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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

May 25, 2008Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 4:36 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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 25, 2008, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 4:44 PM CDTHAIL 1.753 N Ash Grove, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 359 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-263 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 252136
TORICT
KSC105-252200-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0021.080525T2136Z-080525T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
436 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

* AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ASH GROVE...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ASH GROVE.

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 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3921 9814 3907 9848 3921 9849 3923 9847
      3922 9845 3923 9814 3922 9813
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 233DEG 25KT 3916 9843

$$

KRC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KICT 252144
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
445 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

KSC105-252200-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080525T2200Z/
LINCOLN KS-
445 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN
COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ASH GROVE...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF ASH GROVE.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3921 9814 3907 9848 3921 9849 3923 9847
      3922 9845 3923 9814 3922 9813
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 231DEG 23KT 3919 9840

$$

KETCHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper47 min
May 24, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner51 min
May 24, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper47 min
May 24, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner50 min
May 24, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman63 min
May 25, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Sedgwick, Sumner48 min
May 25, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick59 min
May 25, 2:30 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick4 hr
May 25, 4:31 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler6 hr
May 25, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler51 min
May 25, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler48 min
May 25, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase22 min
May 25, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell63 min
May 25, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell18 min
May 25, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell55 min
May 25, 4:08 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRussell5 hr
May 25, 4:10 PM CDTFlood WatchICTBarton, Chase, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Marion and 3 more11 hr
May 25, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln50 min
May 25, 4:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTRussell5 hr
May 25, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell23 min
May 25, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln27 min
May 25, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Russell55 min
May 25, 5:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLincoln4 hr
May 25, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln59 min
May 25, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell32 min
May 25, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Russell66 min
May 25, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Russell38 min
May 25, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln52 min
May 25, 6:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell4 hr
May 25, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell57 min
May 25, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Russell43 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.