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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Wichita, KS

May 7, 2015Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2015, 2:47 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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 7, 2015, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2015, 3:04 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Barton County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 627 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

099 
WFUS53 KICT 071947
TORICT
KSC009-072015-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0018.150507T1947Z-150507T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
247 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
    
* AT 246 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLINWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLAFLIN AROUND 305 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CHEYENNE BOTTOMS.

# 

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 3858 9848 3836 9848 3833 9868 3846 9874
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 243DEG 24KT 3842 9863 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

DARMOFAL
2 follow-up statements
582 
WWUS53 KICT 071952
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
252 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2015

KSC009-072015-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150507T2015Z/
BARTON KS-
252 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY...
    
AT 251 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF ELLINWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLAFLIN AROUND 300 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CHEYENNE BOTTOMS. 

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS AROUND 
245 PM BETWEEN ELLINWOOD AND GREAT BEND. 

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 3858 9848 3836 9848 3833 9868 3846 9874
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 243DEG 24KT 3845 9856 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

DARMOFAL
483 
WWUS53 KICT 072004
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
304 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2015

KSC009-072014-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150507T2015Z/
BARTON KS-
304 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3858 9848 3836 9848 3833 9868 3846 9874
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 243DEG 24KT 3849 9846 

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper44 min
May 6, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper54 min
May 6, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner63 min
May 6, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline34 min
May 6, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman39 min
May 6, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Sumner34 min
May 6, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner39 min
May 6, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner31 min
May 6, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick31 min
May 6, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman43 min
May 6, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick42 min
May 6, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner43 min
May 6, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler37 min
May 7, 9:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua45 min
May 7, 9:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk42 min
May 7, 10:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood53 min
May 7, 11:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood26 min
May 7, 11:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood34 min
May 7, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth23 min
May 7, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner35 min
May 7, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth, Saline37 min
May 7, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton, Ellsworth30 min
May 7, 3:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchICTAllen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more12 hr
May 7, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner24 min
May 7, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk35 min
May 7, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton27 min
May 7, 5:13 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton3 hr
May 7, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln28 min
May 7, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline37 min
May 7, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell29 min
May 7, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell39 min
May 7, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice29 min
May 7, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice31 min
May 7, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell21 min
May 7, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth34 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.