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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2008, 12:07 AM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2008, 12:07 AM CDT (05:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 22, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 3001 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.9
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 22, 10:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 10:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1018 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 .UPDATE... WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS AROUND HARPER COUNTY AND THEY ARE REPORTING 50 MPH WINDS NEAR ATTICA. IT APPEARS LIKE THESE WINDS ARE OCCURING IN BETWEEN TWO MESO HIGH COUPLETS. THESE WINDS SHOULD BE FAIRLY SHORTLIVED. WE WILL BE ISSUING SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS TO COVER THESE WINDS FOR NOW...BUT WE MAY ISSUE A HIGH WIND WARNING IF THE WINDS INCREASE OR THEY LAST LONGER THAN EXPECTED. COX && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 758 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008/ UPDATE... WE ARE SENDING OUT A QUICK UPDATE TO LET THE WIND ADVISORY EXPIRE. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS WAS SHOWING THE GRADIENT WINDS DECREASING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. AS A RESULT...WE ARE PLANNING ON LETTING THE WIND ADVISORY EXPIRE AT 8 PM. COX PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 701 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008/ UPDATE... AVIATION...00Z TAFS RSL/SLN/HUT/ICT/CNU SCATTERED SEVERE CONVECTION FROM WRN KS INTO WRN OK MAY SURVIVE EWD INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL/SOUTH-CENTRAL KS BY LATE THIS EVE/OVERNIGHT AIDED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 50 KT LOW-LEVEL JET. GIVEN ISOLD-SCATTERED NATURE OF STORMS...WILL UTILIZE VCTS GROUPS FOR NOW AND ADJUST AS NECESSARY VIA RADAR TRENDS...ETC. MVFR CIGS ALSO LIKELY BY LATE TONIGHT/EARLY FRI AM GIVEN MOIST SERLY UPSLOPE FLOW UNDERNEATH LOW-LEVEL JET AXIS. MODELS INDICATE THE STRATIFORM CLOUDS WILL BREAK OUT BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER WRN KS LATE FRI PM/EVE WHICH MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA WEST OF I-135 EARLY BY FRI EVE. LATER TAFS WILL ADDRESS THIS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 543 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008/ UPDATE... THE MAIN CONCERN THIS EVENING WILL BE HIGH WIND POTENTIAL IN CENTRAL KANSAS AND THE STORMS MOVING OUT OF OKLAHOMA. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS WAS SHOWING A FAIRLY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA. LATEST PROFILERS WERE SHOWING AROUND 35-40KTS ON THE HAVILAND PROFILER WHICH IS STARTING TO MIX DOWN ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. WE ARE GOING AHEAD AND ISSUE A SHORT TERM WIND ADVISORY FOR ABOUT FIVE COUNTIES WHERE THEY MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE LOCAL EFFECTS OF STORM RELATIVE FLOW. LATER THIS EVENING...WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE EVOLUTION OF THE STORMS COMING OUT OF OKLAHOMA FOR OUR MAIN SHOW. THESE STORMS MAY BE ABLE TAP INTO BETTER LOW LEVEL HELICITY AS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW BACKS AROUND SUNSET. BASED ON EXTRAPOLATION...IT APPEARS LIKE THE RIGHT MOVERS COULD GRAZE OUR AREAS MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN 02Z-04Z. COX PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 314 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008/ DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL INTO THE WEEKEND. TONIGHT-SATURDAY: AS OF 19Z...WARM FRONT STRETCHED FROM NWRN KS THRU CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL KS WITH LITTLE NEWD MOVEMENT ON THIS BOUNDARY ANTICIPATED INTO FRIDAY. DRYLINE STRETCHED FROM THE WARM FRONT JUST S OF GOODLAND TO LIBERAL THRU THE EASTERN PANHANDLES. SEVERE STORMS ALREADY HAVE FIRED NEAR/E OF DRYLINE IN WESTERN KS...AND EXPECT THIS TREND OF DEVELOPMENT FURTHER SWD ALONG/E OF DRYLINE INTO THIS EVE AS STRONG POTENTIAL VORTICITY MAX CONTINUES TO EJECT NEWD INTO ERN CO/WRN KS. BASED ON PROGGED STORM MOTION TRAJECTORIES (220/30KT)...THE BRUNT OF THE SEVERE STORMS WILL STAY JUST W OF OUR CWA...BUT SOME OF THE STORMS COULD GET INTO OUR WESTERN-MOST COUNTIES TONIGHT (WEST OF HIGHWAY 14). BASED ON STRONG INSTABILITY AND STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR...ANY SUPERCELLS THAT MANAGE TO MAKE IT AS FAR EAST AS OUR WESTERN-MOST COUNTIES WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE POTENTIAL INCLUDING STRONG TORNADOES. FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...DRYLINE PROGGED TO BE SLIGHTLY FURTHER EAST TO JUST W OF CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL KS. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT GETS SLIGHTLY LESS BY SATURDAY...HOWEVER VERY STRONG INSTABILITY AND RESPECTABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL EXIST ACROSS WESTERN/CENTRAL KS E OF THE DRYLINE. SO WILL MAINTAIN A CHANCE OF T-STORMS IN CENTRAL SECTIONS MAINLY FOR THE LATER PM/EVE. SUPERCELL TYPE STORMS WITH SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS. SERN KS MAY NOT SEE MUCH ACTIVITY TIL SAT NIGHT. LOW CLOUDS MAY DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF OUR AREA EARLY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING FOR SEVERAL HOURS GIVEN UPSLOPE FLOW AND LOW-LEVEL JET AXIS POSITIONING. SUNDAY-THURSDAY: PATTERN LOOKS TO REMAIN PRETTY ACTIVE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS PERIOD AS MEAN UPPER TROFFING REMAINS OVER THE WESTERN CONUS. GFS/ECMWF SHOW A COLD FRONT TRYING TO DROP SWD ACROSS OUR AREA SOMETIME TUES INTO EARLY WED WHICH IS A BIT SLOWER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. FOR SUN-MON...BETTER T-STORM CHANCES WILL BE IN OUR NWRN COUNTIES (MAINLY EVENING/OVERNIGHT)...THEN AREAWIDE AS THE FRONT MOVES THRU TUES INTO EARLY WED. THERE COULD BE SOME LULL IN CONVECTION CHANCES WED-THURS AS THE MODELS SUGGEST UPPER RIDGING MAY POKE UP ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS. THEN PRECIPITATION CHANCES COULD INCREASE AGAIN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AS AN UPPER TROF TOPS THE RIDGE OVER THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS. CONFIDENCE FAIRLY HIGH THAT TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL SUN-MON...THEN CLOSER TO NORMAL TUES-WED. JMC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 67 86 69 89 / 50 30 40 20 HUTCHINSON 66 86 69 88 / 50 30 50 30 NEWTON 66 85 69 87 / 50 30 40 20 ELDORADO 67 85 69 87 / 40 20 30 20 WINFIELD-KWLD 69 86 69 90 / 40 20 30 20 RUSSELL 65 85 68 89 / 60 40 50 30 GREAT BEND 66 86 67 87 / 60 40 50 30 SALINA 66 84 68 89 / 50 30 50 30 MCPHERSON 66 85 68 88 / 50 30 50 30 COFFEYVILLE 68 85 69 88 / 30 20 20 20 CHANUTE 67 84 69 86 / 30 20 20 20 IOLA 67 83 69 86 / 30 20 20 20 PARSONS-KPPF 68 84 69 87 / 30 20 20 20 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 12:06 AM CDT, 1 minute before
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Local storm report, May 22, 11:27 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1127 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG SPIVEY 37.45N 98.17W
05/22/2008 KINGMAN KS EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A HOUSE IN SPIVEY. NO ESTIMATE OF WIND
SPEED WAS GIVEN.
&&
CDBLocal storm report, May 22, 11:33 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1133 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1116 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 SSW GODDARD 37.59N 97.61W
05/22/2008 M60 MPH SEDGWICK KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CDBLocal storm report, May 22, 11:38 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1138 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG SPIVEY 37.45N 98.17W
05/22/2008 KINGMAN KS EMERGENCY MNGR
THE OLD SPIVEY HIGH SCHOOL TIN ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF. WINDS
ESTIMATED AT AROUND 60 MPH.
&&
CDBLocal storm report, May 22, 11:46 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1146 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1116 PM NON-TSTM WND GST MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BAS 37.62N 97.27W
05/22/2008 M62 MPH SEDGWICK KS ASOS
62 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT THE BASE.
&&
CDBLocal storm report, May 22, 11:59 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1159 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1143 PM NON-TSTM WND GST NORTHEAST WICHITA AND J 37.75N 97.22W
05/22/2008 M59 MPH SEDGWICK KS ASOS
&&
CDBSpecial weather statement, May 23, 12:00 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1200 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 KSZ069-093-230545- BUTLER-COWLEY- 1200 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BUTLER AND COWLEY COUNTIES... AT 1157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF BURDEN...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 37 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE LIGHTNING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE EXCEPT IF NECESSARY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 10:31 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ICT | Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner | 2 hr |
| May 22, 11:40 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 2 more | 2 hr |
| May 23, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 28 min |
| May 23, 2:22 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 23, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 57 min |
| May 23, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 66 min |
| May 23, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 67 min |
| May 23, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 45 min |
| May 23, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 58 min |
| May 23, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 36 min |
| May 23, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 35 min |
| May 23, 9:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.