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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2013Butler County, Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2013, 3:59 PM CDT for Butler County, Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 7 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, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2013, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Butler County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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, 4:01 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 N Benton, KS
May 19, 4:06 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Andover, KS	ESTIVATED 60MPH WINDS NORTH END OF ANDOVER
May 19, 4:08 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Bel Aire, KS
May 19, 4:18 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	5 Nnw Andover, KS	SPOTTER WAS 1 MILE WEST OF THE BUTLER AND SEDGEWICK COUNTY LINE ON 45TH STREET NORTH.
May 19, 4:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 W El Dorado, KS	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS AN ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS AND PEA SIZED HAIL 1 MILE NORTH OF HWY 254 ON HIGHWAY 196.
May 19, 4:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 Ne Potwin, KS	FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL 3 MILES NORTH AND 2 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF POTWIN.
May 19, 4:39 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	El Dorado Lake, KS	DELAYED REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL JUST NORTH OF EL DORADO LAKE

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

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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.

415 
WFUS53 KICT 192059
TORICT
KSC015-079-173-192145-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0009.130519T2059Z-130519T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 355 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST WICHITA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
  EL DORADO...PARK CITY...NORTHEAST WICHITA...ANDOVER...TOWANDA...
  WHITEWATER...POTWIN...BEL AIRE...KECHI...JABARA AIRPORT...BENTON
  AND EL DORADO LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 88.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 20.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3801 9722 3800 9667 3777 9684 3760 9713
      3767 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 227DEG 28KT 3770 9725

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

KETCHAM

1 follow-up statement

614 
WWUS53 KICT 192118
SVSICT

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

KSC079-173-192128-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130519T2145Z/
SEDGWICK KS-HARVEY KS-
418 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY AND NORTHEASTERN
SEDGWICK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3761 9715 3791 9715 3801 9715 3800 9667
      3777 9684 3760 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 229DEG 50KT 3789 9697

$$

KSC015-192145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130519T2145Z/
BUTLER KS-
418 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 413 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR TOWANDA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
EL DORADO AND EL DORADO LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3761 9715 3791 9715 3801 9715 3800 9667
      3777 9684 3760 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 229DEG 50KT 3789 9697

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

KLEINSASSER

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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.