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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2013Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2013, 5:35 PM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. 4 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 19, 2013, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2013, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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 19, 5:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Arkansas City, KS	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPROTS A 20 INCH TREE LIMB DOWN AND COVERING MOST OF THE ROADWAY ON A SIDE STREET WEST OF DOWNTOWN ARK CITY AT THE 100 BLOCK AND NORTH 5TH STREET. TIME IS APPROXIMATED WITH RADAR.
May 19, 5:49 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Strother Field Airport, KS
May 19, 5:59 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 N Arkansas City, KS	BRIEF ROPE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ROUGHLY 1 NORTH OF ARK CITY
May 19, 6:25 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Arkansas City, KS

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 24 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 19, 1:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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: 697 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.9

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The text

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

628 
WFUS53 KICT 192235
TORICT
KSC035-191-192315-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0012.130519T2235Z-130519T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
535 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 533 PM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
  THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR GEUDA
  SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...DEXTER...BURDEN...ATLANTA...STROTHER
  FIELD AIRPORT AND CAMBRIDGE.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9716 3712 9731 3748 9676 3748 9653
      3720 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 236DEG 35KT 3710 9713

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KETCHAM

2 follow-up statements

761 
WWUS53 KICT 192246
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
546 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

KSC035-191-192315-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130519T2315Z/
SUMNER KS-COWLEY KS-
546 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COWLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN
SUMNER COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 543 PM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR ARKANSAS
CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINFIELD...DEXTER...BURDEN...ATLANTA AND CAMBRIDGE.

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 3700 9716 3712 9731 3748 9676 3748 9653
      3720 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 236DEG 35KT 3713 9699

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

KLEINSASSER

084 
WWUS53 KICT 192301
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
601 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

KSC191-192310-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130519T2315Z/
SUMNER KS-
601 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3707 9715 3707 9716 3708 9715 3721 9715
      3748 9676 3748 9654 3720 9653 3700 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 235DEG 46KT 3723 9679

$$

KSC035-192315-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130519T2315Z/
COWLEY KS-
601 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM
CDT...

AT 557 PM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
DEXTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEXTER...BURDEN...ATLANTA AND CAMBRIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3707 9715 3707 9716 3708 9715 3721 9715
      3748 9676 3748 9654 3720 9653 3700 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 235DEG 46KT 3723 9679

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

KLEINSASSER

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 19, 2:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
239 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 237 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS FOCUS AROUND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THIS
AFTERNOON-TONIGHT...WITH CONTINUED SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES MONDAY
AFTERNOON-NIGHT.

LATEST SURFACE MAP INDICATES A COLD FRONT BISECTING KS FROM
NORTH-SOUTH...EXTENDING FROM A SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL NE.
THE COLD FRONT INTERSECTS A DRYLINE OVER NORTHWEST/NORTH-CENTRAL
OK...WHICH THEN TRAILS SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN OK. THE AIRMASS IS
BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ALONG/AHEAD OF THESE FEATURES...OWING
TO STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES...CONTINUED AFTERNOON HEATING AND
RICH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE. IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS...A 70-90KT JET MAX
IS APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. PER OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS AND
MORNING SOUNDINGS...A STOUT CAP IS LIKELY CURRENTLY IN
PLACE...ACTING TO SUPPRESS SURFACE-BASED ACTIVITY FROM DEVELOPING.
HOWEVER...THIS CAP SHOULD EVENTUALLY BE BREACHED BY MID-LATE
AFTERNOON...AS ALL THESE FEATURES CONVERGE AMIDST A STRONGLY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS...ALLOWING FOR RAPID SURFACE-BASED THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. GIVEN 50-60KT DEEP LAYER SHEAR ORIENTED PERPENDICULAR
TO THE BOUNDARIES...SUPERCELLS AND MULTICELL CLUSTERS APPEAR
LIKELY...CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW
TORNADOES. THINKING THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT WILL BE GENERALLY
EAST/SOUTHEAST OF THE KS TURNPIKE CORRIDOR...AND ESPECIALLY THIS
EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST KS AND NORTH-CENTRAL/NORTHEAST OK...WHEN
BACKING SURFACE FLOW AND A STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL JET ENHANCES
STORM-RELATIVE HELICITIES. AN ISOLATED STRONG/VIOLENT TORNADO WILL
BE POSSIBLE. AS EVENING PROGRESSES...STORMS SHOULD TRANSITION TO
MORE OF A LINEAR MODE...WITH A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN.

THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT SHOULD CONTINUE FOR MON AFTERNOON-NIGHT OVER
SOUTHEAST KS...AS THE FRONT STALLS IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING
SHORTWAVE ENERGY FROM THE WEST. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG/SEVERE
STORMS APPEARS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR SOUTHEAST KS...ALONG
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH RAIN INDIVIDUAL
LOCATIONS RECEIVE...COULD SEE MODEST/STEEP RISES ON FAR SOUTHEAST KS
RIVERS/STREAMS...ALONG WITH RELATIVELY MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING...SO
A FLOOD WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE PONDERED BY LATER SHIFTS...ESPECIALLY
IF AMPLE RAINFALL OCCURS TONIGHT. WHILE TORNADO THREAT APPEARS
LOWER...AMPLE INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL STILL PROMOTE LARGE
HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS. PER MODEL CONSENSUS...THE FRONT SHOULD FINALLY
EXIT THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT/EARLY TUES...ENDING STORM
CHANCES.

ADK

&&

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 237 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

MEDIUM RANGE MODEL CONSENSUS BUILDS MID/UPPER RIDGING ACROSS
MID-AMERICA BY MID-WEEK...RESULTING IN WARMING TEMPERATURES.
ADDITIONALLY...COULD BE LOOKING AT PERIODIC BOUTS OF LATE
AFTERNOON/OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION FROM LATE WEEK
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS PERSISTENT LEE TROUGHING WILL PROMOTE
AFTERNOON HIGH PLAINS ACTIVITY...WHICH WOULD TEND TO MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE REGION DURING EVENING/OVERNIGHT HOURS.
OVERALL...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS LOW DUE TO
MARGINAL MID/UPPER FLOW...BUT DEGREE OF INSTABILITY WOULD PROMOTE A
THREAT OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS.

ADK

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1211 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

SCATTERED SEVERE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF A
DRY-LINE AND COLD FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING
FOR LOCATIONS ALONG/EAST OF THE I-135 CORRIDOR. CHANCES WILL
DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING ALONG A SALINA TO WICHITA LINE BUT
CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THE SUPER-
CELL STORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE.
THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND DIMINISH
TONIGHT BEHIND THE DRY-LINE AND FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.
WHILE MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THRU THE FORECAST
VALID PERIOD...PERIODS OF MVFR AND IFR CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND
NEAR THE CONVECTION. THIS WILL BE HANDLED WITH SHORT TERM
AMENDMENTS AS CONVECTION LOOKS MORE IMMINENT.

KED

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    60  82  56  77 /  40  20  20  10
HUTCHINSON      58  80  55  76 /  30  20  10  10
NEWTON          58  81  55  76 /  40  20  10  10
ELDORADO        61  82  56  77 /  60  20  20  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   63  84  58  78 /  60  30  40  10
RUSSELL         53  78  51  73 /  10  20  10  10
GREAT BEND      52  78  52  74 /  10  20  10  10
SALINA          55  79  54  75 /  30  20  10  10
MCPHERSON       56  80  54  76 /  30  20  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     67  82  65  79 /  80  60  80  50
CHANUTE         66  82  62  78 /  80  60  70  30
IOLA            66  82  62  78 /  80  50  60  20
PARSONS-KPPF    67  82  63  78 /  80  60  80  40

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 1:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
102 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-201815-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
102 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

EXCEPTIONALLY POWERFUL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL AS LARGE AS BASEBALLS...A FEW TORNADOES THAT MAY BE STRONG
AND DAMAGING 70 TO 80 MPH WINDS ARE LIKELY OVER AREAS ALONG AND
EAST OF I-135 THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER
SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MORE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF BOTH HALF DOLLAR-SIZED HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH...ARE LIKELY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINS
ARE LIKELY THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...A FEW
OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS VERY LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
INTO EARLY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE KANSAS
TURNPIKE.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 4:52 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
452 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0439 PM     HAIL             EL DORADO LAKE          37.86N 96.79W
05/19/2013  E1.75 INCH       BUTLER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DELAYED REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL JUST NORTH OF EL
            DORADO LAKE

&&

SGS

Local storm report, May 19, 4:57 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
457 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0446 PM     TORNADO          4 S UDALL               37.33N 97.12W
05/19/2013                   COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER WAS 5 SOUTH OF UDALL LOOKING NORTH WEST AND
            OBSERVED WHITE CONE TORNADO

&&

SGS

Local storm report, May 19, 5:02 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
502 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0501 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 W WINFIELD            37.27N 97.04W
05/19/2013  E65 MPH          COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

Local storm report, May 19, 5:05 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
505 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0505 PM     HAIL             N ROCK                  37.44N 97.01W
05/19/2013  E1.00 INCH       COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

Local storm report, May 19, 5:07 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
507 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0504 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 S ROCK                37.39N 97.01W
05/19/2013  M60 MPH          COWLEY             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            K15 AND US77

&&

SGS

Local storm report, May 19, 5:24 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
524 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0522 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 WNW LATHAM            37.55N 96.69W
05/19/2013  E60 MPH          BUTLER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Russell	50 min
May 18, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Reno	64 min
May 18, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Barton	45 min
May 18, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	62 min
May 18, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	54 min
May 18, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	65 min
May 18, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno	59 min
May 19, 12:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	32 min
May 19, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	45 min
May 19, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	27 min
May 19, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	46 min
May 19, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	25 min
May 19, 5:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	27 min
May 19, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	35 min
May 19, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	49 min
May 19, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Sedgwick	51 min
May 19, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	30 min
May 19, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	45 min
May 19, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	25 min
May 19, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	45 min
May 19, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observed	ICT	Sedgwick	50 min
May 19, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Sumner	50 min
May 19, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	46 min
May 19, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	45 min
May 19, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	48 min
May 19, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	44 min
May 19, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	28 min
May 19, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	54 min
May 19, 4:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	5 hr
May 19, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Sumner	35 min
May 19, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sumner	47 min
May 19, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey	40 min
May 19, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	38 min
May 19, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	46 min
May 19, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	45 min
May 19, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	55 min
May 19, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood	66 min
May 19, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	27 min
May 19, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	26 min
May 19, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	49 min
May 19, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	58 min
May 19, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Woodson	40 min
May 19, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	37 min
May 19, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	35 min
May 19, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	45 min
May 19, 6:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	36 min
May 19, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	48 min
May 19, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	32 min

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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2013 Every tornado warning in 2013 Tornadoes in 2013

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.