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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Wichita, KS

June 9, 2011Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2011, 7:53 PM CDT for Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min. 19 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, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 7:58 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 59Northeast Wichita And J, KS
Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBenton, KSPOWERLINES REPORTED DOWN IN BENTON. CORRECTED TIME...BASED ON RADAR.
Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGTowanda, KSPOWER LINES REPORTED DOWN IN TOWANDA. CORRECTED TIME BASED ON RADAR.
Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Andover, KS
Jun 9, 8:02 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Benton, KS
Jun 9, 8:04 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Andover, KSDAMAGE TO BACKYARD. FENCE IS BLOWN DOWN. 3-4 INCH TREES SNAPED.
Jun 9, 8:10 PM CDTHAIL 0.88East Wichita, KSNEAR LINCOLN AND INTERSTATE 135.
Jun 9, 8:14 PM CDTHAIL 14 Se Benton, KS
Jun 9, 8:14 PM CDTHAIL 15 Se Benton, KS
Jun 9, 8:15 PM CDTHAIL 0.88East Wichita, KSNEAR DOUGLAS AND GROVE.
Jun 9, 8:16 PM CDTHAIL 0.88East Wichita, KSNICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR LINCOLN AND INTERSTATE 135.
Jun 9, 8:27 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70El Dorado, KS
Jun 9, 8:27 PM CDTHAIL 0.75El Dorado, KS
Jun 9, 8:28 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGAugusta, KS2 FOOT DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN. CORRECTED TIME BASED ON RADAR.
Jun 9, 8:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.25East Wichita, KSAT PAWNEE AND K-15.
Jun 9, 8:32 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 701 Sse El Dorado, KSLARGE TREE BRANCH ACROSS A ROADWAY.
Jun 9, 8:33 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 751 W El Dorado, KS
Jun 9, 8:34 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60El Dorado, KS
Jun 9, 8:34 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 75El Dorado, KSSPOTTER REPORTED 75 MPH WINDS JUST WEST OF EL DORADO.

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
Jun 9, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2011-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1216 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2011-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

509 
WFUS53 KICT 100053
TORICT
KSC015-173-100130-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0041.110610T0053Z-110610T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
753 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTHEAST WICHITA...OR 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EL DORADO...ANDOVER...TOWANDA...AUGUSTA AND BENTON.

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 3769 9737 3791 9732 3792 9681 3760 9685
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 282DEG 23KT 3773 9718
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler, Sedgwick41 min
Jun 9, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman34 min
Jun 9, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Harvey, Marion66 min
Jun 9, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick50 min
Jun 9, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler, Sedgwick42 min
Jun 9, 8:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick34 min
Jun 9, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Elk, Greenwood54 min
Jun 9, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler, Sedgwick31 min
Jun 9, 8:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSedgwick4 hr
Jun 9, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick, Sumner65 min
Jun 9, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson52 min
Jun 9, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Sumner47 min
Jun 9, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Elk, Sedgwick, Sumner60 min
Jun 9, 9:26 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler3 hr
Jun 9, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson61 min
Jun 9, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner61 min
Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson55 min
Jun 10, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson56 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.