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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Wichita, KS

July 2, 2011Harvey County, McPherson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2011, 7:06 PM CDT for Harvey County, McPherson County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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: Jul 2, 2011, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Harvey County, KS, McPherson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3339 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

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The text

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

912 
WFUS53 KICT 030006
TORICT
KSC079-113-030030-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0044.110703T0006Z-110703T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
706 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HESSTON...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  NEWTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOUNDRIDGE.

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 3824 9737 3806 9735 3812 9758 3828 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 218DEG 4KT 3817 9747
HAIL <.75IN

$$

DARMOFAL

2 follow-up statements

316 
WWUS53 KICT 030010
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
710 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

KSC079-113-030030-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110703T0030Z/
MCPHERSON KS-HARVEY KS-
710 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HARVEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 705 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A ROPE TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF MOUNDRIDGE...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST 
OF NEWTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOUNDRIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3824 9737 3806 9735 3812 9758 3828 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 144DEG 9KT 3819 9753
HAIL <.75IN

$$

DARMOFAL

501 
WWUS53 KICT 030021
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
721 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

KSC079-113-030030-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110703T0030Z/
MCPHERSON KS-HARVEY KS-
721 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HARVEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 714 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT THE ROPE TORNADO 
HAD DISSIPATED ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNDRIDGE. HOWEVER...A 
TORNADO COULD REDEVELOP BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
MCPHERSON. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. 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 3824 9737 3806 9735 3812 9758 3828 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 147DEG 11KT 3824 9756
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	33 min
Jul 2, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	19 min
Jul 2, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	35 min
Jul 2, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	45 min
Jul 2, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice	44 min
Jul 2, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	49 min
Jul 2, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	48 min
Jul 2, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	31 min
Jul 3, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	64 min
Jul 3, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	54 min
Jul 3, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	53 min
Jul 3, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	50 min
Jul 3, 4:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Greenwood	53 min
Jul 3, 4:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	3 hr
Jul 3, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Sumner	37 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.