Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2020, 4:21 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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 28, 2020, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2020, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Chautauqua County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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 28, 4:36 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Sedan, KS | JUST NORTHEAST OF TOWN. |
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 28, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -553 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KICT 282121
TORICT
KSC019-282145-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0002.200428T2121Z-200428T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
421 PM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Chautauqua County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 421 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles south of Elk Falls, or 9 miles north of Sedan,
moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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 and Hale.
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 3715 9627 3730 9621 3730 9597 3711 9596
3708 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 293DEG 31KT 3726 9617
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DARMOFAL3 follow-up statements
306
WWUS53 KICT 282128
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
428 PM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020
KSC019-282145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200428T2145Z/
Chautauqua KS-
428 PM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
At 428 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northeast of Sedan, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Sedan and Hale.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3715 9627 3730 9621 3730 9597 3711 9596
3708 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 293DEG 31KT 3723 9610
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
DARMOFAL096
WWUS53 KICT 282138
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
438 PM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020
KSC019-282145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200428T2145Z/
Chautauqua KS-
438 PM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
At 438 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northwest of Havana, or 8 miles east of Sedan,
moving southeast at 40 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.
Locations impacted include...
Hale.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3713 9617 3730 9609 3730 9597 3711 9596
3708 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 303DEG 33KT 3717 9600
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
DARMOFAL683
WWUS53 KICT 282143
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
443 PM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020
KSC019-282151-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200428T2145Z/
Chautauqua KS-
443 PM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 445 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened and no longer
appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire. However strong winds greater than 60 mph and
large hail are likely along with torrential rain.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern
Kansas.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Chautauqua county until 5 pm.
LAT...LON 3713 9617 3730 9609 3730 9597 3711 9596
3708 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 293DEG 31KT 3717 9599
$$
DARMOFALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 11:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Reno, Rice, Saline | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 43 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.