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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Wichita, KS

April 24, 2015Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2015, 5:03 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 min. 6 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: Apr 24, 2015, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 2.5 in

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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
Apr 24, 5:13 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 Ne Emmeram, KS
Apr 24, 5:14 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Sw Paradise, KS	BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. HEAVY RAIN MAKING IT HARD TO SEE
Apr 24, 5:32 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 Sw Paradise, KS
Apr 24, 5:37 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 80	2 Sw Paradise, KS	1 FOOT DIAMETER TREE DEBRIS DOWN NEAR 179TH AND DECKER ROAD WITH WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH
Apr 24, 5:40 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	8 N Russell, KS
Apr 24, 6:00 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Nw Waldo, KS	DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

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
Apr 24, 3:41 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 411 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

505 
WFUS53 KICT 242203
TORICT
KSC167-242300-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0011.150424T2203Z-150424T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
503 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 502 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRPORT... 
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  PARADISE AND WALDO.

# 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9848 3893 9903 3894 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 252DEG 13KT 3902 9913 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

MCGUIRE

2 follow-up statements

611 
WWUS53 KICT 242219
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
519 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

KSC167-242300-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-150424T2300Z/
RUSSELL KS-
519 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
RUSSELL COUNTY...
    
AT 518 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF
NATOMA...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF EMMERAM...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LURAY...FAIRPORT...PARADISE AND WALDO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND! TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A 
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY 
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR 
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT 
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9848 3893 9903 3894 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 252DEG 13KT 3906 9902 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

ES

949 
WWUS53 KICT 242236
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
536 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

KSC167-242300-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-150424T2300Z/
RUSSELL KS-
536 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
RUSSELL COUNTY...
    
AT 535 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
RUSSELL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LURAY...PARADISE AND WALDO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9848 3893 9903 3894 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 272DEG 13KT 3900 9890 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

ES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	38 min
Apr 24, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Russell	67 min
Apr 24, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	65 min
Apr 24, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Lincoln	54 min
Apr 24, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	33 min
Apr 24, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	32 min

Nearby

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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.