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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Wichita, KS

May 25, 2008Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2008, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 1985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 3.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 260000
TORICT
KSC169-260030-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0030.080526T0000Z-080526T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

* AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF SALINA...MOVING EAST
  AT 41 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  NEW CAMBRIA...SALINA...SALINA 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.

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

LAT...LON 3896 9773 3896 9737 3895 9735 3879 9735
      3881 9775 3897 9775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 271DEG 36KT 3890 9763

$$

KRC

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 260009
SVSICT

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

KSC169-260030-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080526T0030Z/
SALINE KS-
709 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW CAMBRIA...OR NEAR SALINA...MOVING EAST
AT 41 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN SALINE
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF NEW CAMBRIA.

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

LAT...LON 3896 9773 3896 9737 3895 9735 3879 9735
      3881 9775 3897 9775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 271DEG 36KT 3887 9753

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 260016
SVSICT

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

KSC169-260030-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080526T0030Z/
SALINE KS-
716 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW CAMBRIA...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SALINA...MOVING EAST AT 41 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN SALINE
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF NEW CAMBRIA.

AT 715 PM...STORM SPOTTERS WERE REPORTING A ROTATING WALL CLOUD 
NORTH OF SALINA. 

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

LAT...LON 3896 9773 3896 9737 3895 9735 3879 9735
      3881 9775 3897 9775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 271DEG 36KT 3888 9744

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 260025
SVSICT

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

KSC169-260035-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080526T0030Z/
SALINE KS-
725 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
730 PM CDT...

AT 723 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 3896 9773 3896 9737 3895 9735 3879 9735
      3881 9775 3897 9775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 260DEG 37KT 3893 9737

$$

KETCHAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	43 min
May 25, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	91 min
May 25, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	51 min
May 25, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	45 min
May 25, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	65 min
May 25, 7:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, McPherson, Reno, Rice, Saline	3 hr
May 25, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	59 min
May 25, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson	19 min
May 25, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harvey, Marion	36 min
May 25, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	85 min
May 25, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	55 min
May 25, 9:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Reno	31 min
May 25, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	55 min
May 25, 10:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	8 hr
May 25, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	39 min
May 25, 10:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Saline	8 hr
May 25, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Marion	55 min
May 25, 11:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler	39 min
May 25, 11:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler	28 min
May 25, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Elk, Greenwood	68 min
May 25, 11:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	28 min
May 26, 10:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson	5 hr
May 26, 1:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	7 hr
May 26, 1:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	5 hr
May 26, 1:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Elk	5 hr
May 26, 2:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	43 hr
May 26, 2:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	3 days
May 26, 2:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	4 days
May 26, 2:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	30 hr
May 26, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	38 min
May 26, 3:44 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 6 more	30 hr
May 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	57 min
May 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	5 hr
May 26, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	57 min
May 26, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	51 min
May 26, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	55 min
May 26, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	64 min
May 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	24 min
May 26, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	49 min
May 26, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	42 min
May 26, 5:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	4 hr
May 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	64 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	57 min
May 26, 5:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	4 hr
May 26, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	55 min
May 26, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	42 min
May 26, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	61 min
May 26, 6:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	5 hr
May 26, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.