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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS

May 18, 2013Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 18, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

County Barton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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
May 18, 2:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 4488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

850 
WFUS53 KICT 190115
TORICT
KSC009-190200-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0005.130519T0115Z-130519T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
815 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 811 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF LARNED...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  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...
  PAWNEE ROCK...ALBERT AND GREAT BEND AIRPORT.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3846 9904 3847 9883 3826 9881 3825 9898
      3826 9903 3827 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 253DEG 24KT 3824 9916

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

059 
WWUS53 KICT 190127
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
827 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

KSC009-190137-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130519T0200Z/
BARTON KS-
827 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3846 9904 3847 9883 3826 9881 3825 9898
      3826 9903 3827 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 253DEG 24KT 3826 9906

$$

MCGUIRE

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, 8:28 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, 5:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	40 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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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.