Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2008, 7:12 PM CDT for Johnson County, Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 1, 2008, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Johnson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 3122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KEAX 020014 RRA
TOREAX
KSC091-209-020045-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0007.080502T0012Z-080502T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
712 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. LOCAL MEDIA
CAMERAS SHOWED A WELL DEFINED WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM JUST
SOUTHEAST OF BONNER SPRINGS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL TRACK NEAR EDWARDSVILLE AND MUNCIE
INCLUDING INTERSTATE 435.
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3917 9474 3917 9469 3915 9463 3915 9460
3914 9460 3896 9487 3902 9492 3905 9491
3918 9475
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 227DEG 23KT 3904 9484
$$
BOOKBINDER2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KEAX 020022
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
720 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008
KSC091-020030-
/O.CAN.KEAX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080502T0045Z/
JOHNSON KS-
720 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS IS CANCELLED...
AT 718 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED INTO WYANDOTTE
OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY.
LAT...LON 3918 9475 3917 9474 3917 9469 3915 9463
3915 9460 3914 9460 3904 9475 3905 9487
3904 9490
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 227DEG 23KT 3907 9479
$$
KSC209-020045-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080502T0045Z/
WYANDOTTE KS-
720 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WYANDOTTE COUNTY UNTIL 745
PM CDT...
AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. LOCAL MEDIA LIVE
CAMERAS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A WELL DEFINED WALL CLOUD WITH THIS
STORM...AND A TORNADO COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDWARDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
AREAS BETWEEN EDWARDSVILLE AND MUNCIE REMAIN IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 435 CORRIDOR. AREAS NORTH AND WEST
OF THE STRONG ROTATION CAN EXPECT GOLFBALL OR LARGER HAIL.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3918 9475 3917 9474 3917 9469 3915 9463
3915 9460 3914 9460 3904 9475 3905 9487
3904 9490
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 227DEG 23KT 3907 9479
$$
BOOKBINDER000
WWUS53 KEAX 020041
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
741 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008
KSC209-020051-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080502T0045Z/
WYANDOTTE KS-
741 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WYANDOTTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM
CDT...
AT 738 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE
AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3918 9475 3917 9474 3917 9469 3915 9463
3915 9460 3914 9460 3904 9475 3905 9487
3904 9490
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 227DEG 23KT 3916 9466
$$
BOOKBINDERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 42 min |
| May 1, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 39 min |
| May 1, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 38 min |
| May 1, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 34 min |
| May 1, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 39 min |
| May 1, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 26 min |
| May 1, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 22 min |
| May 2, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte | 47 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.