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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS

April 3, 2015Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2015, 2:02 AM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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 3, 2015, 2:02 AM CDT (07:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2015, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 28 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), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 3, 2:19 AM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Chetopa, 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 2, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 2, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 1838 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 5.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

382 
WFUS53 KICT 030702
TORICT
KSC099-030730-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0004.150403T0702Z-150403T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
202 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
    
* AT 202 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EDNA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALTAMONT...
  MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  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...
  OSWEGO...CHETOPA...ALTAMONT...EDNA...BARTLETT AND ANGOLA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
WICHITA.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9550 3718 9550 3717 9508 3700 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0702Z 279DEG 62KT 3708 9537 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MCGUIRE

2 follow-up statements

881 
WWUS53 KICT 030712
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
212 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

KSC099-030730-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150403T0730Z/
LABETTE KS-
212 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LABETTE COUNTY...
    
AT 212 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR EDNA...OR 8 MILES WEST OF CHETOPA...MOVING EAST AT
60 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

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...
OSWEGO...CHETOPA...ALTAMONT...EDNA AND BARTLETT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY WHO WILL SEND YOUR
REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS
WEATHER.


&&

LAT...LON 3700 9541 3718 9540 3717 9508 3700 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0712Z 278DEG 51KT 3706 9524 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MCGUIRE

456 
WWUS53 KICT 030725
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
225 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

KSC099-030735-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150403T0730Z/
LABETTE KS-
225 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LABETTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
230 AM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. 
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3700 9541 3718 9540 3717 9508 3700 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0723Z 279DEG 62KT 3706 9524 

$$

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	44 min
Apr 2, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette	49 min
Apr 2, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	26 min
Apr 2, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	52 min
Apr 2, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette	40 min
Apr 2, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	48 min
Apr 2, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	44 min
Apr 2, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	50 min
Apr 2, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	44 min
Apr 2, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Reno, Rice	39 min
Apr 2, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Reno, Sedgwick	63 min
Apr 2, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	41 min
Apr 3, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	48 min
Apr 3, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Harvey, Marion	31 min
Apr 3, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson	64 min
Apr 3, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	27 min
Apr 3, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Neosho	38 min
Apr 3, 2:39 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 11 more	8 hr
Apr 3, 3:55 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Reno, Rice and 2 more	28 hr

Nearby

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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.