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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2011Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2011, 6:24 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 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, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2011, 6:42 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -348 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

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The text

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

117 
WFUS53 KICT 192324
TORICT
KSC105-200000-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0017.110519T2324Z-110520T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LINCOLN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEVERLY AND BARNARD.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9793 3913 9792 3902 9792 3898 9811
      3913 9823 3923 9803 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 240DEG 25KT 3909 9806
HAIL 1.50IN

$$

DUNTEN

2 follow-up statements

163 
WWUS53 KICT 192333
SVSICT

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

KSC105-200000-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110520T0000Z/
LINCOLN KS-
633 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN
COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF BARNARD...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY.

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 9793 3913 9792 3902 9792 3898 9811
      3913 9823 3923 9803 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 240DEG 25KT 3912 9799
HAIL 1.50IN

$$

BILLINGS

654 
WWUS53 KICT 192342
SVSICT

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

KSC105-192352-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110520T0000Z/
LINCOLN KS-
642 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3922 9793 3913 9792 3902 9792 3898 9811
      3913 9823 3923 9803 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 240DEG 25KT 3915 9792

$$

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, 5:11 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

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.