Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2008, 11:19 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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, 11:19 PM CDT (04:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2008, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chase County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 11:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Ene Matfield Green, KS | FEW SHINGLES OFF OF ROOF. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 020419
TORICT
KSC017-020515-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0013.080502T0419Z-080502T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1119 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT.
* AT 1116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MATFIELD GREEN...OR 14 MILES SOUTH
OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH.
* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...ELMDALE...MATFIELD GREEN...SAFFORDVILLE...STRONG
CITY...BAZAAR.
THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR
THE WARNED AREA.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3809 9655 3818 9674 3852 9659 3852 9635
3816 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 224DEG 28KT 3818 9658
$$
JAKUB2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KICT 020435
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1134 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008
KSC017-020515-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080502T0515Z/
CHASE KS-
1134 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHASE COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM
CDT...
AT 1130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BAZAAR...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF COTTONWOOD
FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE...
NEAR SAFFORDVILLE BY 1150 PM CDT.
THE TOWN OF BAZAAR IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
THIS STORM COULD AFFECT TRAVELERS ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 112 AND 116.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3809 9655 3818 9674 3852 9659 3852 9635
3816 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 224DEG 28KT 3826 9648
$$
DARMOFAL000
WWUS53 KICT 020505
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1205 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
KSC017-020515-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080502T0515Z/
CHASE KS-
1205 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHASE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM CDT...
AT 1202 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3809 9655 3818 9674 3852 9659 3852 9635
3816 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 224DEG 28KT 3843 9627
$$
DARMOFALThe 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, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen | 30 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, 11:49 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.