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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS

May 26, 2021Ellsworth County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2021, 5:16 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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 26, 2021, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

County Ellsworth County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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 26, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2211 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

897 
WFUS53 KICT 262216
TORICT
KSC053-262300-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0007.210526T2216Z-210526T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
516 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

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

* Until 600 PM CDT.
    
* At 516 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Holyrood, or 9 miles northeast of Claflin, moving
  east-southeast at 25 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...
  Ellsworth, Kanopolis, Holyrood, Geneseo and Lorraine. 

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3875 9848 3873 9812 3852 9809 3852 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 289DEG 21KT 3864 9843 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline24 min
May 25, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson25 min
May 25, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson29 min
May 26, 5:44 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryICTAllen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 5 more3 hr
May 26, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton32 min
May 26, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell44 min
May 26, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Russell39 min
May 26, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell43 min
May 26, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell36 min
May 26, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell32 min
May 26, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Russell41 min
May 26, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell63 min
May 26, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Russell49 min
May 26, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth32 min
May 26, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Russell46 min
May 26, 4:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRussell26 hr
May 26, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Russell47 min
May 26, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell29 min
May 26, 5:35 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTEllsworth17 hr
May 26, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln46 min
May 26, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth28 min
May 26, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline54 min
May 26, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Rice26 min
May 26, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth32 min
May 26, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Rice35 min
May 26, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.