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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Wichita, KS

July 7, 2016Butler County, Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2016, 9:06 PM CDT for Butler County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 5 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 7, 2016, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Butler County, KS, Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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
Jul 7, 9:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	13 Nw Eureka, KS	DELAYED REPORT FROM A TRAINED SPOTTER OF A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. LOCATION IS BASED ON RADAR ROTATION.
Jul 7, 9:48 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 N Eureka, KS	TRANSFORMERS ARCHING AND POWER FLASHES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.
Jul 7, 9:48 PM CDT	TORNADO	Eureka, KS	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPROTS HEAVY TREE DAMAGE AND OTHER REPORTS OF DAMAGE AT 13TH AND MAIN AS WELL AS STATE AND 7TH IN NORTHERN EUREKA.
Jul 7, 9:48 PM CDT	TORNADO	Eureka, KS	REPORT OF DAMAGE IN NORTHERN EUREKA OF ROOFS OFF OF HOMES AND OTHER DEBRIS. TIME IS BASED ON OTHER REPORTS.
Jul 7, 9:49 PM CDT	TORNADO	Eureka, KS	DAMAGE TO HOUSES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN, INCLUDING A MOBILE HOME FLIPPED AND DESTROYED. A LARGE BARN HAS BEEN PUSHED ON ITS SIDE. A LEAST ONE HOME HAD ITS ROOF REMOVED. A NURSING HOME WAS DAMAGED. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES OCCURRED. AN NWS DAMAGE SURVEY WIL

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 7, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 3276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

820 
WFUS53 KICT 080206
TORICT
KSC015-073-080245-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0016.160708T0206Z-160708T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
906 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
    
* AT 905 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF EUREKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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...
  EUREKA AROUND 930 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE EUREKA
CITY LAKE AND EUREKA AIRPORT.

# 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3800 9660 3807 9641 3778 9609 3767 9651
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 336DEG 26KT 3798 9648 

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

$$

ES

1 follow-up statement

727 
WWUS53 KICT 080216
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
916 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

KSC015-073-080245-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160708T0245Z/
BUTLER KS-GREENWOOD KS-
916 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BUTLER AND WESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES...
    
AT 913 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF EUREKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
  EUREKA AROUND 930 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE EUREKA
CITY LAKE AND EUREKA AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

THE TORNADIC POTENTIAL IS INCREASING!

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY IMMEDIATELY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE
LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 3800 9660 3807 9641 3778 9609 3767 9651
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 336DEG 26KT 3792 9645 

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

$$

ES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	29 min
Jul 7, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chase, Greenwood	50 min
Jul 7, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	56 min
Jul 7, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	46 min
Jul 7, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	66 min
Jul 7, 10:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	48 min
Jul 7, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	43 min
Jul 7, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	48 min
Jul 8, 12:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	9 hr
Jul 8, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	32 min
Jul 8, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	17 min
Jul 8, 5:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	37 min
Jul 8, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	46 min
Jul 8, 5:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	34 min
Jul 8, 5:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	35 min
Jul 8, 6:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	22 min
Jul 8, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	31 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.