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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Wichita, KS

May 8, 2002McPherson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2002, 3:08 PM CDT for McPherson County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
May 8, 2002, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2002, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McPherson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 3:21 PM CDTHail 1.75Canton, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2002-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2002-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 522 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-814 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
522 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
829 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KICT 082008
TORICT
KSC113-082100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
308 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 308 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER WITH KSNW REPORTED A TORNADO 24  
  MILES   NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF          
  MOUNDRIDGE. RADAR   SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
  20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE
  NEAR GALVA AROUND 320 PM CDT...
  NEAR CANTON AROUND 330 PM CDT...

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR
THE WARNED AREA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

REPEATING...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3834 9767 3824 9749 3840 9737 3857 9748

/CHANCE
&

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion36 min
May 7, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk54 min
May 7, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley29 min
May 7, 8:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTWilson3 hr
May 7, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase39 min
May 7, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk45 min
May 7, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson57 min
May 7, 8:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTNeosho3 hr
May 7, 8:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChautauqua3 hr
May 7, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno53 min
May 7, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho62 min
May 7, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette53 min
May 7, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman58 min
May 7, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman60 min
May 7, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTKingman3 hr
May 7, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick67 min
May 7, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman62 min
May 7, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick62 min
May 7, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler65 min
May 7, 11:47 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman28 min
May 7, 11:49 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman26 min
May 8, 12:13 AM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman62 min
May 8, 12:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSedgwick3 hr
May 8, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood58 min
May 8, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk59 min
May 8, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson56 min
May 8, 1:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTWilson5 hr
May 8, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho59 min
May 8, 1:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTNeosho4 hr
May 8, 2:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMontgomery5 hr
May 8, 2:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLabette4 hr
May 8, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson59 min
May 8, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick54 min
May 8, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman54 min
May 8, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMarion64 min
May 8, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper58 min
May 8, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick79 min
May 8, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper59 min
May 8, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick50 min
May 8, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMarion40 min
May 8, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChase39 min
May 8, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSumner60 min
May 8, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler58 min
May 8, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick51 min
May 8, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper66 min
May 8, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood61 min
May 8, 5:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarper, Sumner6 hr
May 8, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner65 min
May 8, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler61 min
May 8, 6:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler6 hr
May 8, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley79 min
May 8, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSumner44 min
May 8, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler53 min
May 8, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley62 min
May 8, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTCowley5 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.