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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Wichita, KS

May 24, 2011Barton County, Ellsworth County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT for Barton County, Ellsworth County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 9 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 24, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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 24, 7:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Great Bend, KS	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A BUILDING.
May 24, 7:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Hoisington, KS
May 24, 7:10 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 E Hoisington, KS
May 24, 7:11 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Susank, KS	AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS SUSTAINED 60 MPH WINDS.
May 24, 7:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 75	6 W Claflin, KS
May 24, 7:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	4 Sw Claflin, KS
May 24, 7:22 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Claflin, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR CLAFLIN AND HIGHWAY 4 AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST WITH VERY STRONG WINDS UNDERNEATH UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF IT HAS EVER TOUCHED THE GROUND.
May 24, 7:24 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Wsw Holyrood, KS	A LARGE FUNNEL WAS REPORTED 5 MILES WEST OF THIS LOCATION RUNNING PARALLEL TO HIGHWAY 156.
May 24, 7:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 80	Holyrood, KS

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 24, 3:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -482 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

072 
WFUS53 KICT 250000
TORICT
KSC009-053-167-250030-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0026.110525T0000Z-110525T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
700 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOISINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLAFLIN...WILSON...HOLYROOD...DORRANCE...LORRAINE AND SUSANK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

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 3896 9848 3887 9848 3887 9844 3853 9827
      3852 9830 3852 9848 3844 9849 3831 9883
      3855 9903 3858 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 231DEG 39KT 3852 9879
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

BILLINGS

1 follow-up statement

428 
WWUS53 KICT 250009
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
709 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

KSC009-053-167-250030-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110525T0030Z/
RUSSELL KS-BARTON KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
709 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ELLSWORTH...BARTON
AND SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOISINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS TO 62 MPH WERE REPORTED IN GREAT BEND.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLAFLIN...WILSON...HOLYROOD...DORRANCE AND LORRAINE.

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 3858 9904 3896 9848 3887 9848 3887 9844
      3853 9827 3852 9830 3852 9848 3844 9849
      3834 9880 3855 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 231DEG 39KT 3857 9870
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

MCGUIRE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	58 min
May 24, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Reno, Rice	52 min
May 24, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	29 min
May 24, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	59 min
May 24, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery	66 min
May 24, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	30 min
May 24, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	57 min
May 24, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Rice	24 min
May 24, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	47 min
May 24, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	45 min
May 24, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	25 min
May 24, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	33 min
May 24, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	60 min
May 24, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	63 min
May 24, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	27 min
May 24, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	25 min
May 24, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery	24 min
May 24, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	45 min
May 24, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	47 min
May 24, 9:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	10 hr
May 25, 4:26 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more	15 hr

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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.