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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

May 11, 2014Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2014, 9:10 PM CDT for Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 min. 5 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 11, 2014, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

County Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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 11, 9:10 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Sterling, KSREPORT RECEIVED VIA TWITTER.
May 11, 9:10 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Sterling, KS
May 11, 9:12 PM CDTTORNADO1 Sw Sterling, KS
May 11, 9:20 PM CDTTORNADO2 N Sterling, KSTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS SEEING POWER FLASHES.
May 11, 9:23 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Little River, KS

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 11, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1294 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
1294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

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

004 
WFUS53 KICT 120210
TORICT
KSC159-120230-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0003.140512T0210Z-140512T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
910 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 907 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STERLING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LITTLE RIVER AROUND 930 PM CDT.

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 3829 9831 3850 9792 3836 9792 3817 9792
      3818 9814 3816 9814 3816 9822 3817 9822
      3817 9825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 237DEG 30KT 3824 9816

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

$$

BILLINGS WRIGHT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice42 min
May 11, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell43 min
May 11, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell41 min
May 11, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline60 min
May 11, 7:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice12 hr
May 11, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell47 min
May 11, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice33 min
May 11, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline24 min
May 11, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Saline49 min
May 11, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Reno, Rice46 min
May 11, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Kingman, Reno48 min
May 11, 9:27 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTMcPherson, Rice33 min
May 11, 9:57 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTMcPherson33 min
May 11, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Kingman, McPherson, Reno, Rice46 min
May 11, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion, Saline51 min
May 11, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick58 min
May 11, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Kingman, Reno48 min
May 11, 11:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion34 min
May 11, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick48 min
May 12, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase24 min
May 12, 12:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson28 min
May 12, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase31 min
May 12, 1:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline29 min
May 12, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion31 min
May 12, 1:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase25 min
May 12, 1:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase28 min
May 12, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth, Rice23 min
May 12, 2:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton32 min
May 12, 2:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth30 min
May 12, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth35 min
May 12, 3:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick37 min
May 12, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho24 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.