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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Wichita, KS

July 13, 2015Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2015, 6:55 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 min. 4 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: Jul 13, 2015, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2015, 7:11 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 2.0 in

County Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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
Jul 13, 6:56 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 Wnw Hutchinson, KS	TORNADO STARTING TO ROPE OUT WITH DUST STILL BEING KICKED UP.
Jul 13, 6:57 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	4 E Nickerson, KS
Jul 13, 7:02 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Nickerson, KS	TREES ACROSS ROAD ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF NICKERSON.
Jul 13, 7:02 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	4 Nw Hutchinson, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -373 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -45 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.

377 
WFUS53 KICT 132355
TORICT
KSC155-140030-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0022.150713T2355Z-150714T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
655 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 654 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NICKERSON... 
  MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NICKERSON AROUND 700 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WILLOWBROOK.

# 

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 3816 9820 3816 9815 3817 9814 3817 9800
      3810 9792 3795 9809 3813 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 053DEG 12KT 3814 9805 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

RITZMAN

1 follow-up statement

658 
WWUS53 KICT 140011
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
711 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSC155-140020-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150714T0030Z/
RENO KS-
711 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RENO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. 

LAT...LON 3816 9820 3816 9815 3817 9814 3817 9800
      3810 9792 3795 9809 3813 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 053DEG 12KT 3805 9820 

$$

RITZMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 3:46 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 15 more	28 hr
Jul 13, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	26 min
Jul 13, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	23 min
Jul 13, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	35 min
Jul 13, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	31 min
Jul 13, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	38 min
Jul 13, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	32 min
Jul 13, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno	34 min
Jul 13, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	29 min
Jul 13, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice	50 min
Jul 13, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	30 min
Jul 13, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	28 min
Jul 13, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	32 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.