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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS

May 1, 2018Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2018, 7:25 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 min. 2 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 1, 2018, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2018, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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, 7:41 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 N Glendale, KS	DAMAGE TO A SHED WITH ONE PART OF THE ROOF BLOWN OFF AND A PORTION OF A WALL DOWN.
May 1, 7:41 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 N Glendale, 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 543 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 334 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 11.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

710 
WFUS53 KICT 020025
TORICT
KSC169-020045-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0005.180502T0025Z-180502T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
725 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Saline County in central Kansas...

* Until 745 PM CDT
    
* At 725 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles southwest of Beverly, or 11 miles southeast of
  Lincoln, moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter. 

  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. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Glendale.

This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 236 and 242.
 
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 3896 9760 3882 9793 3896 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 242DEG 49KT 3890 9805 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

KETCHAM

2 follow-up statements

303 
WWUS53 KICT 020035
SVSICT

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

KSC169-020045-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180502T0045Z/
Saline KS-
735 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY...
    
At 735 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles south of Beverly, or 12 miles southeast of
Lincoln, moving east at 35 mph. 

HAZARD...Tornado and two inch 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. 

Locations impacted include...
Glendale.

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 3896 9760 3882 9793 3896 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 249DEG 31KT 3892 9797 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

DARMOFAL

947 
WWUS53 KICT 020045
SVSICT

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

KSC169-020055-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180502T0045Z/
Saline KS-
745 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been allowed to expire.

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

LAT...LON 3896 9760 3882 9793 3896 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 242DEG 49KT 3898 9783 

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	39 min
May 1, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	62 min
May 1, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Lincoln	19 min
May 1, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	67 min
May 1, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	46 min
May 1, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	31 min
May 1, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	57 min
May 2, 12:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	33 hr
May 2, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	72 min
May 2, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	24 min
May 2, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell	34 min
May 2, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	78 min
May 2, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	81 min
May 2, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Saline	40 min
May 2, 3:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	4 hr
May 2, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	70 min
May 2, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	57 min
May 2, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	57 min
May 2, 4:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	3 hr
May 2, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson, Saline	50 min
May 2, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	45 min
May 2, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	29 min
May 2, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	67 min
May 2, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion	31 min
May 2, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	60 min
May 2, 5:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	2 hr
May 2, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	51 min
May 2, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick, Sumner	60 min
May 2, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	23 min
May 2, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	62 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.