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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

April 24, 2007Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2007, 5:16 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 3 reports 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 24, 2007, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 24, 5:40 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD5 Nw Chase, KSSTORM CHASER REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD AND ROTATING WALL CLOUD.
Apr 24, 5:49 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD7 Nnw Chase, KSSTORM CHASER REPORTED ANOTHER FUNNEL CLOUD. THE FUNNEL CLOUD HAD DISSIPATED BUT THE WALL CLOUD IS BECOMING BETTER DEFINED.
Apr 24, 6:15 PM CDTHAIL 0.53 Se Chase, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 10:48 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2007-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1339 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2007-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 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
1339 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
7.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 242218
SVRICT
KSC053-159-242315-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0021.070424T2216Z-070424T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
516 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  SILICA...OR 20 MILES EAST OF GREAT BEND...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30   
MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR HOLYROOD AND SOUTH OF 
WILSON. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 
DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BUSHTON...CHASE...FREDERICK...HOLYROOD...KANOPOLIS...LORRAINE...
  SILICA.

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE
AREA.


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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3829 9848 3825 9823 3869 9813 3880 9848

$$

JAKUB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KICT 242237
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
536 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

KSC053-159-242315-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070424T2315Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-RICE KS-
536 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN RICE
AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
6 MILES NORTH OF HOLYROOD...OR 11 MILES WEST OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING 
NORTH AT 30 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF 
HOLYROOD AND NORTH RAYMOND. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. 

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THESE STORMS. 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES...WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY 
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A 
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3829 9848 3825 9823 3869 9813 3880 9848

$$

JAKUB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Rice35 min
Apr 24, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningICTReno, Rice50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.