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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 11:47 PM CDT for Elk County, Greenwood 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, 11:47 PM CDT (04:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2008, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Elk County, KS, Greenwood 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 260447 TORICT KSC049-073-260545- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0036.080526T0447Z-080526T0545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1147 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOUTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT. * AT 1143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF PIEDMONT...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... CLIMAX...FALL RIVER...PIEDMONT...SEVERY. 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 3754 9651 3777 9652 3776 9595 3748 9596 TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 280DEG 32KT 3767 9657 $$ KRC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 260501 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1201 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 KSC049-073-260545- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080526T0545Z/ GREENWOOD KS-ELK KS- 1201 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ELK AND SOUTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT... AT MIDNIGHT CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PIEDMONT...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUREKA...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE... NEAR SEVERY BY 1220 AM CDT. NEAR FALL RIVER BY 1235 AM CDT. THE TOWN OF PIEDMONT IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3754 9651 3777 9652 3776 9595 3748 9596 TIME...MOT...LOC 0501Z 280DEG 32KT 3765 9642 $$ SCHRECK
000 WWUS53 KICT 260515 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1213 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 KSC049-073-260523- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080526T0545Z/ GREENWOOD KS-ELK KS- 1213 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ELK AND SOUTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1211 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER POSE A THREAT OF TORNADOES. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 1245 AM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3754 9651 3777 9652 3776 9595 3748 9596 TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 280DEG 32KT 1985 13078 $$ KRC
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, 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 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.