 3712 9551 3712 9552 3713 9552 3733 9552
3738 9507 3716 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 257DEG 35KT 3726 9524
$$
LAWSON371
WWUS53 KICT 280223
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
823 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
KSC099-280233-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110228T0230Z/
LABETTE KS-
823 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LABETTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830
PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN WICHITA.
LAT...LON 3712 9551 3712 9552 3713 9552 3733 9552
3738 9507 3716 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 257DEG 35KT 3730 9503
$$
LAWSONThe 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, 6:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.