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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2017Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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: May 19, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2017, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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
May 19, 4:22 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 N Nashville, KS
May 19, 4:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	2 Nw Langdon, KS
May 19, 4:50 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	2 Nw Langdon, KS
May 19, 5:05 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Sw Arlington, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

616 
WFUS53 KICT 192115
TORICT
KSC095-155-192215-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0016.170519T2115Z-170519T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
415 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Reno County in south central Kansas...
  Northwestern Kingman County in south central Kansas...

* Until 515 PM CDT

* At 413 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Isabel, moving 
  northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado. 

  SOURCE...Weather spotters 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...
  Cunningham around 435 PM CDT. 
  Abbyville around 515 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Willowdale, Langdon and Penalosa.

# 

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 3739 9846 3794 9847 3800 9821 3760 9814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 216DEG 31KT 3748 9852 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CARUSO

2 follow-up statements

448 
WWUS53 KICT 192127
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
427 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

KSC095-155-192215-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170519T2215Z/
Reno KS-Kingman KS-
427 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN RENO AND NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN COUNTIES...
    
At 427 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 6 miles south of
Cunningham, or 9 miles northeast of Isabel, moving northeast at 30
mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado. 

SOURCE...Weather spotters 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Reno and northwestern Kingman Counties, including the
following locations: Willowdale, Langdon and Penalosa.

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 3739 9846 3794 9847 3800 9821 3760 9814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 222DEG 28KT 3755 9842 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

LAWSON

979 
WWUS53 KICT 192148
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
448 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

KSC095-155-192215-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170519T2215Z/
Reno KS-Kingman KS-
448 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN RENO AND NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN COUNTIES...
    
At 448 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles east of Cunningham, or 9 miles west of Kingman,
moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado. 

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. 

Locations impacted include...
Cunningham, Turon, Plevna, Abbyville, Nashville, Willowdale, Langdon
and Penalosa.

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 3739 9846 3794 9847 3800 9821 3760 9814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 223DEG 28KT 3766 9828 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

LAWSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	12 hr
May 18, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	33 min
May 18, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	28 min
May 18, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	65 min
May 18, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	34 min
May 18, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	39 min
May 18, 8:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	45 hr
May 18, 8:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	69 hr
May 18, 8:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	64 min
May 18, 9:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	12 hr
May 19, 9:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	9 hr
May 19, 9:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	27 min
May 19, 10:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Sumner	47 min
May 19, 10:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner	34 min
May 19, 11:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	45 min
May 19, 11:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	40 min
May 19, 12:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	44 min
May 19, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Reno, Rice	53 min
May 19, 5:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman	40 min
May 19, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	42 min
May 19, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	48 min
May 19, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno	49 min
May 19, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	36 min
May 19, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	57 min
May 19, 6:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	18 hr

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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.