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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Wichita, KS

May 23, 2008Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2008, 10:51 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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 23, 2008, 10:51 PM CDT (03:51 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2008, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:52 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 23, 11:06 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	5 N Arlington, KS	GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL 5 MILES NORTH OF ARLINGTON
May 23, 11:25 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Langdon, KS	FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR LANGDON
May 23, 11:38 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	5 E Sylvia, KS	HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE NEAR PLEVNA
May 23, 11:47 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Arlington, KS	FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH AND WEST OF ARLINGTON...POSSIBLE TOUCH DOWN

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 23, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 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: 2314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 371 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.2
Supercell composite: 14.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 240351
TORICT
KSC095-155-240445-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0019.080524T0351Z-080524T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1051 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHWESTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.

* AT 1047 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CUNNINGHAM...OR 13 MILES EAST OF
  PRATT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ABBYVILLE...ARLINGTON...CUNNINGHAM...LANGDON...PENALOSA...PLEVNA...
  TURON.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE
TORNADO. 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. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES...WHICH
OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3764 9846 3792 9847 3804 9823 3787 9803
      3764 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 224DEG 36KT 3768 9847

$$

ES

6 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 240359
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1059 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC095-155-240445-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080524T0445Z/
RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-
1059 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN AND
SOUTHWESTERN RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1056 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CUNNINGHAM...OR 14 MILES EAST OF 
PRATT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR TURON BY 1110 PM CDT.
  NEAR ARLINGTON BY 1135 PM CDT.
  NEAR ABBYVILLE BY 1140 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF LANGDON AND PLEVNA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

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 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3764 9846 3792 9847 3804 9823 3787 9803
      3764 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 219DEG 29KT 3770 9847

$$

BOWMAN

000 
WWUS53 KICT 240404
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1103 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC095-155-240445-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080524T0445Z/
RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-
1103 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN AND
SOUTHWESTERN RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1101 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  DOPPLER 
RADAR WAS INDICATING VERY STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CUNNINGHAM...OR 16 MILES EAST OF 
PRATT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING TORNADOES IN PRATT COUNTY.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR TURON BY 1110 PM CDT.
  NEAR ARLINGTON BY 1135 PM CDT.
  NEAR ABBYVILLE BY 1140 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF LANGDON AND PLEVNA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

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 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3764 9846 3792 9847 3804 9823 3787 9803
      3764 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 219DEG 29KT 3772 9844

$$

BOWMAN

000 
WWUS53 KICT 240409
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1107 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC095-155-240445-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080524T0445Z/
RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-
1107 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN AND
SOUTHWESTERN RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1105 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO.  DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING VERY STRONG ROTATION 
WITH THIS STORM. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TURON...OR 18 MILES 
EAST OF PRATT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A 
HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR ARLINGTON BY 1135 PM CDT.
  NEAR ABBYVILLE BY 1140 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF LANGDON AND PLEVNA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

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 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3764 9846 3792 9847 3804 9823 3787 9803
      3764 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 219DEG 29KT 3774 9841

$$

BOWMAN

000 
WWUS53 KICT 240417
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1116 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC095-240426-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080524T0445Z/
KINGMAN KS-
1116 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 1114 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 9846 3792 9847 3804 9823 3787 9803
      3774 9821 3774 9822 3772 9823
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 226DEG 31KT 3780 9833

$$

KSC155-240445-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080524T0445Z/
RENO KS-
1116 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN RENO COUNTY
UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO.  DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE INTENSE 
ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TURON...OR 
16 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36 MPH. THIS 
STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES IN PRATT COUNTY.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR ARLINGTON BY 1135 PM CDT.
  NEAR ABBYVILLE BY 1140 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF LANGDON IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

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 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 9846 3792 9847 3804 9823 3787 9803
      3774 9821 3774 9822 3772 9823
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 226DEG 31KT 3780 9833

$$

BOWMAN

000 
WWUS53 KICT 240423
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1122 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC155-240445-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080524T0445Z/
RENO KS-
1122 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN RENO COUNTY
UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LANGDON...OR 16 MILES
NORTHWEST OF KINGMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR 
CONTINUED TO INDICATE INTENSE ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR ARLINGTON BY 1145 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF LANGDON IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

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 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 9846 3792 9847 3804 9823 3787 9803
      3774 9821 3774 9822 3772 9823
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 222DEG 19KT 3781 9833

$$

BOWMAN

000 
WWUS53 KICT 240432
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1131 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC155-240445-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080524T0445Z/
RENO KS-
1131 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN RENO COUNTY
UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1128 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LANGDON...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
KINGMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING 
INTENSE ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR ARLINGTON BY 1145 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF LANGDON AND PLEVNA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

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 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 9846 3792 9847 3804 9823 3787 9803
      3774 9821 3774 9822 3772 9823
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 217DEG 20KT 3784 9830

$$

BOWMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 9:10 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell	3 hr
May 23, 10:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	26 min
May 23, 11:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Reno	33 min
May 24, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice, Sedgwick	62 min
May 24, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	53 min
May 24, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	66 min
May 24, 12:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	4 hr
May 24, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion	57 min
May 24, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	62 min
May 24, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	39 min
May 24, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Elk, Greenwood, Marion	57 min
May 24, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	36 min
May 24, 3:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	3 hr

Nearby

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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.