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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 23, 2008Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2008, 11:52 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 23, 2008, 11:52 PM CDT (04:52 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2008, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 23, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3014 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 9.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 240453
SVRDDC
KSC007-240530-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0116.080524T0452Z-080524T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1152 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING EAST AT 47 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEDICINE LODGE...
  SHARON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN BARBER COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
AND OCCASIONALLY DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WEAK...SHORT-LIVED TORNADOES ALONG ITS
LEADING EDGE. HOWEVER...THE MAIN THREAT IS WIDESPREAD DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AVOID
WINDOWS.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR BARBER COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3747 9876 3746 9845 3739 9845 3739 9836
      3737 9834 3724 9834 3723 9833 3701 9832
      3701 9878
TIME...MOT...LOC 0452Z 252DEG 41KT 3726 9864

$$

FINCH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240509
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1210 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

KSC007-240530-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-080524T0530Z/
BARBER KS-
1210 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN BARBER COUNTY...

AT 1208 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHARON...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHARON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN BARBER COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
AND OCCASIONALLY DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3701 9878 3745 9866 3746 9845 3739 9845
      3739 9836 3737 9834 3707 9832 3702 9833
      3701 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 253DEG 48KT 3732 9843

$$

FINCH

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240527
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1227 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

KSC007-240537-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-080524T0530Z/
BARBER KS-
1227 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BARBER COUNTY EXPIRES 
AT 1230 AM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN BARBER COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3701 9878 3745 9866 3746 9845 3739 9845
      3739 9836 3737 9834 3707 9832 3702 9833
      3701 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 253DEG 48KT 3739 9816

$$

FINCH

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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 23, 2:18 PM CDT, 9 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:18 PM CDT, 9 hours 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
218 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER TO AFFECT WESTERN KANSAS TODAY.

90KT H25 JET WAS NOSING INTO SOUTHEASTERN WY AT 12Z THIS MORNING.
MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN CA, 130KT JET STREAK COULD BE SEEN.
POTENT UPPER SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SIT ACROSS THE LARGE PORTION OF THE
WESTERN CONUS WITH HEIGHT FALLS OF 100 METERS IN WEST CENTRAL CA.
COLD POCKET OF H7 TEMPERATURES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER SYSTEM
PRESENTLY OVER NM. H85 READINGS IN THE TEENS AND 20S WERE FOUND
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. RICH GULF MOISTURE REMAINED
ENTRENCHED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS INTO WESTERN NE. 15Z
ANALYSIS PLACED WARM FRONT NORTH NEAR I-70. DRYLINE WAS WELL WEST
INTO CO. BY 18Z, DRYLINE HAD MOVED THROUGH LIBERAL AND JUST WEST OF
GARDEN CITY.

ALL DATA CONTINUES TO POINT TOWARD YET ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER
EPISODE TODAY. DRYLINE IS FURTHER WEST THAN PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS
WOULD HAVE PLACED IT. IN ADDITION, SHEAR IS MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE. AS
LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES THIS EVENING, 0-1 KM SRH WILL INCREASE TO
OVER 250 M2/S2. SURFACE BASED CAPE IS ALREADY OVER 3000 J/KG ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WESTERN KS WITH 2000 J/KG CAPE FROM PRATT WEST TO
WESTERN KEARNY COUNTY. AS S/WV COMES OUT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS LATER
THIS AFTERNOON, SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP ALONG
THE DRYLINE. GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT, VERY LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS
AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY TORNADO THAT DOES FROM WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO BE SIGNIFICANT AND LONG TRACKED. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS MEANS THAT THE THREAT FOR
TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE AS WELL.

SATURDAY, DRYLINE WILL BE FURTHER EAST INTO THE EASTERN FA BY
AFTERNOON. THE TRACK RECORD OF THE MODELS AND DRYLINE PLACEMENT OVER
THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS LEAVE ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY TO KEEP STORM
CHANCES IN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WEST OF WHERE MODELS SHOW
DRYLINE. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE YET AGAIN. BY EVENING,
ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS EASTERN FA ONLY TO SEE THE DRYLINE
MOVE WEST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WILL KEEP POPS IN ACROSS THE
WEST DUE TO THIS REASON.

SUNDAY, WELL...SAME STORY...DIFFERENT DAY. DRYLINE REMAINS PRESENT
ACROSS WESTERN FA (INTO EASTERN CO). SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL PULL
EAST DURING THE DAYTIME. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE.
DETAILS ARE UNCLEAR THIS TIME. IT DOES APPEAR THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE BY EVENING THOUGH.

DAYS 3-7...

AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE
PACIFIC COAST TO BEGIN THE PERIOD 00Z MONDAY WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
MEANWHILE, AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN
CONTROL OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS REGION. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE
IN GENERAL AGREEMENT INDICATING THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IN THE
SOUTHEAST BREAKING DOWN SOMEWHAT EARLY IN THE PERIOD BEFORE DRIFTING
SLOWLY BACK WEST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS OF OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS BY
MID WEEK. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL S/WAVE TROUGHS WILL CONTINUE TO
CYCLE THROUGH THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WHICH WILL BRING THE
POSSIBILITY OF PRECIP TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART
OF THE PERIOD. AT THE SURFACE, A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL BE SET UP
JUST LEE OF THE ROCKIES SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO
INFLUENCE A GENERAL LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH
MONDAY. THIS IN TURN WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW RELATIVE MOISTURE RETURN
TO SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS WITH DEWPOINTS AT
H85 RANGING FROM THE LOW TO MID TEENS(C). THE LOW AND AN ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS LATE TUESDAY BRINGING A
BRIEF NORTHERLY FLOW TO THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE A QUICK RETURN TO A
SOUTHERLY FLOW BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL BE
BETTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS WITH DWINDLING CHANCES BY THE
THURSDAY/FRIDAY TIME FRAME.

AS FOR TEMPERATURES, EXPECT A WARM DAY MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES AT
H85 RANGING FROM THE MID 20S(C) EAST TO THE UPPER 20S(C) WEST WHICH
WILL ALLOW SURFACE HIGHS TO REACH WELL UP INTO THE UPPER 80S(F) TO
THE LOWER 90S(F) ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. EXPECT A GENERAL COOL
DOWN TUESDAY IN WAKE OF THE PASSING COLD FRONT BEFORE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGING AND A DEVELOPING SURFACE LEE SIDE TROUGH INFLUENCE A WARMING
TREND THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. PLAN TO DROP TEMPERATURES A BIT
TUESDAY WITH MINOR ADJUSTMENTS ELSEWHERE.

&&

.AVIATION...

A SURFACE LOW WILL PERSIST IN NORTHEAST COLORADO TODAY WHILE A
DRYLINE NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER ADVANCES BACK INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS
BY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...CAN BE
EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE THIS EVENING AND
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXPECT MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS IN AND AROUND
ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM COOLIDGE TO
LIBERAL. OTHERWISE, EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY
STRONG FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WITH SPEEDS 20 TO 30 MPH AND
GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING OVERNIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  65  90  63  92 /  50  20  20  30
GCK  57  88  59  92 /  30  20  10  30
EHA  54  88  58  93 /  10  10  10  30
LBL  59  90  61  92 /  20  20  10  30
HYS  63  88  62  89 /  60  20  30  30
P28  68  91  65  92 /  40  30  30  30

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR KSZ043-
044-061>063-074>076-084>086.

&&

FN30/32/32

Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 11:35 AM CDT, 12 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1135 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-241030-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
1135 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

IT APPEARS THAT A REPEAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY.
THIS AFTERNOON STORMS WILL LIKELY ERUPT ALONG A DRYLINE THAT SHOULD
STRETCH FROM NEAR SCOTT CITY TO NEAR LIBERAL BY MID AFTERNOON. ANY
STORM THAT DOES DEVELOP COULD BECOME SEVERE VERY QUICKLY. NOT ONLY
WILL THERE BE THE THREAT OF DESTRUCTIVE HAIL BUT THERE WILL ONCE
AGAIN BE THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES, ESPECIALLY AS THE
DRYLINE MOVES SLIGHTLY EAST FROM NEAR DODGE CITY TO WAKEENEY BY 6 PM.

IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WARNING IS
ISSUED...IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIVE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
TAKEN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE WILL STILL BE A THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED...FIRST FROM SCOTT CITY TO NEAR GARDEN CITY
BY 3 PM AND THEN FROM NEAR DODGE CITY TO WAKEENEY AND HAYS BY 6 PM.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-241030-
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
1135 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 /1035 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY
SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TO PRODUCE AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

FIRE DANGER MAY RETURN BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

07/30

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 9:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
939 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 PM     HAIL             6 N TROUSDALE           37.89N 99.08W
05/23/2008  E1.75 INCH       EDWARDS            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0925 PM     HAIL             PROTECTION              37.20N 99.48W
05/23/2008  E1.25 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   PUBLIC

0933 PM     TORNADO          3 NW HOPEWELL           37.83N 99.02W
05/23/2008                   STAFFORD           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Local storm report, May 23, 10:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1013 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0840 PM     TORNADO          4 N CEDAR BLUFF         38.84N 99.73W
05/23/2008                   TREGO              KS   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            DAMAGED INCLUDED NUMEROUS POWER POLES DOWN, ONE HOUSE
            COMPLETELY DESTROYED BELONGING TO A FAMILY OF 7 BUT NO
            ONE INJURED, AN OLD PICK UP TRUCK WAS BLOWN IN A DITCH,
            THREE SEMI TRUCKS WERE TURNED OVER ALONG I-70 -
            AMBULENCES WERE DISPATCHED AND INJURIES TREATED ON SITE,
            AND A BARN AND CHICKEN HOUSE WAS DESTROYED.

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, May 23, 10:57 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1057 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     TORNADO          4 SW RANSOM             38.60N 99.98W
05/23/2008                   NESS               KS   STORM CHASER

0734 PM     TORNADO          3 WSW RANSOM            38.62N 99.98W
05/23/2008                   NESS               KS   STORM CHASER

0750 PM     TORNADO          8 SW CEDAR BLUFF        38.70N 99.83W
05/23/2008                   TREGO              KS   STORM CHASER

            TORNADO DAMAGED TREES.

0849 PM     TSTM WND GST     11 ESE TREGO CENTER     38.82N 99.71W
05/23/2008  E90.00 MPH       TREGO              KS   STORM CHASER

0850 PM     TORNADO          6 NW HAVILAND           37.68N 99.18W
05/23/2008                   KIOWA              KS   STORM CHASER

            BRIEF ROPE TORNADO WAS SEEN NEAR THE EDWARDS KIOWA COUNTY
            LINE.

0928 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 ESE BYERS             37.77N 98.82W
05/23/2008                   PRATT              KS   STORM CHASER

            TREE ROW HAS MODERATE DAMAGE WITH LIMBS SCATTERED IN
            SEVERAL DIRECTIONS.

0940 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 W FORD                37.64N 99.90W
05/23/2008  E70.00 MPH       FORD               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            OFFICER REPORTED HIS CAR WAS NEARLY BLOWN OFF OF THE ROAD
            BY HIGH WINDS.

1012 PM     TORNADO          4 N HUDSON              38.16N 98.66W
05/23/2008                   STAFFORD           KS   STORM CHASER

            POWERLINES ARE DOWN ON THE ROAD.

1051 PM     TORNADO          2 E CAIRO               37.64N 98.50W
05/23/2008                   PRATT              KS   STORM CHASER

            POWER LINES DOWN AND MULTIPLE POWER FLASHES.

&&

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Local storm report, May 23, 11:02 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1102 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1050 PM     TORNADO          2 E CAIRO               37.64N 98.50W
05/23/2008                   PRATT              KS   STORM CHASER

            SEMI OVERTURNED IN DITCH AND IRRIGATION SPRINKLERS ACROSS
            HWY 54. QUARTER MILE WIDE DAMAGE PATH.

&&

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Local storm report, May 23, 11:10 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1110 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1050 PM     TORNADO          2 E CAIRO               37.64N 98.50W
05/23/2008                   PRATT              KS   STORM CHASER

            HALF MILE OF TORNADO DAMAGE ALONG THE ROAD AT THIS
            LOCATION. SEMI BLOWN OFF OF ROAD, MASSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND
            DEBRIS, INJURIES FROM PICKUP PASSENGERS, POWER LINES DOWN
            ON ROADS. IRRIGATION MANGLED ALL OVER HIGHWAY.

&&

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Local storm report, May 23, 11:15 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1115 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1112 PM     TORNADO          7 E HOPEWELL            37.80N 98.85W
05/23/2008                   PRATT              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO STILL ON GROUND.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Rush, Trego	45 min
May 23, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Ness	43 min
May 23, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	26 min
May 23, 7:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	29 min
May 23, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Trego	47 min
May 23, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell, Lane, Meade, Scott	58 min
May 23, 7:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	39 min
May 23, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	66 min
May 23, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	51 min
May 23, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	58 min
May 23, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	36 min
May 23, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	47 min
May 23, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Trego	55 min
May 23, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 6 more	66 min
May 23, 9:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	38 min
May 23, 9:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	55 min
May 23, 9:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	37 min
May 23, 9:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	51 min
May 23, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	50 min
May 23, 10:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	44 min
May 23, 10:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	39 min
May 23, 10:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	22 min
May 23, 10:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	54 min
May 23, 10:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee	50 min
May 23, 10:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	32 min
May 23, 10:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	47 min
May 23, 11:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford	17 min
May 23, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	65 min
May 23, 11:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	30 min
May 23, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt	27 min
May 24, 3:42 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	10 hr
May 24, 4:05 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DDC	Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more	11 hr

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.