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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 7:57 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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, 8:06 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 Sw Westfall, KS | |
| May 24, 8:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Lincoln, 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 | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
599
WFUS53 KICT 250057
TORICT
KSC053-105-250130-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0030.110525T0057Z-110525T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
757 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 756 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF
RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND
DAMAGE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SYLVAN GROVE...OR 11
MILES NORTHEAST OF WILSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY...BARNARD...WESTFALL AND ASH
GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT
FOR THE SAME AREA.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 9793 3912 9792 3887 9793 3884 9835
3900 9849 3923 9833 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 221DEG 28KT 3897 9836
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
BILLINGS3 follow-up statements
011
WWUS53 KICT 250112 RRA
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
812 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
KSC053-250122-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110525T0130Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-
812 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3922 9793 3912 9792 3887 9793 3887 9829
3914 9840 3923 9833 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 243DEG 33KT 3897 9809
$$
KSC105-250130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110525T0130Z/
LINCOLN KS-
812 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 830
PM CDT...
AT 809 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. A
TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEVERLY...BARNARD AND WESTFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASSIONALY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 9793 3912 9792 3887 9793 3887 9829
3914 9840 3923 9833 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 243DEG 33KT 3897 9809
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
BILLINGS925
WWUS53 KICT 250123
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
823 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
KSC105-250130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110525T0130Z/
LINCOLN KS-
823 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BEVERLY...OR 9 MILES EAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BARNARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASSIONALY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 9793 3912 9792 3888 9793 3887 9812
3922 9822 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 243DEG 33KT 3901 9797
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
BILLINGS575
WWUS53 KICT 250128
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
828 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
KSC105-250138-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110525T0130Z/
LINCOLN KS-
828 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830
PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3922 9793 3912 9792 3888 9793 3887 9812
3922 9822 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 243DEG 33KT 3903 9792
$$
BILLINGSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 30 min |
| 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, 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.