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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Wichita, KS

April 14, 2012Barton County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 4:11 PM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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: Apr 14, 2012, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2012, 4:28 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 1516 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 413 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 432 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 11.6

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The text

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

723 
WFUS53 KICT 142111
TORICT
KSC009-167-142145-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0011.120414T2111Z-120414T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
411 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 407 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OTIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE
           HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR
           SNAPPED. VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GALATIA...SUSANK...GORHAM AND MILBERGER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 181.

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 3892 9905 3895 9903 3870 9863 3853 9904
      3884 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 226DEG 41KT 3860 9905

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BILLINGS

1 follow-up statement

635 
WWUS53 KICT 142128
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
428 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC009-167-142138-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120414T2145Z/
RUSSELL KS-BARTON KS-
428 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BARTON AND SOUTHWESTERN
RUSSELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 3892 9905 3895 9903 3870 9863 3853 9904
      3884 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 226DEG 41KT 3873 9887

$$

BILLINGS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	45 min
Apr 13, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	50 min
Apr 13, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	52 min
Apr 13, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	47 min
Apr 13, 9:26 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more	25 hr
Apr 13, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	31 min
Apr 13, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	34 min
Apr 13, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	31 min
Apr 14, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	36 min
Apr 14, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	52 min
Apr 14, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	37 min
Apr 14, 4:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	47 min
Apr 14, 10:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	50 min
Apr 14, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	45 min
Apr 14, 1:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Russell	30 min
Apr 14, 1:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Russell	2 hr
Apr 14, 1:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	21 min
Apr 14, 4:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	41 min
Apr 14, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	46 min
Apr 14, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Rice	32 min
Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	34 min
Apr 14, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	42 min
Apr 14, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Reno	39 min
Apr 14, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threat	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	47 min
Apr 14, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman	47 min
Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threat	ICT	Saline	41 min
Apr 14, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	44 min
Apr 14, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threat	ICT	Saline	13 min

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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.