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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2021, 6:19 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. 5 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 26, 2021, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 26, 6:24 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Holyrood, KS | |
| May 26, 6:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Holyrood, KS | SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER ON HWY 156. |
| May 26, 6:40 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Se Holyrood, KS | BEST ESTIMATED LOCATION BASED ON THE REPORT AND RADAR DATA. |
| May 26, 6:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Frederick, KS | |
| May 26, 6:49 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Geneseo, KS | DELAYED REPORT...TORNADO HIT A HOMESTEAD CAUSING DAMAGE TO AN OLDER BARN, TREES, AND A UTILITY SHED. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 85 MPH. |
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 26, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KICT 262319
TORICT
KSC053-159-262345-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0008.210526T2319Z-210526T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
619 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Rice County in central Kansas...
Southwestern Ellsworth County in central Kansas...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 619 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Bushton, or 6 miles east of Claflin, moving east
at 30 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Holyrood, Bushton, Lorraine and Frederick.
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 3845 9848 3859 9848 3861 9817 3845 9816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 259DEG 24KT 3852 9841
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DARMOFAL1 follow-up statement
069
WWUS53 KICT 262324
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
624 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
KSC053-159-262345-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210526T2345Z/
Rice KS-Ellsworth KS-
624 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...
At 624 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Bushton, or 8 miles east of Claflin, moving east at
25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Holyrood, Bushton, Lorraine and Frederick.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3845 9848 3859 9848 3861 9817 3845 9816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 262DEG 22KT 3852 9837
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
DARMOFALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 24 min |
| May 25, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 25 min |
| May 25, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 29 min |
| May 26, 5:44 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 32 min |
| May 26, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 44 min |
| May 26, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 39 min |
| May 26, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 43 min |
| May 26, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 36 min |
| May 26, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 32 min |
| May 26, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 41 min |
| May 26, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 63 min |
| May 26, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 49 min |
| May 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 32 min |
| May 26, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 46 min |
| May 26, 4:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Russell | 26 hr |
| May 26, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 47 min |
| May 26, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 44 min |
| May 26, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 29 min |
| May 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 17 hr |
| May 26, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 26, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth | 28 min |
| May 26, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 54 min |
| May 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 32 min |
| May 26, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 35 min |
| May 26, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 46 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.