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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2008, 7:22 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports 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 26, 2008, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2008, 7:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Turon, KS | |
| May 26, 7:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Turon, 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 26, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 2042 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KICT 270022
TORICT
KSC095-155-270115-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0037.080527T0022Z-080527T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
722 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
SOUTHWESTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.
* AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF CUNNINGHAM...OR 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRESTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CUNNINGHAM...LANGDON...PENALOSA...TURON.
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.
LAT...LON 3781 9848 3782 9849 3785 9848 3795 9820
3760 9815 3759 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 248DEG 17KT 3770 9861
$$
COX2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KICT 270034
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
734 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
KSC095-155-270115-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-080527T0115Z/
RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-
734 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN AND
SOUTHWESTERN RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUNNINGHAM...OR 14 MILES
EAST OF PRATT...MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE...
6 MILES SOUTH OF TURON BY 740 PM CDT.
NEAR PENALOSA BY 750 PM CDT.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3781 9848 3782 9849 3785 9848 3795 9820
3760 9815 3759 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 257DEG 25KT 3771 9847
$$
LAWSON000
WWUS53 KICT 270054
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
754 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
KSC095-155-270104-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-080527T0115Z/
RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-
754 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN RENO
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 748 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER
POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3781 9848 3782 9849 3785 9848 3795 9820
3760 9815 3759 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 257DEG 25KT 3774 9830
$$
LAWSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| May 26, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick | 45 min |
| May 26, 7:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 4 hr |
| May 26, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 56 min |
| May 26, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 33 min |
| May 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 29 min |
| May 26, 8:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 67 hr |
| May 26, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 57 min |
| May 26, 8:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 6 hr |
| May 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 6 hr |
| May 26, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 56 min |
| May 26, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 56 min |
| May 26, 8:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 5 hr |
| May 26, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 62 min |
| May 26, 9:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 70 hr |
| May 26, 9:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 86 min |
| May 26, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 63 min |
| May 26, 9:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| May 26, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 61 min |
| May 26, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 50 min |
| May 26, 10:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 59 min |
| May 26, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 53 min |
| May 26, 10:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 8 hr |
| May 26, 10:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 8 hr |
| May 26, 11:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 8 hr |
| May 26, 11:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 8 hr |
| May 26, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 41 min |
| May 27, 12:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 12 hr |
| May 27, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 8 hr |
| May 27, 12:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 8 hr |
| May 27, 1:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette | 4 hr |
| May 27, 1:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 7 hr |
| May 27, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 31 min |
| May 27, 2:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 7 hr |
| May 27, 2:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 12 hr |
| May 27, 2:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 6 hr |
| May 27, 2:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 7 hr |
| May 27, 2:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 52 hr |
| May 27, 2:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 47 hr |
| May 27, 3:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 41 hr |
| May 27, 3:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 35 hr |
| May 27, 3:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 51 hr |
| May 27, 3:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette | 64 hr |
| May 27, 6:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 5 hr |
| May 27, 6:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 5 hr |
| May 27, 6:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 4 hr |
| May 27, 7:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 7 hr |
| May 27, 7:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Saline | 17 hr |
| May 27, 8:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 5 hr |
| May 27, 8:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 19 hr |
| May 27, 8:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| May 27, 8:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 5 hr |
| May 27, 10:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 4 hr |
| May 27, 11:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 18 hr |
| May 27, 12:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| May 27, 12:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 17 hr |
| May 27, 2:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 17 hr |
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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.