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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Wichita, KS

May 26, 2008Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2008, 5:35 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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 26, 2008, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 26, 1:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 510 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -425 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1389 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 349 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 348 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 262235
SVRICT
KSC105-167-262330-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0162.080526T2235Z-080526T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
535 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT.

* AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR GORHAM...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALKER...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 46 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ASH GROVE...BARNARD...BEVERLY...BUNKER HILL...DORRANCE...GORHAM...
  LINCOLN...LUCAS...RUSSELL...RUSSELL ARPT...SYLVAN GROVE...WILSON
  LAKE.

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE
AREA.


REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3909 9790 3897 9791 3894 9793 3877 9904
      3906 9904 3913 9849 3921 9850 3922 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 257DEG 40KT 3891 9890

$$

COX

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 262251
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
551 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

KSC105-167-262330-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-080526T2330Z/
LINCOLN KS-RUSSELL KS-
551 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL AND
LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
MILES NORTH OF BUNKER HILL...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR LUCAS BY 600 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF ASH GROVE IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3909 9790 3897 9791 3894 9793 3877 9904
      3906 9904 3913 9849 3921 9850 3922 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 238DEG 48KT 3903 9869

$$

LAWSON

000 
WWUS53 KICT 262314
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
614 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

KSC167-262324-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-080526T2330Z/
RUSSELL KS-
614 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RUSSELL COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 611 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE
OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3909 9790 3897 9791 3894 9793 3886 9848
      3909 9849 3912 9848 3913 9849 3921 9850
      3922 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 236DEG 44KT 3894 9838

$$

KSC105-262330-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-080526T2330Z/
LINCOLN KS-
614 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES SOUTH OF SYLVAN GROVE...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR LINCOLN BY 630 PM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3909 9790 3897 9791 3894 9793 3886 9848
      3909 9849 3912 9848 3913 9849 3921 9850
      3922 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 236DEG 44KT 3894 9838

$$

LAWSON

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 26, 3:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 3:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
301 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

.DISCUSSION...

VERY CHALLENGING FIRST PERIOD FORECAST WITH SEVERE CONVECTION AND
FLOODING POSSIBLE.

SYNOPSIS:
CURRENTLY HAVE A WARM FRONT SAGGING DOWN FROM THE NORTH AND EXTENDS
FROM JUST NORTH OF KSLN TO NORTH OF KDDC. AN AXIS OF DEEPER
MOISTURE...EVIDENT BY BETTER CU FIELD...EXTENDS FROM THE TX
PANHANDLE AND INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF FORECAST AREA. WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY SHOWS THE MAIN UPPER ENERGY SITUATED NORTHWEST OF THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION WITH A SPEED MAX ROTATING AROUND THE SOUTHERN END OF
THE TROUGH.

TONIGHT:
CONVECTION OVER EASTERN KANSAS HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY ISENTROPIC LIFT
ALONG THE 310-315K SURFACE. THIS ACTIVITY KICKED OUT AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY CAUSING ADDITIONAL ELEVATED STORMS TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON. CONVECTIVE TREND CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST WITH ACTIVITY TO
CONTINUE/BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD NORTH OF THE CURRENTLY OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY...OR CLOSER TO WARM FRONT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL/SE KS THIS
EVENING. WITH SAGGING SYNOPTIC BOUNDARY AND LOW LEVEL JET
CONVERGING ALONG THIS FEATURE...A CLASSIC FLOODING SCENARIO IS
SETTING UP FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA. WITH GROUNDS
ALREADY SATURATED FROM STORMS THIS MORNING...WILL GO WITH A FLOOD
WATCH FOR BASICALLY THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH
18Z TUE. WITH EXPECTED RAINFALL OVERNIGHT...AM CONFIDENT WELL GET
INTO SOME RIVER FLOODING FOR AREAS OF SE KS OVERNIGHT INTO TUE.

CONFIDENCE IN CONVECTIVE TRENDS DECREASES WITH THE ACTIVITY FURTHER
WEST. STORMS HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOP IN THE DEEPER MOISTURE OVER THE
TX PANHANDLE BUT THERE DOESNT APPEAR TO BE A WELL DEFINED BOUNDARY
TO FOCUS ACTIVITY ON...WITH THE DRYLINE MUCH FURTHER WEST. CURRENT
THINKING IS THAT STORMS WILL FESTER OVER SOUTHERN AND SW PORTION OF
FORECAST AREA ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WITH HAIL BEING THE MAIN
THREAT. FEEL THE MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY WILL COME CLOSE TO OR A
BIT AFTER 00Z AS LOW LEVEL JET GETS CRANKED UP. HAIL AND HIGH WINDS
WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FOR ANY STORM OVERNIGHT. FEEL THE BEST TOR
THREAT WILL BE THROUGH 03Z WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP WEST OF FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO THE WESTERN FRINGES OF FORECAST
AREA.

TUE-THU:
SYNOPTIC FRONT WILL CONTINUE ITS JOURNEY SOUTH ON TUE AND BY 00Z WED
WILL BE SITUATED FROM NEAR KCNU TO NEAR KOKC. SHOWERS AND STORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO FESTER ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT. THEREFORE
SE KS WILL HAVE THE BEST SHOT AT MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS
TUE AND A CONTINUED FLOODING THREAT. ALSO CANT RULE OUT SOME
HAILERS OVER SE KS DURING THE DAY TUE WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
STAYING AROUND. BY 12Z WED THE SURFACE FRONT WILL BE SOUTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA AND WILL JUST LINGER A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER EXTREME SE
KS FOR ANYTHING STAYING JUST NORTH OF THE FRONT.

ANOTHER UPPER WAVE WILL BE APPROACHING THE DESERT SOUTHWEST ON TUE
WITH AN UPPER RIDGE SITUATED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS WILL
ALLOW HIGH PRESSURE TO  REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS WITH
RETURN FLOW STARTING BACK UP FOR THE WESTERN HALF. WITH EXPECTED
RIDGE OVER AREA...WILL LEAVE FORECAST DRY FOR THU AND THU NIGHT.

FRI-MON:
BOTH ECMWF AND GFS AGREE ON LIFTING THE UPPER WAVE TO OUR SW INTO
EXTREME NW KS/NE DURING THE DAY FRI. AS THIS FEATURE CONTINUES
EAST...IT WILL DRAG A SURFACE TROUGH DOWN THROUGH THE AREA ON FRI
NIGHT. THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE PRECIP CHANCES OVER THE ENTIRE AREA
FOR FRI NIGHT. THE UPPER PATTERN WILL REMAIN PROGRESSIVE AS THIS
WAVE QUICKLY MOVES OFF GIVING WAY TO WEAK UPPER RIDGING OVER THE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...KEEPING PRECIP OUT OF THE FORECAST. A
DEEPER AND MORE POWERFUL UPPER WAVE WILL MOVE ON SHORE ON
MON...POSSIBLY GETTING US BACK INTO SEVERE WEATHER MODE FOR THE
BEGINNING/MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT TEMPS THROUGH THESE PERIODS WILL BE ABOVE
NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S AND 90S.

LAWSON

&&

.AVIATION...
FOR THE 18Z TAF SUITE.
CURRENT CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHEAST KS CONTINUES TO DIMINISH AT THIS
TIME.  WILL KEEP SOME VCTS IN THE KCNU TAF FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS UNTIL THIS CONVECTION COMES TO AN END.  ALSO NOTED
SOME MVFR CEILINGS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KS.  EXPECT THIS
CLOUD COVER TO SLOWLY BURN OFF AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.

ATTENTION THEN SHIFTS TO CONVECTION CHANCES TO THE WEST OF KHUT/KRSL
AND KICT THIS EVENING. WILL GO WITH VCTS NEAR THESE AREA AFTER 23Z
AND EXTEND IT UNTIL 06Z AS CONVECTION IS PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS
MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH KS DURING THE EVENING HOURS.  WILL ALSO
INCLUDE A TEMPO GROUP FOR SOME VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS AND REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO MVFR WITH SOME STRONGER STORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS KHUT/KICT AREAS.

KETCHAM

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    67  75  54  72 /  80  30  30  10
HUTCHINSON      64  70  50  69 /  80  30  20  10
NEWTON          66  73  52  71 /  80  30  20  10
ELDORADO        68  76  54  72 /  80  40  30  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   70  78  56  74 /  70  30  30  10
RUSSELL         56  62  45  68 /  80  30  20  10
GREAT BEND      58  63  46  68 /  80  30  20  10
SALINA          63  64  48  70 /  80  30  20  10
MCPHERSON       64  69  49  70 /  80  30  20  10
COFFEYVILLE     71  81  59  76 /  70  60  50  20
CHANUTE         69  79  56  74 /  70  50  40  20
IOLA            68  78  54  73 /  80  50  30  20
PARSONS-KPPF    70  80  58  75 /  70  60  50  20

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR KSZ053-069>072-
093>096-098>100.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 3:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
350 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-271045-
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-
539 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE....TONIGHT

STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND WARM
FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
TOWARD SUNSET AS THE SURFACE FRONT TRACKS FURTHER SOUTH. ANY STORM
THAT DEVELOPS TONIGHT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THE HIGHEST SEVERE POTENTIAL
WILL BE FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 135 AS STORMS TO
OR WEST MOVE INTO THE AREA. THIS IS ALSO THE LOCATION WHERE A
TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH 10 PM.

WITH GROUNDS SATURATED FROM RAINS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OVERNIGHT INTO
TUESDAY...WITH SOME RIVER FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN KANSAS.
PLEASE SEE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. THE
MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM EUREKA TO ELDORADO TO WELLINGTON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE EXTENT AND MAGNITUDE OF THE SEVERE THREAT IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON
WHAT HAPPENS MONDAY NIGHT. FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
FROM HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT. PLEASE SEE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. LATER OUTLOOKS
WILL CONTAIN MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHECK LATER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR UPDATED
INFORMATION. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TODAY...MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE ACCESS TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS...AND PLAN OF WHAT YOU WILL DO
IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...
AND OVER THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON TUESDAY.

&&

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

HOWERTON/LAWSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 5:07 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
507 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

0500 PM     HAIL             1 S EAST WICHITA        37.67N 97.26W
05/26/2008  E1.75 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            AT PAWNEE AND SENECA. FROM KWCH-TV

&&

BDK

Local storm report, May 26, 5:09 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
509 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

0502 PM     HAIL             DOWNTOWN WICHITA        37.69N 97.34W
05/26/2008  E1.50 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            AT WATER AND KELLOGG. FROM KAKE TV.

&&

BDK

Local storm report, May 26, 5:11 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
511 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

0509 PM     HAIL             EAST WICHITA            37.68N 97.26W
05/26/2008  E1.00 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE NEAR THE INTERSECTION
            OF HILLSIDE AND DOUGLAS.

&&

ADK

Local storm report, May 26, 5:13 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
513 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

0508 PM     HAIL             EAST WICHITA            37.68N 97.26W
05/26/2008  E1.50 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            AT 47TH AND PAWNEE. FROM KAKE TV.

&&

BDK

Local storm report, May 26, 5:21 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
521 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

0511 PM     HAIL             1 E DOWNTOWN WICHITA    37.69N 97.32W
05/26/2008  E1.00 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            HALF COVERING THE GROUND AT 9TH AND ARMOUR. FROM KWCH-TV.

&&

BDK

Local storm report, May 26, 5:28 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
528 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

0525 PM     FLOOD            2 N WINFIELD            37.30N 96.97W
05/26/2008                   COWLEY             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER OVER THE ROAD AT 132ND AND 91ST.

&&

BDK

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, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	39 min
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, 5:45 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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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.