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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wichita, KS

May 18, 2017Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2017, 4:53 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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: May 18, 2017, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2017, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.75 in

County Barton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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	Remark
May 18, 5:00 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 E Great Bend, 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
May 18, 3:21 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 2030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

489 
WFUS53 KICT 182153
TORICT
KSC009-182245-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0010.170518T2153Z-170518T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
453 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Barton County in central Kansas...

* Until 545 PM CDT

* At 453 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Great Bend,
  moving north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado and golf ball size hail. 

  SOURCE...Law enforcement 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. 

* The tornado will be near...
  Hoisington around 505 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Cheyenne Bottoms and Susank.

# 

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 3835 9865 3836 9882 3862 9888 3867 9862
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 170DEG 27KT 3841 9876 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

CARUSO

1 follow-up statement

048 
WWUS53 KICT 182204
SVSICT

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

KSC009-182245-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-170518T2245Z/
Barton KS-
504 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BARTON COUNTY...
    
At 503 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southeast of Hoisington, moving north at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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
central Barton County, including the following locations: Cheyenne
Bottoms and Susank.

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 3835 9865 3836 9882 3862 9888 3867 9862
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 190DEG 22KT 3847 9867 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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, 4:57 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, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	21 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

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.