Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2005, 4:42 PM CDT for Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 8, 2005, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2005, 5:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rice County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 8, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 082142 SVRICT KSC159-082245- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0026.050508T2142Z-050508T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 442 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS REISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 545 PM CDT. * AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF LITTLE RIVER...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... LITTLE RIVER THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL. SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. LAT...LON 3844 9825 3832 9814 3841 9798 3852 9812 $$ /ES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 082157 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 456 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005 KSC159-082245- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050508T2245Z/ RICE KS- 456 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN RICE COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF LITTLE RIVER...OR 23 MILES SOUTH OF ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR LITTLE RIVER BY 505 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3844 9825 3832 9814 3841 9798 3852 9812 $$ /DARMOFAL
000 WWUS53 KICT 082214 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 511 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005 KSC159-082221- /O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050508T2245Z/ RICE KS- 511 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RICE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 507 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED INTO EASTERN RICE COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN RICE COUNTY AND CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3844 9825 3832 9814 3841 9798 3852 9812 $$ /DARMOFAL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 8, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 337 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL BE THE TIMING OF WHEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE EXITING THE AREA TONIGHT AND WHEN THE FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH NEXT WEEK. TONIGHT: LATEST VISIBLE IMAGERY INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE DRY LINE IN CENTRAL KANSAS. WATER VAPOR LOOP ALSO INDICATED MID LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION MOVING INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS. THIS MID LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION ALONG WITH GOOD CONVERGENCE ALONG THE DRY LINE HAS CAUSED THESE STORMS TO INITIATE EARLIER. HOWEVER, THE LATEST KICT RADAR IMAGERY HAS INDICATED THERE ARE NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES AROUND. AS THE MID LEVEL COLD AIR PUSHES INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON, THIS MAY HELP INITIATE STORMS ALONG ANY EXISTING BOUNDARIES. THESE STORMS WILL BE DRIVEN BY LOTS OF CAPE ON THE ORDER OF 3000J/KG, WHICH WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION, IF THERE ARE ANY INTERSECTING BOUNDARIES AROUND THIS COULD SPIN UP A LANDSPOUT. WOULD EXPECT THE MAJORITY OF THESE STORMS TO BE NON-SUPERCELLULAR DUE TO THE WEAK DEEP LAYER SHEAR. AS THE EVENING WEARS ON, I WOULD EXPECT THE STORMS TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN SINCE THE CAPES ARE SO LARGE, BUT MORE STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY FIRE UP EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE THIS EVENING AS THE MID LEVEL COLD AIR MOVES IN, WHICH WILL CREAT GOOD UPGLIDE. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL VERY SLOW, ESPECIALLY GENERALLY BE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. MONDAY: IT APPEARS LIKE WE WILL SEE THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE EXITING THE PICTURE BY EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG WITH PRECIPITATION. THIS WILL BE DUE TO THE UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVING EAST INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR DRIER AIR TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. MODELS ARE SHOWING A WEAK DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT WHICH WILL PROVIDE A RATHER WARM AND MILD DAY WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO NEAR 80 ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. MONDAY NIGHT-WEDNESDAY: UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE CONTINUE BUILD OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL KEEP US WARM FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS WILL KEEP MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF THE AREA ALONG THE WARM FRONT. WE DID MENTION A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDER MAINLY NEAR INTERSTATE 70 WEDNESDAY AS A WEAK IMPULSE MOVES THROUGH THAT REGION. OTHERWISE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE UNSEASONABLY WARM AND WINDY WITH HIGHS POSSIBLY CREEPING UP TO 90. THURSDAY-FRIDAY NIGHT: ALL THE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY CLOSE AGREEMENT IN BRINGING THE UPPER LEVEL TROF INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL ALLOW THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO POSSIBLY SLIDE INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT. WE HAVE MENTIONED THE HIGHEST POPS DURING THAT TIMEFRAME. SATURDAY-SUNDAY: CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION AND ALLOW FOR COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. AS A RESULT, A FAIRLY NICE WEEKEND SHOULD BE IN STORE WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 70S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 58 81 57 88 / 40 10 10 10 HUTCHINSON 57 80 55 88 / 40 10 10 10 NEWTON 58 80 56 87 / 40 10 10 10 ELDORADO 59 80 58 87 / 50 20 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 59 82 59 88 / 40 10 10 10 RUSSELL 53 79 54 89 / 30 5 10 10 GREAT BEND 54 80 54 89 / 20 5 10 10 SALINA 56 78 55 86 / 40 10 10 10 MCPHERSON 57 79 55 87 / 40 10 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 61 81 61 87 / 60 20 10 10 CHANUTE 61 80 60 86 / 60 20 10 10 IOLA 61 79 60 86 / 50 20 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 18/COX
Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 4:19 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 419 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-091200- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 419 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF AN ELLSWORTH TO GREAT BEND LINE THROUGH 9 PM. THESE STORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER, A SMALL TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG A BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM SALINA TO LYONS. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST DURING THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN ENTER THE FORECAST THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AFFECTS THE PLAINS. AT THIS TIME, IT IS TOO FAR OUT TO SPECULATE ON THE SEVERITY OF THE STORMS, SO PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR ADDITIONAL FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWOICT.HTM KETCHAM/LAWSON/COX
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 8, 4:13 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
413 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0412 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 6 W LYONS 38.35N 98.31W
05/08/2005 RICE KS NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
BRWLocal storm report, May 8, 4:14 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
414 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0413 PM HAIL 3 W GENESEO 38.52N 98.21W
05/08/2005 0.88 INCH RICE KS PUBLIC
&&
BRWLocal storm report, May 8, 4:16 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
416 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0416 PM HAIL LYONS 38.35N 98.20W
05/08/2005 1.00 INCH RICE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
BRWLocal storm report, May 8, 4:22 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
422 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0421 PM HAIL WNW GENESEO 38.52N 98.16W
05/08/2005 1.00 INCH ELLSWORTH KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BRWLocal storm report, May 8, 4:23 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
423 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0421 PM HAIL 4 NW LYONS 38.39N 98.25W
05/08/2005 1.00 INCH RICE KS AMATEUR RADIO
&&
BRWLocal storm report, May 8, 4:26 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
426 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0421 PM HAIL 1 N GENESEO 38.53N 98.15W
05/08/2005 1.25 INCH ELLSWORTH KS BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORTED BY KSN WEATHER SPOTTER.
&&
BRWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 55 min |
| May 8, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 62 min |
| May 8, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 64 min |
| May 8, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline | 32 min |
| May 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 30 min |
| May 8, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson | 26 min |
| May 8, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 20 min |
| May 8, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 54 min |
| May 8, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 26 min |
| May 8, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 42 min |
| May 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 45 min |
Nearby
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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.