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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2017Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2017, 5:07 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 3 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, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2017, 5:49 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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 19, 5:26 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Partridge, KS
May 19, 5:31 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 Se South Hutchinson, KS
May 19, 5:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hutchinson, KS	DELAYED REPORT. NINE-INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB DOWN WEST SIDE OF HUTCHINSON.

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 19, 4:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

717 
WFUS53 KICT 192207
TORICT
KSC095-155-192300-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0018.170519T2207Z-170519T2300Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Reno County in south central Kansas...
  North central Kingman County in south central Kansas...

* Until 600 PM CDT
    
* At 506 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Arlington, or 11 miles northwest of Pretty
  Prairie, moving northeast at 30 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Partridge around 520 PM CDT. 
  Hutchinson and South Hutchinson around 535 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Yoder
and Willowbrook.

# 

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 3817 9796 3817 9795 3786 9777 3766 9815
      3799 9822
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 234DEG 27KT 3790 9815 

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

$$

CARUSO

3 follow-up statements

799 
WWUS53 KICT 192220
SVSICT

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

KSC095-155-192300-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-170519T2300Z/
Reno KS-Kingman KS-
520 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
RENO AND NORTH CENTRAL KINGMAN COUNTIES...
    
At 520 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Partridge, or 6 miles southwest of South Hutchinson,
moving northeast at 35 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Hutchinson and South Hutchinson around 530 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Yoder
and Willowbrook.

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 3817 9796 3817 9795 3786 9777 3766 9815
      3799 9822
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 239DEG 29KT 3796 9801 

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

$$

LAWSON

012 
WWUS53 KICT 192231
SVSICT

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

KSC095-155-192300-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-170519T2300Z/
Reno KS-Kingman KS-
531 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
RENO AND NORTH CENTRAL KINGMAN COUNTIES...
    
At 530 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over South Hutchinson, 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. 

This dangerous storm will be near...
  Hutchinson around 535 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Yoder
and Willowbrook.

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 3817 9796 3817 9795 3786 9777 3766 9815
      3799 9822
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 237DEG 24KT 3799 9795 

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

$$

LAWSON

341 
WWUS53 KICT 192249
SVSICT

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

KSC095-155-192259-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-170519T2300Z/
Reno KS-Kingman KS-
549 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL RENO AND NORTH CENTRAL KINGMAN
COUNTIES 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 1000 PM CDT for south central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3817 9796 3817 9795 3786 9777 3766 9815
      3799 9822
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 234DEG 27KT 3807 9780 

$$

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, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Kingman, Reno	60 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, 5:27 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.