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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Wichita, KS

June 5, 2008Barton County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2008, 2:39 PM CDT for Barton County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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: Jun 5, 2008, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2008, 3:12 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Barton County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 11:47 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 1268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -318 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 367 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 402 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 051938
TORICT
KSC009-159-052015-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0040.080605T1939Z-080605T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
239 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT.

* AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF RAYMOND...OR 17 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CHASE...ELLINWOOD...RAYMOND...SILICA.

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 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3820 9849 3824 9849 3825 9865 3853 9849
      3851 9847 3852 9846 3846 9823 3825 9837
      3818 9844
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 211DEG 48KT 3832 9848

$$

KRC

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 051947
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
247 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

KSC009-159-052015-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080605T2015Z/
BARTON KS-RICE KS-
247 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN RICE AND
SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SILICA...OR 21 MILES EAST OF GREAT
BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN BARTON AND WESTERN RICE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF
SILICA.

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 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3820 9849 3824 9849 3825 9865 3853 9849
      3851 9847 3852 9846 3846 9823 3825 9837
      3818 9844
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 211DEG 48KT 3841 9841

$$

COX

000 
WWUS53 KICT 052012
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
313 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

KSC009-159-052023-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080605T2015Z/
BARTON KS-RICE KS-
313 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN RICE AND SOUTHEASTERN BARTON
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 310 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE
OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN...OR A WARNING ISSUED.

LAT...LON 3820 9849 3824 9849 3825 9865 3853 9849
      3851 9847 3852 9846 3846 9823 3825 9837
      3818 9844
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 211DEG 48KT 3871 9818

$$

COX

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	64 min
Jun 5, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Russell	33 min
Jun 5, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	56 min
Jun 5, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	53 min
Jun 5, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Russell	10 min
Jun 5, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Russell	27 min
Jun 5, 2:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	5 hr
Jun 5, 2:21 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	14 hr
Jun 5, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell	66 min
Jun 5, 2:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	36 min
Jun 5, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	63 min
Jun 5, 3:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	34 min
Jun 5, 3:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Reno, Rice	53 min
Jun 5, 3:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	56 min
Jun 5, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	31 min
Jun 5, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Saline	52 min
Jun 5, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	46 min
Jun 5, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	38 min
Jun 5, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	57 min
Jun 5, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	43 min
Jun 5, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	56 min
Jun 5, 5:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	2 hr
Jun 5, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	53 min
Jun 5, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick	58 min
Jun 5, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	21 min
Jun 5, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner	62 min
Jun 5, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Marion	35 min
Jun 5, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	58 min
Jun 5, 6:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.