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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Wichita, KS

May 25, 2015McPherson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2015, 4:27 PM CDT for McPherson County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 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 25, 2015, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2015, 4:46 PM CDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County McPherson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 25, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -273 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 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.

921 
WFUS53 KICT 252127
TORICT
KSC113-252200-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0019.150525T2127Z-150525T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
427 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARQUETTE...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
  LINDSBORG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. 

  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...
  MARQUETTE AROUND 440 PM CDT.
  LINDSBORG AROUND 500 PM CDT.

# 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 73.
 
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 3842 9792 3860 9792 3860 9767 3850 9756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 237DEG 11KT 3851 9786 

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

$$

MCGUIRE

2 follow-up statements

465 
WWUS53 KICT 252136
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
436 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

KSC113-252200-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150525T2200Z/
MCPHERSON KS-
436 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY...
    
AT 435 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF MARQUETTE...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF  
LINDSBORG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
  LINDSBORG AROUND 450 PM CDT.

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 3842 9792 3860 9792 3860 9767 3850 9756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 241DEG 16KT 3853 9777 

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

$$

DARMOFAL

359 
WWUS53 KICT 252146
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
446 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

KSC113-252156-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150525T2200Z/
MCPHERSON KS-
446 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON 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 HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3842 9792 3860 9792 3860 9767 3850 9756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 237DEG 11KT 3855 9773 

$$

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 2:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	28 min
May 25, 8:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	26 hr
May 25, 10:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	12 hr
May 25, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	30 min
May 25, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	33 min
May 25, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	37 min
May 25, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	33 min
May 25, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	41 min
May 25, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	23 min
May 25, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno	43 min
May 25, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion	36 min
May 25, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	30 min
May 25, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	42 min
May 25, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	44 min
May 25, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	25 min
May 25, 4:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Neosho	18 hr
May 25, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	45 min
May 25, 4:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	4 hr
May 25, 5:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	4 hr
May 25, 5:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	4 hr
May 25, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	38 min
May 25, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	46 min
May 25, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	37 min
May 25, 6:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	3 hr

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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.