Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 4:37 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 min. 2 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 25, 2008, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 4:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 N Lucas, KS | |
| May 25, 4:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 N Lucas, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KICT 252136 RRA
TORICT
KSC167-252200-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0022.080525T2137Z-080525T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
437 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL 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 LURAY...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
RUSSELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH.
* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LUCAS...LURAY...WALDO.
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 3912 9848 3907 9847 3895 9872 3910 9886
3914 9880 3914 9850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 233DEG 25KT 3908 9869
$$
KRC3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KICT 252147
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
447 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
KSC167-252200-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080525T2200Z/
RUSSELL KS-
447 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL
COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LURAY...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF LUCAS.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3912 9848 3907 9847 3895 9872 3910 9886
3914 9880 3914 9850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 233DEG 26KT 3909 9860
$$
KETCHAM000
WWUS53 KICT 252153
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
453 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
KSC167-252200-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080525T2200Z/
RUSSELL KS-
453 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL
COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LUCAS...OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF LUCAS.
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 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3912 9848 3907 9847 3895 9872 3910 9886
3914 9880 3914 9850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 247DEG 25KT 3910 9855
$$
KETCHAM000
WWUS53 KICT 252159
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
500 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
KSC167-252210-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080525T2200Z/
RUSSELL KS-
500 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
AT 456 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3912 9848 3907 9847 3895 9872 3910 9886
3914 9880 3914 9850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 247DEG 25KT 3912 9849
$$
KETCHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 47 min |
| May 24, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 51 min |
| May 24, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 47 min |
| May 24, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 50 min |
| May 24, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 63 min |
| May 25, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner | 48 min |
| May 25, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 59 min |
| May 25, 2:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| May 25, 4:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 6 hr |
| May 25, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 51 min |
| May 25, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 48 min |
| May 25, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 22 min |
| May 25, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 63 min |
| May 25, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 18 min |
| May 25, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 55 min |
| May 25, 4:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Russell | 5 hr |
| May 25, 4:10 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | Barton, Chase, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Marion and 3 more | 11 hr |
| May 25, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 50 min |
| May 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Russell | 5 hr |
| May 25, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 24 min |
| May 25, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 25, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 55 min |
| May 25, 5:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| May 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 59 min |
| May 25, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 32 min |
| May 25, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 66 min |
| May 25, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 52 min |
| May 25, 6:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 4 hr |
| May 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 57 min |
| May 25, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 43 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.