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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS

May 16, 2017Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2017, 8:01 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 16, 2017, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2017, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Barton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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 16, 8:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 Ne Larned, KS	SPOTTER REPORTS TREE AND ROAD SIGN DAMAGE NEAR PAWNEE ROCK.
May 16, 8:11 PM CDT	TORNADO	Pawnee Rock, KS	BROADCAST MEDIA CHASER REPORTING A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN WITH THE TRUNK THE SIZE OF A WAIST OF THE AVERAGE MAN ON THE WEST EDGE OF TOWN. SEVERAL ROAD SIGNS AND POWER POLES BROKEN OFF.
May 16, 8:11 PM CDT	TORNADO	Pawnee Rock, KS
May 16, 8:28 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Nw 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 16, 2:16 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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: 1324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 383 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 570 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.6
Supercell composite: 20.1

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The text

As transmitted.

837 
WFUS53 KICT 170101
TORICT
KSC009-170130-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0007.170517T0101Z-170517T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
801 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

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

* Until 830 PM CDT
    
* At 801 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Larned, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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...
  Pawnee Rock around 810 PM CDT. 
  Great Bend around 825 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Great
Bend Airport.

# 

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 3836 9903 3851 9889 3839 9869 3826 9883
      3826 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 219DEG 33KT 3820 9902 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

DARMOFAL

2 follow-up statements

392 
WWUS53 KICT 170110
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
810 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

KSC009-170130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170517T0130Z/
Barton KS-
810 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY...
    
At 810 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 
was located near Pawnee Rock, or 9 miles northwest of Radium, moving 
northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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...
  Great Bend around 820 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Great
Bend Airport.

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 3836 9903 3851 9889 3839 9869 3826 9883
      3826 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 213DEG 34KT 3830 9897 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

DARMOFAL

069 
WWUS53 KICT 170115
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
815 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

KSC009-170130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170517T0130Z/
Barton KS-
815 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY...
    
At 814 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Pawnee Rock, or 
7 miles west of Great Bend, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado and half dollar size hail. 

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 tornado will be near...
  areas just north and west of Great Bend around 820 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Great
Bend Airport.

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 3836 9903 3851 9889 3839 9869 3826 9883
      3826 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 212DEG 35KT 3834 9895 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	35 min
May 16, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton	35 min
May 16, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	25 min
May 16, 8:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Russell	28 min
May 16, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	41 min
May 16, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	35 min
May 16, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	24 min
May 16, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	16 min
May 16, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	25 min
May 17, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	30 min
May 17, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	26 min
May 17, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	24 min
May 17, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	34 min
May 17, 12:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	25 min
May 17, 1:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	35 min
May 17, 1:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	34 min
May 17, 2:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	37 min
May 17, 2:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase, Greenwood	30 min
May 17, 3:13 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	16 hr
May 17, 4:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	24 min
May 17, 4:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	56 min
May 17, 5:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	59 min
May 17, 5:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	40 min
May 17, 6:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	49 min
May 17, 6:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	26 min
May 17, 11:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	50 min
May 17, 2:06 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	2 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.