Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 35, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 11:32 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2008, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Butler 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, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 260432 TORICT KSC015-260500- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0035.080526T0432Z-080526T0500Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1132 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. * AT 1127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEON...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... LEON. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3780 9652 3755 9652 3759 9685 3781 9683 TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 270DEG 32KT 3772 9674 $$ KRC
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 260440 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1140 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 KSC015-260500- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080526T0500Z/ BUTLER KS- 1140 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 1138 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF LEON...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY. DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3780 9652 3755 9652 3759 9685 3781 9683 TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 270DEG 32KT 3772 9665 $$ SCHRECK
000
WWUS53 KICT 260449 RRA
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1150 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
KSC015-260500-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080526T0500Z/
BUTLER KS-
1150 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...
AT 1143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL BUTLER
COUNTY...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY.
DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3757 9667 3781 9667 3780 9652 3758 9652
3755 9653 3755 9654 3756 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 270DEG 32KT 3772 9654
$$
SCHRECK000
WWUS53 KICT 260457
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1158 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
KSC015-260508-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080526T0500Z/
BUTLER KS-
1158 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
MIDNIGHT CDT...
AT 1155 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3757 9667 3781 9667 3780 9652 3758 9652
3755 9653 3755 9654 3756 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 270DEG 32KT 3772 9645
$$
SCHRECKThe 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, 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, 11:37 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.