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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this high wind warning at May 23, 2008, 9:10 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2008, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2008, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:51 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pawnee Rock, KS | PAWNEE ROCK IS WITHOUT POWER DUE TO HIGH WINDS. |
| May 23, 9:51 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Pawnee Rock, KS | PAWNEE ROCK IS WITHOUT POWER DUE TO HIGH WINDS. |
| May 23, 10:30 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 8 Se Great Bend, KS | HOUSE LIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION. BARN AND GARAGE DESTROYED. |
| May 23, 10:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 Se Great Bend, KS | HOUSE LIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION. BARN AND GARAGE DESTROYED. |
| May 23, 10:32 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 S Ellinwood, KS | DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL SOUTH OF ELLINWOOD. |
| May 23, 10:34 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 Se Great Bend, KS | POWER LINES DOWN...POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD |
| May 23, 10:38 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 10 Ese Great Bend, KS | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN OPEN COUNTRY. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND 5 POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN. |
| May 23, 10:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Sse Ellinwood, KS | REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND SOUTH OF ELLINWOOD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 2314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 14.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KICT 240210 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 910 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-240500- /O.NEW.KICT.HW.W.0003.080524T0210Z-080524T0500Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS 910 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. VERY STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL IMPACT PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ CDB
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KICT 240458 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1158 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-240600- /O.EXP.KICT.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080524T0500Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS 1158 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT. $$ COX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 26 min |
| May 23, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 54 min |
| May 23, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 33 min |
| May 24, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice, Sedgwick | 62 min |
| May 24, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 53 min |
| May 24, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner | 66 min |
| May 24, 12:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 4 hr |
| May 24, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 57 min |
| May 24, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 62 min |
| May 24, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 39 min |
| May 24, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Elk, Greenwood, Marion | 57 min |
| May 24, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 36 min |
| May 24, 3:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 3 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.