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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2008, 5:19 PM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 11 min. 4 reports 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 10, 2008, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Labette County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Ssw Chetopa, KS | |
| May 10, 5:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Chetopa, KS | HOME WAS DAMAGED TWO MILES SOUTH OF CHETOPA ON NATIONS ROAD ON THE KANSAS SIDE OF THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. |
| May 10, 5:21 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Chetopa, KS | REPORT OF TREE DAMAGE FROM TORNADO ALONG NATION ROAD IN SOUTHEAST CORNER OF COUNTY. PREVIOUS REPORT OF DAMAGE TO A HOME HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED IN LABETTE COUNTY. |
| May 10, 5:22 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sse Chetopa, KS | TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR HIGHWAY 59 ALONG THE KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA STATE LINE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 0 minutes after it went out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 146 days |
| May 10, 11:29 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 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 102219 TORICT KSC099-102230- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0017.080510T2219Z-080510T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 519 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 530 PM CDT. * AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHETOPA...OR 27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARSONS...MOVING EAST AT 49 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BARTLETT...CHETOPA. 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 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3698 9525 3713 9524 3712 9507 3699 9507 TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 265DEG 42KT 3702 9500 $$ DARMOFAL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 102222 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 522 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 KSC099-102230- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080510T2230Z/ LABETTE KS- 522 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LABETTE COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 519 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OSWEGO...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARSONS...MOVING EAST AT 38 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LABETTE COUNTY. DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3711 9507 3712 9525 3726 9525 3728 9507 TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 270DEG 33KT 3720 9503 $$ SCHRECK
000 WWUS53 KICT 102229 RRA SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 528 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 KSC099-102238- /O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080510T2230Z/ LABETTE KS- 528 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LABETTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT... AT 528 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THIS STORM DID PRODUCE A BRIEF TORNADO SOUTH OF CHETOPA AROUND 520 PM...BUT HAS NOW MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3698 9525 3713 9524 3712 9507 3699 9507 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 264DEG 20KT 3702 9502 $$ DARMOFAL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 10, 2:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 2:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 227 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND OUR NEXT PRECIPITATION CHANCE ON TUESDAY. TONIGHT: CONVECTION IS ONGOING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE THE COLD FRONT IS JUST MOVING INTO CENTRAL KANSAS AT 18Z. THE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY ABOUT 00Z THIS EVENING...AND SKIES ARE GOING TO CLEAR FAIRLY QUICKLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE QUITE CHILLY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS AS OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE 30S. FURTHER SOUTHEAST WILL BE WARMER...WITH LOWS IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE 40S. WINDS ARE GOING TO BE QUITE STRONG BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WE WILL BE ADDING SOME COUNTIES TO THE EAST OF THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY AND KEEP THAT PORTION OF THE ADVISORY GOING UNTIL 12Z BEFORE THE WINDS WEAKEN. THE WINDS MAY WEAKEN A BIT EARLIER THAN THAT...BUT 12Z LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHOICE RIGHT NOW. SUNDAY-MONDAY: SUNDAYS TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE BELOW NORMAL WITH NORTHERLY WINDS GRADUALLY BECOMING WEAKER THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN AND MAKE FOR A SUNNY DAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. MONDAY WILL BE QUITE A BIT WARMER (MAYBE 10 DEGREES WARMER OR SO) AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AGAIN AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. STILL LOOKS LIKE A FAIRLY SUNNY DAY...BUT A BIT BREEZY WITH THE SOUTHERLY WINDS. TUESDAY-FRIDAY: TUESDAY IS GOING TO BE A TRANSITION DAY IN THE UPPER PATTERN FROM ZONAL TO MUCH MORE AMPLIFIED. A SURFACE FRONT WILL COME THROUGH DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP NEAR THE FRONT. THE MAIN FORCING IS OFF TO THE EAST BY 06Z FRIDAY...SO WE REMOVED PRECIPITATION CHANCES AFTER 06Z FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR WEDNESDAY AT THE SURFACE...AND SHOULD KEEP THINGS DRY UNTIL FRIDAY. WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE IN THE PRECIPITATION FORECAST FOR THE MIDDLE TO END OF THE WEEK. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL DURING THIS TIME AND THE MAIN MOISTURE WILL BE PUSHED SOUTH OF THE AREA SO NO MAJOR STORMS ARE ON THE HORIZON. SCHRECK && .AVIATION... INITIAL CONCERN IS TIMING OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF KICT NR ONSET OF FORECAST AND LIKELY ONGOING IN SOUTHEAST KS IN THE VICINITY OF KCNU. FRONT WILL BE NEAR KRSL AT 18Z ...AND RAPIDLY MOVE ACROSS ENTIRE AREA BY 0000 UTC. VERY GUSTY WINDS ANTICIPATED BEHIND FRONT WITH G30-40KT LIKELY AT MOST SITES. SOME VFR WRAP AROUND CLOUDS THIS EVENING WITH FEW IF ANY CLOUDS BY SUN MORNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 42 66 46 77 / 10 0 0 0 HUTCHINSON 40 66 46 78 / 10 0 0 10 NEWTON 41 66 45 77 / 10 0 0 0 ELDORADO 42 65 45 77 / 10 0 0 0 WINFIELD-KWLD 43 66 46 77 / 10 0 0 0 RUSSELL 37 67 45 81 / 10 0 0 10 GREAT BEND 37 68 46 82 / 10 0 0 10 SALINA 39 65 46 77 / 10 0 0 10 MCPHERSON 40 66 45 78 / 10 0 0 10 COFFEYVILLE 45 64 43 76 / 30 0 0 0 CHANUTE 44 62 43 75 / 30 0 0 0 IOLA 44 62 43 75 / 30 0 0 0 PARSONS-KPPF 44 64 43 76 / 30 0 0 0 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR KSZ052-068-083-092. WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR KSZ053-069-070-093-094-098. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR KSZ032-033-047-048-050- 067. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR KSZ049-051-082-091. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 337 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-112045- 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- 337 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF I-35 AND THEN MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS BEFORE SUNSET. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THE SEVERE STORMS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERE WEATHER IS MOST LIKELY EAST OF A LINE FROM IOLA TO SEDAN. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN AFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. PLEASE SEE LATEST WIND ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND A WIND ADVISORY COULD BE REQUIRED FOR THIS PERIOD. A SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON TUESDAY AND BRING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION AGAIN. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A FEW STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...PLEASE CHECK LATER OUTLOOKS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY UNTIL SUNSET TONIGHT...MAINLY EAST OF I-35. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP CJ/HOWERTON/SCHRECK
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 10, 4:40 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
440 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM HAIL 5 WNW PARSONS TRI CITY 37.36N 95.60W
05/10/2008 M1.00 INCH MONTGOMERY KS TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL
&&
JMBLocal storm report, May 10, 4:41 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
441 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0439 PM HAIL 8 S THAYER 37.37N 95.47W
05/10/2008 E1.00 INCH LABETTE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0425 PM HAIL SEDAN 37.13N 96.18W
05/10/2008 E1.75 INCH CHAUTAUQUA KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
RBLLocal storm report, May 10, 4:44 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
444 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TSTM WND GST PARSONS TRI CITY AIRPOR 37.33N 95.52W
05/10/2008 M70.00 MPH MONTGOMERY KS ASOS
MEASURED GUST AT THE AIRPORT.
&&
CDBSpecial weather statement, May 10, 4:52 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 452 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 KSZ053-102215- CHASE- 452 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CHASE COUNTY... AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 43 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE KANSAS TURNPIKE...EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF BAZAAR. DARMOFAL
Local storm report, May 10, 5:15 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
515 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0442 PM HAIL DENNIS 37.35N 95.42W
05/10/2008 E1.00 INCH LABETTE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
RBLLocal storm report, May 10, 5:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
519 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0519 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 SW OSWEGO 37.15N 95.14W
05/10/2008 LABETTE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JMBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:54 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 24 hr |
| May 10, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 49 min |
| May 10, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 36 min |
| May 10, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 46 min |
| May 10, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson | 45 min |
| May 10, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 54 min |
| May 10, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 25 min |
| May 10, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 59 min |
| May 10, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 21 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.