Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2018, 8:09 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 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, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2018, 8:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Lincoln County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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, 8:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Barnard, KS | |
| May 1, 8:19 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Ese Barnard, 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KICT 020109
TORICT
KSC105-020145-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0006.180502T0109Z-180502T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
809 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Lincoln County in central Kansas...
* Until 845 PM CDT
* At 809 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Lincoln, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Lincoln, Beverly and Barnard.
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 3922 9793 3898 9793 3897 9814 3922 9825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 250DEG 37KT 3907 9808
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
KETCHAM2 follow-up statements
290
WWUS53 KICT 020123
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
823 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018
KSC105-020145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-180502T0145Z/
Lincoln KS-
823 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...
At 822 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles northeast of Lincoln, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Barnard.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 9793 3903 9793 3903 9813 3922 9818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 259DEG 31KT 3913 9794
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
DARMOFAL909
WWUS53 KICT 020128
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
828 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018
KSC105-020138-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-180502T0145Z/
Lincoln KS-
828 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3922 9793 3903 9793 3903 9813 3922 9818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 250DEG 37KT 3915 9786
$$
DARMOFALThe 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, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 20 min |
| May 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 62 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.