Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2008, 10:15 PM CDT for Allen County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2008, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2008, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Allen County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 10:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | La Harpe, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 146 days |
| May 1, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 KICT 020315 TORICT KSC001-020345- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0012.080502T0315Z-080502T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1015 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT. * AT 1013 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELSMORE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 41 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ELSMORE...LA HARPE...MORAN...SAVONBURG. THIS STORM PRODUCED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR EARLTON IN NEOSHO COUNTY BEFORE 10 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE. LAT...LON 3773 9508 3773 9536 3797 9531 3799 9507 TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 233DEG 35KT 3782 9521 $$ DARMOFAL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 020336 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1036 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 KSC001-020345- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080502T0345Z/ ALLEN KS- 1036 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ALLEN COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM CDT... AT 1031 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MORAN...OR 13 MILES EAST OF IOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 37 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ALLEN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF MORAN AND BRONSON. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3773 9508 3773 9536 3797 9531 3799 9507 TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 226DEG 32KT 3793 9512 $$ DARMOFAL
000 WWUS53 KICT 020344 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1044 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 KSC001-020354- /O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080502T0345Z/ ALLEN KS- 1044 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ALLEN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT... AT 1040 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WAS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN...OR A WARNING ISSUED. LAT...LON 3773 9508 3773 9536 3797 9531 3799 9507 TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 226DEG 32KT 3798 9505 $$ DARMOFAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson | 41 min |
| May 1, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Wilson, Woodson | 37 min |
| May 1, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 57 min |
| May 1, 7:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson | 6 hr |
| May 1, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson | 38 min |
| May 1, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson | 60 min |
| May 1, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 52 min |
| May 1, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 52 min |
| May 1, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 46 min |
| May 1, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson | 34 min |
| May 1, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Neosho | 34 min |
| May 1, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson | 45 min |
| May 1, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen | 45 min |
| May 1, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson | 38 min |
| May 1, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 44 min |
| May 1, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Neosho | 37 min |
| May 1, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen | 32 min |
| May 1, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 23 min |
| May 1, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick | 57 min |
| May 1, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner | 56 min |
| May 1, 10:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Wilson, Woodson | 4 hr |
| May 1, 11:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 2 hr |
| May 1, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 55 min |
| May 1, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Greenwood, Sedgwick, Sumner | 60 min |
| May 1, 11:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase | 56 min |
| May 1, 11:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 41 min |
| May 1, 11:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 2 hr |
| May 2, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 42 min |
| May 2, 12:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 4 hr |
| May 2, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 39 min |
| May 2, 2:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 3 hr |
| May 2, 4:04 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Ellsworth, Greenwood, Harper and 11 more | 18 hr |
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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.