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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS

July 2, 2016Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2016, 6:38 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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 2, 2016, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Barton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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
Jul 2, 6:54 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Hoisington, KS
Jul 2, 7:12 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 W Claflin, KS
Jul 2, 7:29 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Claflin, KS

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
Jul 2, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -294 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 299 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 391 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

919 
WFUS53 KICT 022338
TORICT
KSC009-030030-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0012.160702T2338Z-160703T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
638 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
    
* AT 637 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOISINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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...
  HOISINGTON AROUND 645 PM CDT. 
  CLAFLIN AROUND 730 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ODIN
AND SUSANK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3869 9848 3850 9848 3846 9891 3870 9896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 246DEG 16KT 3853 9884 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

KLEINSASSER

2 follow-up statements

503 
WWUS53 KICT 022353
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
653 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016

KSC009-030030-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160703T0030Z/
BARTON KS-
653 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY...
    
AT 652 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HOISINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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...
  CLAFLIN AROUND 730 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ODIN
AND SUSANK.

LAT...LON 3869 9848 3850 9848 3846 9887 3858 9887
      3870 9874
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 250DEG 15KT 3853 9877 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

HOWERTON

177 
WWUS53 KICT 030000
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
700 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016

KSC009-030030-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160703T0030Z/
BARTON KS-
700 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY...
    
AT 700 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HOISINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL 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...
  CLAFLIN AROUND 730 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ODIN.

LAT...LON 3869 9848 3850 9848 3847 9882 3858 9884
      3870 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 267DEG 19KT 3853 9872 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

HOWERTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 1:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	9 hr
Jul 2, 2:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Rice	8 days
Jul 2, 2:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 17 more	44 hr
Jul 2, 2:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	7 hr
Jul 2, 3:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	28 min
Jul 2, 3:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	6 hr
Jul 2, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	47 min
Jul 2, 9:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	6 days
Jul 2, 10:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	48 hr
Jul 2, 10:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	8 hr
Jul 2, 10:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	4 days
Jul 2, 10:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	5 days
Jul 2, 10:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	44 hr
Jul 2, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	24 min
Jul 2, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	61 min
Jul 2, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	30 min
Jul 2, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	26 min
Jul 2, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	32 min
Jul 2, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	65 min
Jul 2, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	59 min
Jul 2, 5:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	7 hr
Jul 2, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	60 min
Jul 2, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	59 min
Jul 2, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	36 min
Jul 2, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	49 min
Jul 2, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	37 min
Jul 2, 5:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	7 hr
Jul 2, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	54 min
Jul 2, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	33 min
Jul 2, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	38 min
Jul 2, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	58 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.