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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2011, 8:27 PM CDT for McPherson County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 min. 4 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 17, 2011, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 8:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McPherson County, KS, Rice County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:31 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 N Mcpherson, KS | |
| Jun 17, 8:39 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 2 S Mcpherson, KS | |
| Jun 17, 8:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | 5 Ne Mcpherson, KS | |
| Jun 17, 8:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Mcpherson, KS | SPOTTER REPORTED A TRANSFORMER STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND BLOWN. |
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 17, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 2975 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1379 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
251 WFUS53 KICT 180127 TORICT KSC113-159-180215- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0043.110618T0127Z-110618T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 827 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... EAST CENTRAL RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINDOM...OR 12 MILES WEST OF MCPHERSON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MCPHERSON...INMAN AND MCPHERSON 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. && LAT...LON 3843 9754 3818 9782 3834 9802 3850 9789 TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 319DEG 10KT 3838 9788 HAIL 1.00IN $$ JAKUB
2 follow-up statements
204 WWUS53 KICT 180136 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 836 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 KSC159-180146- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-110618T0215Z/ RICE KS- 836 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RICE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3843 9754 3818 9782 3835 9792 3850 9789 TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 319DEG 10KT 3836 9786 $$ KSC113-180215- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-110618T0215Z/ MCPHERSON KS- 836 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT... AT 832 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINDOM...OR 11 MILES WEST OF MCPHERSON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MCPHERSON...INMAN AND MCPHERSON 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. && LAT...LON 3843 9754 3818 9782 3835 9792 3850 9789 TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 319DEG 10KT 3836 9786 HAIL <.75IN $$ JAKUB
626 WWUS53 KICT 180149 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 849 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 KSC113-180159- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-110618T0215Z/ MCPHERSON KS- 849 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 3843 9754 3818 9782 3835 9792 3850 9789 TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 319DEG 10KT 3833 9783 $$ BILLINGS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion, Saline | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion, Saline | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 9:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno, Sedgwick | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Reno, Rice | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 11:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Marion | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Reno, Rice | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 4:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 65 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.