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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Wichita, KS

May 18, 2017Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2017, 5:42 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2017, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2017, 6:03 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 18, 3:21 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

124 
WUUS53 KICT 182242
SVRICT
KSC169-182345-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0082.170518T2242Z-170518T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
542 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Saline County in central Kansas...

* Until 645 PM CDT

* At 542 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Solomon, or
  10 miles southwest of Abilene, moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Kipp.

This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 260 and 266.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738 3891 9737
      3877 9737 3877 9750 3896 9748 3896 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 204DEG 17KT 3884 9739 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CARUSO

1 follow-up statement

411 
WWUS53 KICT 182303
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
603 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

KSC169-182310-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-170518T2345Z/
Saline KS-
603 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central
Kansas.

Remember, a Tornado Warning remains in effect for western and 
central Salina county until 7 pm!

LAT...LON 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738 3891 9737
      3877 9737 3877 9750 3896 9748 3896 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 204DEG 17KT 3892 9734 

$$

KLEINSASSER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	55 hr
May 18, 9:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	6 days
May 18, 1:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	38 hr
May 18, 1:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	4 days
May 18, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	52 min
May 18, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	58 min
May 18, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	67 min
May 18, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	54 min
May 18, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Barton	52 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno	45 min
May 18, 5:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton	59 min
May 18, 5:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	6 hr
May 18, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	53 min
May 18, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	29 min
May 18, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	44 min
May 18, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton	35 min
May 18, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Saline	61 min
May 18, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice	23 min
May 18, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	33 min
May 18, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	21 min
May 18, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.