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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Wichita, KS

May 25, 2008Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2008, 10:36 PM CDT for Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 25, 2008, 10:36 PM CDT (03:36 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2008, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

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 25, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 2648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 5.5

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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 25, 10:05 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 10:05 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1005 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

.UPDATE...
STRONG SEVERE CONVECTION CONTINUES TO PROGRESS EAST ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. DESPITE DECREASING SHEAR TO THE
EAST/SOUTH...STRENGTHENING NOCTURNAL LOW-LEVEL JET AND
MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO THE SOUTH/EAST OF CURRENT CONVECTION
WILL PROMOTE ACTIVITY CONTINUING ITS EASTWARD TRACK THROUGH
EASTERN/SOUTHEAST KANSAS. HOWEVER...THINKING SEVERE THREAT SHOULD
GRADUALLY WANE FARTHER EAST DUE TO THE DECREASING SHEAR.
NEVERTHELESS...STRONGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL PROMOTE
STRONG/SEVERE STORMS...CAPABLE OF QUARTER-GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
ADDITIONALLY...DRY MID-LEVELS PER REGIONAL 00Z RAOBS WILL PROMOTE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...ESPECIALLY WITHIN LINE
SEGMENTS/SMALL BOW ECHOES. FURTHERMORE...TRAINING STORMS AND HIGH
PRECIPITABLE WATERS WILL PROMOTE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL/EAST-CENTRAL
KANSAS WHERE TRAINING STORMS HAVE BEEN A BIT MORE PREVALENT. WILL
ALLOW TORNADO WATCH TO CONTINUE FOR A BIT LONGER...BUT ENVISION
EITHER AN EVENTUAL DOWNGRADE TO SEVERE WATCH...OR EVEN COMPLETE
CANCELLATION EVENTUALLY GIVEN STORM TRENDS.

KLEINSASSER

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 721 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008/

AVIATION...
00Z TAFS...ICT/SLN/HUT/CNU/RSL...WSW-ENE ORIENTATED LINE OF
STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE EVENING...AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET COMMENCES. GIVEN
SOUTHWESTERLY MID/UPPER FLOW AND LITTLE SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF COLD
POOL/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...THINKING CURRENT ACTIVITY WILL BE HARD-
PRESSED TO MOVE TOO FAR SOUTH...BUT MAY GET AS FAR SOUTH
HUTCHINSON. HOWEVER...ACTIVITY CURRENTLY OVER THE OK/TX
PANHANDLES MAY EVENTUALLY GET INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KANSAS
LATE TONIGHT. FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MEANDER SOUTH ACROSS
THE AREA FOR MONDAY...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
AREAWIDE.

KLEINSASSER

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008/

DISCUSSION...

SYNOPSIS...
CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE PERIOD CONTINUES THRU TUE NIGHT AS MID-UPR LOW...
DRIFTING E OVER SRN ONTARIO...DRAGS COLD FRONT S/SE INTO C KS TONIGHT &
MON. SUCH MOVEMENT OF THE MID-UPR LOW THRU TUE WILL INDUCE DECELERATION
OF THE FRONT WITH BOUNDARY LIKELY SETTING UP CAMP IN W-E MANNER THROUGH
THE HEART OF KICT COUNTRY. WITH HIGH OCTANE SFC-850MB FUEL CONTINUING TO
MIGRATE N FROM SRN PLAINS...NUMEROUS (+)TSRA...POSSIBLY SEVERE...TO PUT
DAMPER ON REMAINDER OF MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN C KS WHERE
FLOODING RAINS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT.

TONIGHT-TUE NIGHT:
PER SYNOPSIS HAVE GONE NEARLY FULL-THROTTLE ON POPS NEARLY ALL AREAS
TONIGHT...WITH FOCUS ON C KS THRU 12 MID-NIGHT WITH AXIS OF HIGHEST
POPS GRADUALLY SHIFTING SE OVER REMAINDER OF KICT COUNTRY AS MASSIVE MCS
VENTURES OVER THESE LATTER AREAS THEREAFTER. WITH AFORE-MENTIONED FRONT
DECELERATING PROLONGED PERIODS OF +RA LIKELY OVER ESPECIALLY C KS WHERE
ECHO-TRAINING LIKELY...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. WITH 1 & 3-HOUR FFGS IN
1.5-2.5 INCH RANGE HAVE ISSUED FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF C KS FOR TONIGHT
THATLL INCLUDE MARION & CHASE COUNTIES. DEEP-LAYER SHEAR COUPLED WITH
VERY UNSTABLE() AIRMASS TO OBVIOUSLY PROMOTE SUPER-CELLULAR CONVECTION
THROUGH TUE NIGHT WITH GREATEST SEVERE POTENTIAL GRADUALLY SHIFTING SE
OVER SC & SE KS TUE AFTERNOON & EVENING.

MID-WEEK:
NO CHANGES TO INHERITED FORECAST WITH COOLER TEMPS SPREADING S ACROSS
PRIMARILY C KS TUE & WED.

NEXT WEEKEND:
ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BE PRIMED & READY FOR MORE TSRA FRI NIGHT AS POTENT
MID-UPR LOW SPRINTS E/SE ACROSS NRN PLAINS...SWEEPING COLD FRONT SE OVER
KS. WITH MID-UPR LOW FILLING AS IT ASSUMES DUE E TRACK ACROSS GREAT
LAKES LATE SAT NIGHT/EARLY SUN...FRONT SHOULD DECELERATE & PERHAPS EVEN
STALL NEAR RED RIVER AROUND THIS SAME TIME...THEREBY SHUNTING BEST TSRA
POTENTIAL ACROSS SRN KS SAT NIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    69  89  68  77 /  70  40  60  40
HUTCHINSON      67  88  66  75 /  70  40  80  40
NEWTON          67  87  67  76 /  70  40  70  40
ELDORADO        68  87  69  78 /  70  40  60  40
WINFIELD-KWLD   69  89  69  80 /  70  40  50  40
RUSSELL         62  86  57  70 /  70  40  80  40
GREAT BEND      63  87  60  72 /  70  40  80  40
SALINA          63  85  62  72 /  70  50  80  40
MCPHERSON       65  87  65  74 /  70  40  80  40
COFFEYVILLE     69  87  69  83 /  60  40  30  50
CHANUTE         69  85  69  81 /  60  40  50  50
IOLA            69  85  69  80 /  60  40  50  50
PARSONS-KPPF    69  86  69  82 /  60  30  40  50

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY FOR KSZ032-033-047>053.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 9:46 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
946 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-270300-
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-
946 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PRIMARILY
SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. WINDS UP TO 70 MPH
AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.
ADDITIONALLY...PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
TONIGHT WILL PROMOTE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING AREAWIDE. THE FLOODING WILL BE MAINLY OF RURAL AND URBAN
FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION FROM
MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS TRAVERSING
GENERALLY THE SAME AREAS...THE VERY HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS ACTIVITY MAY CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST OVER
SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ONE IS URGED TO LISTEN FOR ANY FURTHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS ISSUED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

MBS/BDK/EPS/ADK

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 8:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
856 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

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

0839 PM     HAIL             CHASE                   38.36N 98.35W
05/25/2008  E0.75 INCH       RICE               KS   PUBLIC

            RELAYED VIA LAW ENFORCEMNET.

&&

CDB

Local storm report, May 25, 9:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
911 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

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

0907 PM     TSTM WND GST     WALTON                  38.12N 97.26W
05/25/2008  E60 MPH          HARVEY             KS   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

CDB

Special weather statement, May 25, 9:52 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
952 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

KSZ051-068-083-092-260445-
HARVEY-MCPHERSON-SEDGWICK-SUMNER-
952 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR HARVEY...MCPHERSON...SEDGWICK AND SUMNER
COUNTIES...

AT 951 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GALVA TO 9 MILES
WEST OF NORWICH TO WALDRON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

KRC

Local storm report, May 25, 9:57 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
957 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

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

0954 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 E CLEVELAND           37.55N 98.09W
05/25/2008  E50 MPH          KINGMAN            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            40 TO 50 MPH WINDS 2 TO 3 MILES EAST OF CLEVELAND.

&&

CDB

Local storm report, May 25, 10:08 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1008 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

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

1006 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 WSW MOUNDRIDGE        38.18N 97.59W
05/25/2008  E45 MPH          MCPHERSON          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CDB

Local storm report, May 25, 10:34 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1034 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

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

1033 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 W WEST WICHITA        37.69N 97.48W
05/25/2008  E55.00 MPH       SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            50 TO 55 MPH WIND GUSTS.

&&

CDB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Saline	30 min
May 25, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	43 min
May 25, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	91 min
May 25, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	51 min
May 25, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	45 min
May 25, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	65 min
May 25, 7:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, McPherson, Reno, Rice, Saline	3 hr
May 25, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	59 min
May 25, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson	19 min
May 25, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harvey, Marion	36 min
May 25, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	85 min
May 25, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	55 min
May 25, 9:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Reno	31 min
May 25, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	55 min
May 25, 10:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	8 hr
May 25, 10:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Saline	8 hr
May 25, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Marion	55 min
May 25, 11:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler	39 min
May 25, 11:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler	28 min
May 25, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Elk, Greenwood	68 min
May 25, 11:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	28 min
May 26, 10:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson	5 hr
May 26, 1:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	7 hr
May 26, 1:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	5 hr
May 26, 1:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Elk	5 hr
May 26, 2:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	43 hr
May 26, 2:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	3 days
May 26, 2:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	4 days
May 26, 2:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	30 hr
May 26, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	38 min
May 26, 3:44 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 6 more	30 hr
May 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	57 min
May 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	5 hr
May 26, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	57 min
May 26, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	51 min
May 26, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	55 min
May 26, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	64 min
May 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	24 min
May 26, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	49 min
May 26, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	42 min
May 26, 5:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	4 hr
May 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	64 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	57 min
May 26, 5:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	4 hr
May 26, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	55 min
May 26, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	42 min
May 26, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	61 min
May 26, 6:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	5 hr
May 26, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	29 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.