Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2017, 8:20 PM CST for Chautauqua County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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
- Mar 6, 2017, 8:20 PM CST (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2017, 8:43 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Chautauqua County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 8:31 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 5 Se 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:51 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 629 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 542 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted.
584
WFUS53 KICT 070220
TORICT
KSC019-070300-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
820 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Chautauqua County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 900 PM CST
* At 820 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Elgin, or 8 miles southwest of Sedan, moving east
at 65 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...
Sedan and Chautauqua around 825 PM CST.
Peru around 830 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Niotaze.
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 outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3713 9640 3724 9597 3700 9597 3700 9639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 264DEG 55KT 3706 9630
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
MCGUIRE3 follow-up statements
853
WWUS53 KICT 070228
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
828 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
KSC019-070300-
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Chautauqua KS-
828 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
At 828 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Peru, or near Sedan, moving east at 65 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Chautauqua County, including the following locations:
Niotaze.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3714 9635 3724 9597 3700 9597 3700 9639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 262DEG 56KT 3708 9611
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
KETCHAM031
WWUS53 KICT 070237
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
837 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
KSC019-070300-
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Chautauqua KS-
837 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
At 837 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Havana, or 7 miles north of Caney, moving east at 60
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.
Locations impacted include...
Sedan, Peru, Chautauqua and Niotaze.
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 outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3719 9616 3724 9597 3700 9597 3700 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 262DEG 53KT 3711 9598
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
KETCHAM696
WWUS53 KICT 070243
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
843 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
KSC019-070252-
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Chautauqua KS-
843 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 300 AM CST for southeastern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3719 9616 3724 9597 3700 9597 3700 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 264DEG 55KT 3712 9587
$$
KETCHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 40 min |
| Mar 6, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Elk, Greenwood | 57 min |
| Mar 6, 7:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson | 60 min |
| Mar 6, 8:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 8:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho | 56 min |
| Mar 6, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery, Wilson | 8 min |
| Mar 7, 3:50 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more | 11 hr |
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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.