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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS

April 24, 2016Barton County, Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2016, 3:59 PM CDT for Barton County, Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 7 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
Apr 24, 2016, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 24, 4:05 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 W Ellsworth, KS
Apr 24, 4:12 PM CDTTORNADO3 Nw Holyrood, KS
Apr 24, 4:17 PM CDTHAIL 18 Wsw Ellsworth, KS
Apr 24, 4:20 PM CDTHAIL 16 Nw Ellsworth, KS
Apr 24, 4:25 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD10 Nnw Holyrood, KS
Apr 24, 4:40 PM CDTHAIL 11 N Ellsworth, KS
Apr 24, 4:53 PM CDTHAIL 22 Nne Ellsworth, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2016-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 102 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 412 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
102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-338 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1300 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
412 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
419 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

884 
WFUS53 KICT 242059
TORICT
KSC009-053-105-242145-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0002.160424T2059Z-160424T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
359 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
    
* AT 359 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF CLAFLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  35 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...
  ELLSWORTH AROUND 430 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ELLSWORTH AIRPORT.

# 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 208 AND 221.
 
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 3875 9804 3855 9852 3862 9863 3870 9856
      3870 9849 3879 9849 3897 9833
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 224DEG 31KT 3862 9854 

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

$$

JAKUB
2 follow-up statements
434 
WWUS53 KICT 242113
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
413 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

KSC009-053-105-242145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160424T2145Z/
LINCOLN KS-BARTON KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
413 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LINCOLN...NORTHEASTERN BARTON AND NORTHERN ELLSWORTH
COUNTIES...
    
AT 413 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLYROOD...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAFLIN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH 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...
  ELLSWORTH AROUND 430 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ELLSWORTH AIRPORT.

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 3875 9804 3855 9852 3862 9863 3870 9856
      3870 9849 3879 9849 3897 9833
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 232DEG 38KT 3866 9846 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

JAKUB
989 
WWUS53 KICT 242128
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
428 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

KSC009-242137-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160424T2145Z/
BARTON KS-
428 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3875 9804 3857 9848 3879 9849 3897 9833
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 228DEG 34KT 3875 9831 

$$

KSC053-105-242145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160424T2145Z/
LINCOLN KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
428 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LINCOLN AND NORTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...
    
AT 427 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH 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...
  ELLSWORTH AROUND 430 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ELLSWORTH AIRPORT.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO!

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 3875 9804 3857 9848 3879 9849 3897 9833
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 228DEG 34KT 3875 9831 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

CARUSO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 3:55 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICTButler, Chase, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harvey and 6 more15 hr
Apr 24, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton23 min
Apr 24, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell54 min
Apr 24, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln37 min
Apr 24, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln51 min
Apr 24, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSaline51 min
Apr 24, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSaline46 min
Apr 24, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline19 min

Nearby

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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.