Tornado Warning 25, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Oct 6, 2016, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)

Expired

Oct 6, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Observed

Hail

1.5 in

County Saline County, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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306 
WFUS53 KICT 062117
TORICT
KSC169-062145-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0025.161006T2117Z-161006T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
417 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 417 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF NEW CAMBRIA...OR 9 MILES EAST OF SALINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  KIPP.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 262 AND 266.
 
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 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738 3891 9737
      3872 9737 3869 9744 3886 9752 3896 9739
      3896 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 237DEG 24KT 3880 9744 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

MCGUIRE

455 
WWUS53 KICT 062128
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
428 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

KSC169-062145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-161006T2145Z/
SALINE KS-
428 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY...
    
AT 428 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER GYPSUM...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GYPSUM AND KIPP. 

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 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738 3891 9737
      3872 9737 3869 9744 3882 9750 3896 9739
      3896 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 232DEG 44KT 3872 9740 

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

$$

MCGUIRE

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