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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2011Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2011, 5:11 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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: May 19, 2011, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 19, 5:12 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 S Sylvan Grove, KS
May 19, 5:15 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 W Sylvan Grove, KS	TORNADO NOW A WALL CLOUD MOVING NORTH
May 19, 5:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 N Wilson Lake, KS	AMATEUR 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.

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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

517 
WFUS53 KICT 192211
TORICT
KSC105-167-192245-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0015.110519T2211Z-110519T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 509 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  SYLVAN GROVE...OR 16 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
  THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE...BARNARD...BEVERLY AND ASH GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9793 3901 9793 3887 9844 3887 9848
      3885 9849 3896 9874 3923 9831 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 236DEG 20KT 3899 9843
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

DUNTEN

1 follow-up statement

560 
WWUS53 KICT 192235
SVSICT

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

KSC105-167-192245-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110519T2245Z/
RUSSELL KS-LINCOLN KS-
535 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN
RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 532 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SYLVAN GROVE...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LINCOLN...BARNARD...BEVERLY AND ASH GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 9793 3901 9793 3887 9844 3887 9848
      3885 9849 3896 9874 3923 9831 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 238DEG 14KT 3903 9832
HAIL <.75IN

$$

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, 4:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Russell	32 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, 5:30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.