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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 2024, 6:14 PM CST for Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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
- Mar 7, 2024, 6:14 PM CST (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2024, 6:39 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Montgomery County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 7, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KICT 080014
TORICT
KSC125-080100-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0002.240308T0014Z-240308T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
614 PM CST Thu Mar 7 2024
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Montgomery County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 700 PM CST.
* At 614 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Tyro, or near Caney, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
Tyro around 620 PM CST.
Dearing around 625 PM CST.
Coffeyville around 630 PM CST.
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 3709 9590 3711 9558 3700 9559 3700 9589
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 268DEG 19KT 3702 9585
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
BUTLER2 follow-up statements
930
WWUS53 KICT 080032
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
632 PM CST Thu Mar 7 2024
KSC125-080100-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240308T0100Z/
Montgomery KS-
632 PM CST Thu Mar 7 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
At 631 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Tyro, or 7 miles west of Coffeyville, moving east at
20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Coffeyville and Dearing around 635 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3711 9558 3700 9559 3700 9581 3710 9582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 268DEG 16KT 3701 9577
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
BUTLER885 WWUS53 KICT 080039 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 639 PM CST Thu Mar 7 2024 KSC125-080049- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240308T0100Z/ Montgomery KS- 639 PM CST Thu Mar 7 2024 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY 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. However, small hail and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for southeastern Kansas. && LAT...LON 3711 9558 3700 9559 3700 9581 3710 9582 TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 268DEG 19KT 3701 9571 $$ BUTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 6:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 37 min |
| Mar 7, 6:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 6:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Mar 7, 6:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 33 min |
| Mar 7, 7:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 36 min |
| Mar 7, 7:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho | 33 min |
| Mar 7, 7:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 30 min |
| Mar 7, 8:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 29 min |
| Mar 7, 8:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 30 min |
| Mar 7, 8:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 35 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.