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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Wichita, KS

May 25, 2008Harvey County, Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 8:54 PM CDT for Harvey County, Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2008, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 9:07 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Walton, 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, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 260154
TORICT
KSC079-115-260230-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0032.080526T0154Z-080526T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.

* AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOESSEL...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
  NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  GOESSEL...WALTON.

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 400 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3811 9738 3817 9738 3817 9736 3826 9736
      3827 9736 3824 9713 3808 9713 3808 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 278DEG 32KT 3819 9731

$$

KRC

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 260208
SVSICT

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

KSC079-115-260230-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080526T0230Z/
MARION KS-HARVEY KS-
908 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HARVEY AND
SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 907 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALTON...OR 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HARVEY
AND SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES.

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 400 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3811 9738 3817 9738 3817 9736 3826 9736
      3827 9736 3824 9713 3808 9713 3808 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 278DEG 32KT 3817 9715

$$

ES

000 
WWUS53 KICT 260223
SVSICT

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

KSC079-115-260233-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080526T0230Z/
MARION KS-HARVEY KS-
923 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARVEY AND SOUTHWESTERN
MARION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT...

AT 918 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. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN...OR A WARNING ISSUED.

LAT...LON 3811 9738 3817 9738 3817 9736 3826 9736
      3827 9736 3824 9713 3808 9713 3808 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 278DEG 32KT 3815 9698

$$

ES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Saline	30 min
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, 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

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.