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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2011, 7:48 PM CDT for Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 12 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, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butler County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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, 7:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Mid Continent Airport, KS | QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. |
| Jun 9, 7:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | West Wichita, KS | ALSO REPORTED 50 MPH WINDS. OCCURRING AT CENTRAL AND 119TH. |
| Jun 9, 7:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 W West Wichita, KS | OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. |
| Jun 9, 7:57 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 W Mid Continent Airpo, KS | |
| Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Mid Continent Airport, KS | QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. |
| Jun 9, 8:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 W Downtown Wichita, KS | |
| Jun 9, 8:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | East Wichita, KS | NEAR LINCOLN AND INTERSTATE 135. |
| Jun 9, 8:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | East Wichita, KS | NEAR DOUGLAS AND GROVE. |
| Jun 9, 8:16 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | East Wichita, KS | NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR LINCOLN AND INTERSTATE 135. |
| Jun 9, 8:26 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 W West Wichita, KS | |
| Jun 9, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | East Wichita, KS | AT PAWNEE AND K-15. |
| Jun 9, 8:39 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 3 W Mid Continent Airpo, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
838 WFUS53 KICT 100048 TORICT KSC015-173-100130- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0040.110610T0048Z-110610T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 748 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 744 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GODDARD...OR 11 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DOWNTOWN WICHITA...WEST WICHITA...WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT... HAYSVILLE...SOUTH WICHITA...MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...EAST WICHITA...DERBY...ROSE HILL AND OAKLAWN. 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 3757 9763 3773 9758 3767 9702 3747 9712 TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 277DEG 22KT 3765 9750 HAIL 1.75IN $$
1 follow-up statement
298 WWUS53 KICT 100103 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 803 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 KSC015-173-100130- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110610T0130Z/ SEDGWICK KS-BUTLER KS- 803 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER AND SOUTHERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. AT 757 PM...TRAINED SPOTTERS WERE REPORTING A WALL CLOUD NEAR MACARTHUR AND WEST STREET. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DOWNTOWN WICHITA...HAYSVILLE...SOUTH WICHITA...MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...EAST WICHITA...DERBY...ROSE HILL AND OAKLAWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3757 9763 3773 9758 3767 9702 3747 9712 TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 277DEG 22KT 3764 9739 HAIL 1.75IN $$ KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick, Sumner | 65 min |
| Jun 9, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sumner | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Sedgwick, Sumner | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 9:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson | 56 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.