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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Wichita, KS

May 25, 2012Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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 25, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
2.75 in

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 6:48 PM CDTTORNADO4 S Gorham, KSTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO AT THE LOCATION INDICATED.
May 25, 7:15 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 S Russell, KSTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 12:00Z on 2012-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 568 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
568 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
982 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

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

147 
WFUS53 KICT 252342
TORICT
KSC167-260030-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0048.120525T2342Z-120526T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
642 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 640 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VICTORIA...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  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...
  RUSSELL...GORHAM...PARADISE...BUNKER HILL...RUSSELL AIRPORT AND
  WALDO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 194.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9905 3914 9903 3914 9874 3877 9866
      3874 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 243DEG 30KT 3884 9907

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

CARUSO
2 follow-up statements
291 
WWUS53 KICT 252355
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
655 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

KSC167-260030-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120526T0030Z/
RUSSELL KS-
655 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 651 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF GORHAM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

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...
RUSSELL...PARADISE...BUNKER HILL...RUSSELL AIRPORT AND WALDO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 194.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9905 3914 9903 3914 9874 3877 9866
      3874 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 243DEG 17KT 3885 9897

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

CARUSO
909 
WWUS53 KICT 260010
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
710 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

KSC167-260030-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120526T0030Z/
RUSSELL KS-
710 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 705 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.

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...
RUSSELL...PARADISE...BUNKER HILL...RUSSELL AIRPORT AND WALDO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 194.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9905 3914 9903 3914 9874 3877 9866
      3874 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 249DEG 19KT 3888 9887

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

CARUSO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell56 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.