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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2011Russell County, Kansas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1795 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 2011-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 370 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell44 min
May 19, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell59 min
May 19, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman43 min
May 19, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln, Russell30 min
May 19, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton54 min
May 19, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln, Russell34 min
May 19, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Russell37 min
May 19, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln33 min
May 19, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln, Russell26 min
May 19, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice40 min
May 19, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln62 min
May 19, 6:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLincoln, Russell6 hr
May 19, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln18 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.