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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS

May 5, 2002Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2002, 5:57 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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
May 5, 2002, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2002, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2002-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 282 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2002-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
282 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-438 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 052257
TORICT
KSC167-060000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
556 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  RUSSELL...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUCAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25   
  MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.  
  
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR LUCAS AROUND 605 PM CDT...

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE
TORNADO. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

REPEATING...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR RUSSELL COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3911 9878 3888 9871 3897 9850 3906 9851
          3916 9858

/CHANCE

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell29 min
May 5, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell52 min
May 5, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln65 min
May 5, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell64 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.