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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2022, 6:04 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 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
- Jun 21, 2022, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2022, 6:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Ellsworth County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2213 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
311
WFUS53 KICT 212304
TORICT
KSC053-212330-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0013.220621T2304Z-220621T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
604 PM CDT Tue Jun 21 2022
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Ellsworth County in central Kansas...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 604 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles south of Ellsworth, moving northeast at 20 mph.
Several reports of funnel clouds in the area.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Ellsworth around 615 PM CDT.
Kanopolis around 625 PM CDT.
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 3857 9830 3869 9837 3878 9811 3863 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 240DEG 17KT 3866 9827
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
DARMOFAL1 follow-up statement
729
WWUS53 KICT 212318
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
618 PM CDT Tue Jun 21 2022
KSC053-212327-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220621T2330Z/
Ellsworth KS-
618 PM CDT Tue Jun 21 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ELLSWORTH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
central Kansas.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Ellsworth county until 630 pm CDT.
LAT...LON 3857 9830 3869 9837 3878 9811 3863 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 240DEG 17KT 3869 9820
$$
DARMOFALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 17 min |
| Jun 21, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 6:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 13 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.