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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS

May 16, 2017Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2017, 8:47 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2017, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2017, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 16, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2017-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1324 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2017-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 383 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

547 
WFUS53 KICT 170147
TORICT
KSC167-170215-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0009.170517T0147Z-170517T0215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Russell County in central Kansas...

* Until 915 PM CDT
    
* At 846 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles north of Hoisington, moving northeast at 45
  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...
  Dorrance around 910 PM CDT. 

# 
This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 194 and 204.
 
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.

This storm has a history of producing tornadoes in Barton county.

&&

LAT...LON 3886 9870 3886 9849 3881 9848 3870 9852
      3870 9876
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 209DEG 38KT 3865 9873 

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

$$

DARMOFAL
2 follow-up statements
233 
WWUS53 KICT 170157
SVSICT

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

KSC167-170215-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170517T0215Z/
Russell KS-
857 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY...
    
At 857 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 
was located southwest of Dorrance, or 10 miles west of Wilson, 
moving northeast at 40 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...
  Dorrance around 905 PM CDT. 

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 3886 9870 3886 9849 3881 9848 3870 9852
      3870 9876
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 206DEG 41KT 3879 9866 

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

$$

KLEINSASSER
185 
WWUS53 KICT 170207
SVSICT

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

KSC167-170217-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170517T0215Z/
Russell KS-
907 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central
Kansas.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3886 9870 3886 9849 3881 9848 3870 9852
      3870 9876
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 209DEG 38KT 3887 9860 

$$

KLEINSASSER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton35 min
May 16, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton29 min
May 16, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton35 min
May 16, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell25 min
May 16, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln, Russell41 min
May 16, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper35 min
May 16, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell24 min
May 16, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner16 min
May 16, 11:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner25 min
May 17, 12:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick30 min
May 17, 12:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper26 min
May 17, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno24 min
May 17, 12:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler34 min
May 17, 12:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner25 min
May 17, 1:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson35 min
May 17, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley34 min
May 17, 2:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler37 min
May 17, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase, Greenwood30 min
May 17, 3:13 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICTAllen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more16 hr
May 17, 4:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Montgomery24 min
May 17, 4:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Montgomery56 min
May 17, 5:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho, Wilson59 min
May 17, 5:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen40 min
May 17, 6:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell49 min
May 17, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln26 min
May 17, 11:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln50 min
May 17, 2:06 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningICTAllen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.