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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Wichita, KS

May 31, 2017Butler County, Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2017, 2:33 PM CDT for Butler County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 13 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 31, 2017, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2017, 2:46 PM CDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Butler County, KS, Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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 31, 2:48 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Ese Cassoday, KS	DELAYED REPORT FROM EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTING MULTIPLE FUNNELS AND 4 TO 5 BRIEF ROPE TORNADOES WITH THE LONGEST LASTING 30 SECONDS IN AN OPEN FIELD. TIME IS APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 31, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -236 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

636 
WFUS53 KICT 311933
TORICT
KSC015-073-312015-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0022.170531T1933Z-170531T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service WICHITA KS
233 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2017

The National Weather Service in WICHITA has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Butler County in south central Kansas...
  Northwestern Greenwood County in southeastern Kansas...

* Until 315 PM CDT
    
* At 233 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 14 miles east of Burns, or 20 miles northeast of El
  Dorado, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball 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
  northeastern Butler and northwestern Greenwood Counties, including
  the following locations: Cassoday.

# 
This includes Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 90 and 96.
 
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 3787 9639 3803 9669 3809 9666 3809 9629
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 282DEG 23KT 3805 9662 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

COOK

1 follow-up statement

161 
WWUS53 KICT 311946
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
246 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2017

KSC015-073-311954-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170531T2015Z/
Butler KS-Greenwood KS-
246 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BUTLER AND NORTHWESTERN
GREENWOOD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened, and no longer 
appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore the warning has 
been cancelled.  However hail and strong winds are still possible 
with this thunderstorm.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
south central, southeastern and east central Kansas.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
northeast Butler and northwest Greenwood counties until 330 pm.

LAT...LON 3787 9639 3803 9669 3809 9666 3809 9629
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 282DEG 23KT 3804 9653 

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson	26 min
May 31, 12:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	58 min
May 31, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	57 min
May 31, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	31 min
May 31, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	45 min
May 31, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	30 min
May 31, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey	57 min
May 31, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	25 min
May 31, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	32 min
May 31, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	23 min
May 31, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick	37 min
May 31, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	47 min
May 31, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	60 min
May 31, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	40 min
May 31, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	49 min
May 31, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	40 min
May 31, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	52 min
May 31, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	41 min
May 31, 5:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	6 hr
May 31, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	52 min
May 31, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	60 min
May 31, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	35 min
May 31, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	49 min
May 31, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	34 min
May 31, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	47 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.