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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

May 1, 2018Barton County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2018, 6:13 PM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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 1, 2018, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2018, 7:01 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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 1, 6:22 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	6 N Susank, 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 1, 2:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 1353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 376 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

241 
WUUS53 KICT 012313
SVRICT
KSC009-167-020015-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0013.180501T2313Z-180502T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
613 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Russell County in central Kansas...
  Northeastern Barton County in central Kansas...

* Until 715 PM CDT

* At 612 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest
  of Dorrance, or 12 miles southeast of Russell, moving northeast at
  50 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Dorrance, Bunker Hill, Susank, Wilson Lake and Wilson State Park. 

This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 189 and 204.

This severe thunderstorm replaces the tornado warning for Russell 
and Barton counties. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3901 9849 3864 9848 3856 9879 3879 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 228DEG 44KT 3875 9870 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KETCHAM

3 follow-up statements

627 
WWUS53 KICT 012328
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
628 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

KSC009-167-020015-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180502T0015Z/
Russell KS-Barton KS-
628 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES...

At 627 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest of
Dorrance, or 13 miles southwest of Wilson, moving northeast at 25
mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Dorrance, Bunker Hill, Susank, Wilson Lake and Wilson State Park. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3901 9849 3864 9848 3856 9879 3885 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 242DEG 22KT 3874 9869 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DARMOFAL

564 
WWUS53 KICT 012344
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
644 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

KSC009-167-020015-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180502T0015Z/
Russell KS-Barton KS-
644 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES...

At 644 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of 
Wilson, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Dorrance, Bunker Hill, Susank, Wilson Lake and Wilson State Park. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3901 9849 3864 9848 3856 9879 3885 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 241DEG 34KT 3881 9851 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

174 
WWUS53 KICT 020001
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
701 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

KSC009-167-020011-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180502T0015Z/
Russell KS-Barton KS-
701 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND
NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail and
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

LAT...LON 3901 9849 3864 9848 3856 9879 3885 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 228DEG 44KT 3895 9831 

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	28 min
May 1, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	32 min
May 1, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	32 min
May 1, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	60 min
May 1, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	28 min
May 1, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	39 min
May 1, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	31 min
May 1, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	10 min
May 1, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	51 min
May 1, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	30 min
May 1, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	53 min
May 1, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	48 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.