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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

April 24, 2016Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2016, 4:39 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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: Apr 24, 2016, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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
Apr 24, 4:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 N Ellsworth, KS
Apr 24, 4:53 PM CDT	HAIL 2	2 Nne Ellsworth, KS
Apr 24, 5:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	5 Ne Ellsworth, KS
Apr 24, 5:09 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Westfall, 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
Apr 24, 3:04 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

252 
WFUS53 KICT 242139
TORICT
KSC053-105-242230-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0003.160424T2139Z-160424T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
    
* AT 439 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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...
  KANOPOLIS AROUND 445 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ELLSWORTH AIRPORT AND WESTFALL.

# 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 219 AND 235.
 
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 3907 9793 3873 9793 3866 9829 3876 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 240DEG 29KT 3874 9824 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

JAKUB

3 follow-up statements

431 
WWUS53 KICT 242152
SVSICT

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

KSC053-105-242230-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160424T2230Z/
LINCOLN KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
452 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...
    
AT 451 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF KANOPOLIS...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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: ELLSWORTH AIRPORT AND WESTFALL.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AND SEVERAL WALL
CLOUDS. 

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 3907 9793 3873 9793 3866 9829 3876 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 248DEG 19KT 3878 9815 

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

$$

CARUSO

846 
WWUS53 KICT 242212
SVSICT

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

KSC053-105-242230-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160424T2230Z/
LINCOLN KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
512 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...
    
AT 511 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROOKVILLE...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
KANOPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES.

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 3897 9793 3873 9793 3869 9812 3879 9819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 248DEG 27KT 3883 9796 

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

$$

CARUSO

396 
WWUS53 KICT 242222
SVSICT

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

KSC053-105-242232-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160424T2230Z/
LINCOLN KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
522 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN
ELLSWORTH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 3897 9793 3873 9793 3869 9812 3879 9819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 240DEG 29KT 3883 9796 

$$

CARUSO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 3:55 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Butler, Chase, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harvey and 6 more	15 hr
Apr 24, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	23 min
Apr 24, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	54 min
Apr 24, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln	46 min
Apr 24, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	37 min
Apr 24, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Saline	51 min
Apr 24, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Saline	46 min
Apr 24, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	19 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.