Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2011, 4:55 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min. 6 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
- Apr 14, 2011, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chautauqua County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 5:15 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Chautauqua, KS | |
| Apr 14, 5:16 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 W Chautauqua, KS | BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER. |
| Apr 14, 5:30 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Peru, KS | |
| Apr 14, 5:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Peru, KS | OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE ESTIMATES 60 MPH WITH THE RFD OF THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FUNNEL CLOUD. |
| Apr 14, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Sedan, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 0.91 INCHES OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES. |
| Apr 14, 5:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Sedan, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -470 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 91 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 507 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 541 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
779 WFUS53 KICT 142155 TORICT KSC019-142300- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0009.110414T2155Z-110414T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 455 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELGIN...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR VALE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SEDAN...ELGIN...CHAUTAUQUA...PERU...NIOTAZE AND HALE. 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 3700 9647 3730 9630 3729 9596 3699 9596 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 223DEG 28KT 3696 9641 HAIL <.75IN $$ JAKUB
4 follow-up statements
316 WWUS53 KICT 142206 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 506 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 KSC019-142300- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110414T2300Z/ CHAUTAUQUA KS- 506 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELGIN...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CEDAR VALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME! ELGIN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM! LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SEDAN...ELGIN...CHAUTAUQUA...PERU...NIOTAZE AND HALE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3700 9647 3730 9630 3729 9596 3699 9596 TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 223DEG 28KT 3696 9632 HAIL 1.75IN $$ KLEINSASSER
332 WWUS53 KICT 142222 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 522 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 KSC019-142300- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110414T2300Z/ CHAUTAUQUA KS- 522 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAUTAUQUA...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF SEDAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS STRONG ROTATION! A TORNADO COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME! TAKE COVER NOW! LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SEDAN...PERU...NIOTAZE AND HALE. 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 3700 9647 3730 9630 3729 9596 3699 9596 TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 228DEG 28KT 3703 9618 HAIL 1.75IN $$ KLEINSASSER
421 WWUS53 KICT 142237 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 537 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 KSC019-142300- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110414T2300Z/ CHAUTAUQUA KS- 537 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PERU...OR NEAR SEDAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM...AND IT CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT STRONG ROTATION ON RADAR. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME! LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HALE. VERY LARGE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE TOWN OF CHAUTAUQUA AT 515 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3700 9647 3730 9630 3729 9596 3699 9596 TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 225DEG 32KT 3712 9607 HAIL 2.50IN $$ KLEINSASSER
729 WWUS53 KICT 142255 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 555 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 KSC019-142305- /O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110414T2300Z/ CHAUTAUQUA KS- 555 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3700 9647 3730 9630 3729 9596 3699 9596 TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 225DEG 32KT 3725 9590 $$ KLEINSASSER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 3:11 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more | 37 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:11 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 6 more | 37 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 56 min |
| Apr 14, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 53 min |
| Apr 14, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 61 min |
| Apr 14, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 64 min |
| Apr 14, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 19 min |
| Apr 14, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 59 min |
| Apr 14, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 26 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.