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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2022, 8:16 PM CDT for Harvey County, Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 29, 2022, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2022, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Newton, KS | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 14.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KICT 300116
TORICT
KSC079-115-300145-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0003.220430T0116Z-220430T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
816 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Harvey County in south central Kansas...
Western Marion County in central Kansas...
* Until 845 PM CDT.
* At 815 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Goessel, or 6
miles south of Hillsboro, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* The tornado will be near...
Hillsboro around 820 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Marion
Lake.
This includes Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 33 and 40.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3853 9703 3812 9717 3800 9747 3817 9741
3817 9737 3829 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 240DEG 49KT 3826 9724
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
CUELLAR1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KICT 300123
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
823 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022
KSC079-115-300145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-220430T0145Z/
Harvey KS-Marion KS-
823 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HARVEY AND WESTERN MARION COUNTIES...
At 822 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Hillsboro, moving
northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Harvey and western Marion Counties, including the
following locations... Marion Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3853 9703 3812 9717 3804 9737 3829 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 240DEG 49KT 3831 9713
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
CUELLARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick | 14 min |
| Apr 29, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Marion | 16 min |
| Apr 29, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 8:04 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Reno, Rice and 2 more | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 18 min |
| Apr 29, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Sumner | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Wilson, Woodson | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Sumner | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 82 min |
| Apr 30, 2:42 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Chase, Ellsworth, Harvey, Lincoln, McPherson and 5 more | 16 hr |
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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.