Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2016, 5:09 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 24, 2016, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Saline County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 5:17 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 2 W Glendale, KS | |
| Apr 24, 5:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S Glendale, KS | |
| Apr 24, 5:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | S Glendale, KS | |
| Apr 24, 5:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 Ne Glendale, KS | |
| Apr 24, 6:07 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Nnw Salina, KS | CAR PORT RIPPED FROM IT FOUNDATION. TRAMPOLINE LIFTED INTO THE TREE TOPS. DELAYED STORM REPORT. |
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
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
351
WFUS53 KICT 242209
TORICT
KSC169-242300-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0004.160424T2209Z-160424T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
509 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 509 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF BROOKVILLE...OR 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF KANOPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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...
BROOKVILLE AROUND 520 PM CDT.
SALINA AROUND 550 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GLENDALE.
#
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 95.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 236 AND 256.
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 3896 9756 3884 9755 3873 9793 3896 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 240DEG 28KT 3880 9800
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JAKUB2 follow-up statements
033
WWUS53 KICT 242221
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
521 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
KSC169-242300-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160424T2300Z/
SALINE KS-
521 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY...
AT 520 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
GLENDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...STORM CHASER CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SALINA AROUND 545 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GLENDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 9756 3884 9755 3873 9793 3896 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 237DEG 29KT 3885 9790
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
CARUSO175
WWUS53 KICT 242234
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
534 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
KSC169-242300-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160424T2300Z/
SALINE KS-
534 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY...
AT 533 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROOKVILLE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF
SALINA...MOVING EAST 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SALINA AROUND 555 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GLENDALE.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
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 3896 9756 3884 9755 3873 9793 3896 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 262DEG 26KT 3885 9778
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
CARUSOThe 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, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 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 |
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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.