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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Dec 14, 2014, 5:40 PM CST for Harper County, Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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
- Dec 14, 2014, 5:40 PM CST (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2014, 6:03 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
626
WFUS53 KICT 142340
TORICT
KSC077-095-150015-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0009.141214T2340Z-141215T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
540 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CST
* AT 540 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARPER...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARPER...NORWICH AND RUNNYMEDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3725 9791 3726 9809 3756 9804 3753 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 197DEG 38KT 3737 9798
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CARUSO2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KICT 142356
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
556 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014
KSC077-150005-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-141215T0015Z/
HARPER KS-
556 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARPER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3739 9790 3739 9805 3756 9804 3753 9784
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 192DEG 26KT 3746 9797
$$
KSC095-150015-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-141215T0015Z/
KINGMAN KS-
556 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY...
AT 555 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NORWICH...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF HARPER...MOVING NORTH
AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3739 9790 3739 9805 3756 9804 3753 9784
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 192DEG 26KT 3746 9797
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CARUSO488
WWUS53 KICT 150003
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
603 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014
KSC095-150012-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-141215T0015Z/
KINGMAN KS-
603 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3739 9790 3739 9805 3756 9804 3753 9784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 197DEG 38KT 3754 9794
$$
CARUSOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 5:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.