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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2016, 5:59 PM CDT for Saline 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, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 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), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Apr 24, 6:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 N Salina Airport, KS | MEDIA REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL MM94 I135 |
| Apr 24, 6:19 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 6 Nne Salina Airport, KS | QUARTER SIZED HAIL RPTD 12TH AND 9TH IN SALINA BY SHERIFF |
| Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 2 Nnw New Cambria, KS | |
| Apr 24, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | New Cambria, KS | |
| Apr 24, 6:37 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 3 Ne New Cambria, KS | |
| Apr 24, 6:42 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 E New Cambria, KS | ROTATING WALL CLOUD REPORTED BY CHASER SAME LOCATION |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.
290
WFUS53 KICT 242259
TORICT
KSC169-242345-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0005.160424T2259Z-160424T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
559 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 558 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW CAMBRIA...OR 8 MILES
NORTH OF SALINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WITH
STRONG ROTATION AND POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF
SALINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
NEW CAMBRIA AROUND 605 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE KIPP
AND SALINA AIRPORT.
#
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 95.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 244 AND 266.
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 9737 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738
3891 9737 3878 9737 3875 9779 3896 9778
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 247DEG 35KT 3894 9764
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JAKUB3 follow-up statements
506
WWUS53 KICT 242312
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
612 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
KSC169-242345-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160424T2345Z/
SALINE KS-
612 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY...
AT 612 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SALINA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEW CAMBRIA AROUND 630 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE KIPP
AND SALINA AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 9737 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738
3891 9737 3878 9737 3876 9774 3892 9776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 260DEG 23KT 3883 9762
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
CARUSO281
WWUS53 KICT 242327
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
627 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
KSC169-242345-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160424T2345Z/
SALINE KS-
627 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY...
AT 626 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER NEW CAMBRIA...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 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
NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY.
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 9737 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738
3891 9737 3883 9737 3883 9753 3893 9757
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 241DEG 31KT 3889 9749
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
CARUSO178
WWUS53 KICT 242341
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
641 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
KSC169-242350-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160424T2345Z/
SALINE KS-
641 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. HOWEVER LARGE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3896 9737 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738
3891 9737 3883 9737 3883 9753 3893 9757
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 247DEG 35KT 3889 9749
$$
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, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 51 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.