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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Wichita, KS

May 25, 2008Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 9:59 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2008, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Reno County, KS

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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 2648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 5.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 260259
TORICT
KSC155-260330-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0033.080526T0259Z-080526T0330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.

* AT 958 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRETTY PRAIRIE...OR 12 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF KINGMAN...MOVING EAST AT 51 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  HAVEN...PRETTY PRAIRIE...CHENEY LAKE.

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 3796 9770 3774 9771 3774 9805 3784 9810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 270DEG 44KT 3777 9794

$$

KRC

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 260315
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1015 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

KSC155-260330-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080526T0330Z/
RENO KS-
1015 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY
UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 1014 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHENEY LAKE...OR 21 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN
WICHITA...MOVING EAST AT 51 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN RENO
COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3774 9783 3774 9792 3788 9799 3796 9770
      3784 9771 3783 9771 3774 9771 3774 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 270DEG 44KT 3777 9769

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KICT 260322
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1023 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

KSC155-260333-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080526T0330Z/
RENO KS-
1023 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1030 PM CDT...

AT 1019 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 400 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3774 9783 3774 9792 3788 9799 3796 9770
      3784 9771 3783 9771 3774 9771 3774 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 270DEG 44KT 3777 9757

$$

SCHRECK

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, 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, 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.