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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Wichita, KS

May 6, 2015Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report 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 6, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2015, 5:52 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 6, 5:38 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 N Viola, KS	OBSERVED BRIEFLY CROSSING 71ST STREET SOUTH BETWEEN 247TH WEST AND 263RD WEST.

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 6, 1:41 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 178 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.

777 
WFUS53 KICT 062230
TORICT
KSC173-062315-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0017.150506T2230Z-150506T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
530 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
    
* AT 530 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VIOLA...OR 7 MILES WEST OF CLEARWATER...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  GARDEN PLAIN AROUND 540 PM CDT.
  GODDARD AROUND 545 PM CDT.
  WEST WICHITA AND WICHITA EISENHOWER NATIONAL AIRPORT AROUND 550 PM
  CDT.
  COLWICH AND ANDALE AROUND 555 PM CDT.
  MAIZE AROUND 600 PM CDT.
  BENTLEY AROUND 605 PM CDT.
  VALLEY CENTER AROUND 610 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE
AFTON.

# 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 19.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3749 9771 3790 9764 3786 9724 3747 9752
      3747 9756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 203DEG 35KT 3753 9763 

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

$$

JAKUB

1 follow-up statement

218 
WWUS53 KICT 062252
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
552 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

KSC173-062301-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150506T2315Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
552 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SEDGWICK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE 
LIMITS. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL 
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3749 9771 3790 9764 3786 9724 3747 9752
      3747 9756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 203DEG 35KT 3782 9737 

$$

KLEINSASSER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 2:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	7 hr
May 6, 2:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	7 hr
May 6, 2:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	5 hr
May 6, 11:05 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more	11 hr
May 6, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	39 min
May 6, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	40 min
May 6, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	47 min
May 6, 2:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Lincoln	24 min
May 6, 2:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	ICT	Lincoln	18 min
May 6, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	28 min
May 6, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	30 min
May 6, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	42 min
May 6, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	35 min
May 6, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	24 min
May 6, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	30 min
May 6, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	27 min
May 6, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	55 min
May 6, 4:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick	38 min
May 6, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	18 min
May 6, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	41 min
May 6, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	44 min
May 6, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	29 min
May 6, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	39 min
May 6, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	36 min
May 6, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	49 min
May 6, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	35 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.