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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2012, 11:08 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
- May 25, 2012, 11:08 PM CDT (04:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 25, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
682
WFUS53 KICT 260408
TORICT
KSC167-260500-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0051.120526T0408Z-120526T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1108 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 1105 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VICTORIA...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
GORHAM.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 182.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
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 3890 9904 3891 9892 3874 9890 3869 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 221DEG 12KT 3875 9907
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
CARUSO2 follow-up statements
077
WWUS53 KICT 260426
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1126 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
KSC167-260500-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-120526T0500Z/
RUSSELL KS-
1126 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL
COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...
AT 1124 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH GORHAM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE HOMES
COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GORHAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3890 9904 3891 9892 3874 9890 3869 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 214DEG 18KT 3883 9900
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
CARUSO318 WWUS53 KICT 260452 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1152 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 KSC167-260502- /O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-120526T0500Z/ RUSSELL KS- 1152 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3890 9904 3891 9892 3874 9890 3869 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0452Z 214DEG 18KT 3894 9891 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 46 min |
| May 25, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 62 min |
| May 25, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 44 min |
| May 25, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 47 min |
| May 25, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 46 min |
| May 25, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 31 min |
| May 25, 11:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Russell | 8 hr |
| May 25, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 8 min |
| May 26, 4:20 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.