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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2011, 4:13 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 19, 2011, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.4
- Supercell composite
- 15.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
977 WFUS53 KICT 192113 TORICT KSC167-192145- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0013.110519T2113Z-110519T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 413 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LURAY...PARADISE AND WALDO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3914 9890 3914 9852 3894 9887 3904 9901 TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 225DEG 21KT 3904 9884 HAIL 1.50IN $$ MCGUIRE
2 follow-up statements
504 WWUS53 KICT 192122 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 422 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC167-192145- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110519T2145Z/ RUSSELL KS- 422 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF PARADISE...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LURAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3914 9890 3914 9852 3894 9887 3904 9901 TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 218DEG 26KT 3911 9879 HAIL 1.50IN $$ DUNTEN
948 WWUS53 KICT 192137 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 437 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC167-192146- /O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110519T2145Z/ RUSSELL KS- 437 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT... REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3914 9890 3914 9852 3894 9887 3904 9901 TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 218DEG 26KT 3919 9871 $$ BILLINGS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 44 min |
| May 19, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 59 min |
| May 19, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 43 min |
| May 19, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 30 min |
| May 19, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 54 min |
| May 19, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 34 min |
| May 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Russell | 37 min |
| May 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 33 min |
| May 19, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 26 min |
| May 19, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 40 min |
| May 19, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 62 min |
| May 19, 6:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 6 hr |
| May 19, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 18 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.