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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2011Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 4 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
May 19, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
May 19, 4:48 PM CDTTORNADO5 N Dorrance, KSDESCRIBED AS RAIN WRAPPED
May 19, 5:12 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 601 S Sylvan Grove, KS
May 19, 5:15 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 W Sylvan Grove, KSTORNADO NOW A WALL CLOUD MOVING NORTH
May 19, 5:15 PM CDTTORNADO1 N Wilson Lake, KSAMATEUR RADIO REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF WILSON BUT NOT TO SILVER GROVE.

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
May 19, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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°0°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.

981 
WFUS53 KICT 192145
TORICT
KSC105-167-192215-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0014.110519T2145Z-110519T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
445 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUNKER HILL...OR 11 MILES EAST OF
  RUSSELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LUCAS...SYLVAN GROVE...WILSON LAKE AND ASH GROVE.

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 3922 9817 3880 9855 3886 9876 3914 9864
      3914 9850 3922 9850 3923 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 215DEG 25KT 3892 9863
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

DUNTEN
2 follow-up statements
861 
WWUS53 KICT 192156
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
456 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSC105-167-192215-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110519T2215Z/
RUSSELL KS-LINCOLN KS-
456 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND
NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 451 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES 
NORTH OF DORRANCE.  THIS TORNADO IS NOW LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF 
DORRANCE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LUCAS...SYLVAN GROVE AND ASH GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9817 3880 9855 3886 9876 3914 9864
      3914 9850 3922 9850 3923 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 215DEG 25KT 3898 9857
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

BILLINGS
098 
WWUS53 KICT 192208
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
508 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSC105-167-192215-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110519T2215Z/
RUSSELL KS-LINCOLN KS-
508 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND
NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 504 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SYLVAN GROVE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
WILSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SYLVAN GROVE AND ASH GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9817 3880 9855 3886 9876 3914 9864
      3914 9850 3922 9850 3923 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 225DEG 24KT 3901 9844
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

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, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell32 min
May 19, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman43 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

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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.