Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2008, 11:42 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 5 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, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2008, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Reno County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 11:47 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Arlington, KS | FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH AND WEST OF ARLINGTON...POSSIBLE TOUCH DOWN |
| May 23, 11:53 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Partridge, KS | WALL CLOUD JUST TO THE WEST...SEVERAL RAGGED APPENDAGES HANGING FROM THE WALL CLOUD. |
| May 23, 11:56 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 E Abbyville, KS | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL 2 EAST OF ABBYVILLE ON HIGHWAY 50 |
| May 24, 12:05 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | South Hutchinson, KS | WALL CLOUD IS 2 MILES NW OF ELMER. |
| May 24, 12:11 AM CDT | TORNADO | 4 E Partridge, KS | BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. |
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 | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 240442 TORICT KSC155-240515- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0020.080524T0442Z-080524T0515Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1142 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS REISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT. * AT 1138 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARLINGTON...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ABBYVILLE...ARLINGTON...BUHLER...HUTCHINSON...NICKERSON... PARTRIDGE...PLEVNA...SOUTH HUTCHINSON...WILLOWBROOK...HUTCHINSON AIRPORT. 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. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3776 9819 3792 9842 3816 9820 3816 9770 TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 225DEG 37KT 3792 9822 $$ ES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 240448 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1146 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 KSC155-240515- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080524T0515Z/ RENO KS- 1146 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RENO COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM CDT... AT 1147 PM CDT...RENO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ARLINGTON. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ARLINGTON...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 43 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. THE TORNADO WILL BE... 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOUTH HUTCHINSON BY 1205 AM CDT. 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON BY 1210 AM CDT. THE TOWNS OF WILLOWBROOK AND HUTCHINSON AIRPORT ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3776 9819 3792 9842 3816 9820 3816 9770 TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 225DEG 37KT 3795 9818 $$ BOWMAN
000 WWUS53 KICT 240459 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1158 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 KSC155-240515- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080524T0515Z/ RENO KS- 1158 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RENO COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM CDT... AT 1156 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PARTRIDGE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE... NEAR PARTRIDGE BY 1205 AM CDT. NEAR SOUTH HUTCHINSON BY 1215 AM CDT. STORM CHASER TRACKING THIS STORM WERE REPORTING A WALL CLOUD OVER PARTRIDGE. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. 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 3776 9819 3792 9842 3816 9820 3816 9770 TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 230DEG 22KT 3794 9812 $$ 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, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 54 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 |
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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.