Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 2014, 4:14 PM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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
- Oct 1, 2014, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Labette County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 4:20 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Bartlett, KS | A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR BARTLETT VIA LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| Oct 1, 4:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Bartlett, KS | A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ALSO REPORTED NEAR BARTLETT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
494
WFUS53 KICT 012114
TORICT
KSC099-012200-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0008.141001T2114Z-141001T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
414 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 412 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BARTLETT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BARTLETT AROUND 420 PM CDT.
CHETOPA AROUND 435 PM CDT.
OSWEGO AROUND 440 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 9507 3700 9535 3711 9535 3719 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 247DEG 23KT 3703 9526
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
LAWSON3 follow-up statements
355
WWUS53 KICT 012123
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
423 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
KSC099-012200-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-141001T2200Z/
LABETTE KS-
423 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LABETTE
COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
AT 421 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BARTLETT...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CHETOPA AROUND 430 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9507 3700 9535 3711 9535 3719 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 263DEG 26KT 3704 9518
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
LAWSON042
WWUS53 KICT 012136
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
436 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
KSC099-012200-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-141001T2200Z/
LABETTE KS-
436 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LABETTE
COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
AT 433 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CHETOPA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LABETTE COUNTY.
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 9507 3700 9525 3712 9524 3717 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 253DEG 16KT 3706 9512
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
LAWSON444 WWUS53 KICT 012151 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 451 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 KSC099-012201- /O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-141001T2200Z/ LABETTE KS- 451 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LABETTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3700 9507 3700 9525 3712 9524 3717 9507 TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 253DEG 16KT 3708 9504 $$ LAWSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 27 min |
| Oct 1, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 26 min |
| Oct 1, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 23 min |
| Oct 1, 8:50 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 2 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 26 min |
| Oct 1, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Montgomery, Wilson | 49 min |
| Oct 1, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 66 min |
| Oct 1, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 35 min |
| Oct 1, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 33 min |
| Oct 1, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 43 min |
| Oct 1, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 25 min |
| Oct 1, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 52 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.