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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Wichita, KS

June 1, 2011Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2011, 7:42 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 min. 7 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
Jun 1, 2011, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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
Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 654 W Paradise, KSROAD SIGNS BLOWN OVER NEAR THE COUNTY LINE. ALSO REPORTING GOLF BALL HAIL.
Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 W Paradise, KS65 MPH WINDS ALSO REPORTED WITH ROAD SIGNS LAYING OVER.
Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDTHAIL 2.752 W Paradise, KS
Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDTHAIL 2.75Paradise, KS
Jun 1, 8:15 PM CDTHAIL 1.5Luray, KS
Jun 1, 8:15 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Paradise, KSNUMEROUS REPORTS OF PING PONG BALL TO GOLF BALL HAIL. DAMAGE TO CARS.
Jun 1, 8:35 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 W Paradise, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1251 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.4

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The text

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

117 
WFUS53 KICT 020042
TORICT
KSC167-020145-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0032.110602T0042Z-110602T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
742 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NATOMA...OR 21
  MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PARADISE...LURAY...LUCAS AND WALDO.

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 3914 9903 3914 9849 3913 9848 3896 9848
      3906 9904 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 283DEG 24KT 3910 9909
HAIL 1.50IN

$$

MCGUIRE
1 follow-up statement
887 
WWUS53 KICT 020105
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
805 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

KSC167-020145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110602T0145Z/
RUSSELL KS-
805 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARADISE...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 8 PM...65 MPH WINDS AND HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE WAS 
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM WEST OF PARADISE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LURAY...LUCAS AND WALDO.

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 3914 9903 3914 9849 3913 9848 3896 9848
      3906 9904 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 283DEG 24KT 3907 9891
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln58 min
Jun 1, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion66 min
Jun 1, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln53 min
Jun 1, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell39 min
Jun 1, 8:32 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLincoln, Russell9 hr
Jun 1, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion66 min
Jun 1, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell26 min
Jun 1, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln54 min
Jun 1, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Russell26 min
Jun 1, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell67 min
Jun 1, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln54 min
Jun 1, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline42 min
Jun 1, 10:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLincoln, Russell12 hr
Jun 1, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Russell53 min
Jun 1, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline58 min
Jun 1, 10:53 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLincoln4 days
Jun 1, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline60 min
Jun 1, 11:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSaline10 hr
Jun 1, 11:40 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMarion, Saline35 min
Jun 1, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline26 min
Jun 2, 12:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLincoln67 hr
Jun 2, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTEllsworth7 hr
Jun 2, 4:03 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICTBarton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more16 hr
Jun 2, 9:21 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRussell6 hr
Jun 2, 9:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSaline6 hr
Jun 2, 9:38 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTEllsworth11 hr
Jun 2, 9:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLincoln5 hr
Jun 2, 2:54 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLincoln30 hr
Jun 2, 3:33 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRussell6 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.