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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS

May 1, 2008Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2008, 8:08 PM CDT for Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 5 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 1, 2008, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Allen County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
May 1, 8:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Humboldt, KS
May 1, 8:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Petrolia, KS
May 1, 8:21 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 S Humboldt, KS
May 1, 8:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Humboldt, KS
May 1, 8:54 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	6 E Iola, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	146 days
May 1, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 020108
TORICT
KSC001-133-020200-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0005.080502T0108Z-080502T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
808 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
  ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* AT 806 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHANUTE AIRPORT...OR NEAR
  CHANUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CHANUTE...ELSMORE...GAS...HUMBOLDT...LA HARPE...MILDRED...MORAN...
  PETROLIA...SAVONBURG...CHANUTE AIRPORT...IOLA AIRPORT.

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 3773 9508 3765 9552 3775 9552 3803 9530
      3803 9507 3802 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 232DEG 26KT 3771 9553

$$

DARMOFAL

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 020118
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
818 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

KSC001-133-020200-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080502T0200Z/
ALLEN KS-NEOSHO KS-
818 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEOSHO AND ALLEN
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PETROLIA...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF CHANUTE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA HARPE BY 840 PM CDT.
  NEAR MORAN BY 850 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF PETROLIA...IOLA AIRPORT AND ELSMORE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH
OF THIS TORNADO.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 9508 3765 9552 3775 9552 3803 9530
      3803 9507 3802 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 238DEG 28KT 3776 9542

$$

DARMOFAL

000 
WWUS53 KICT 020124
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
823 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

KSC001-133-020200-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080502T0200Z/
ALLEN KS-NEOSHO KS-
823 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEOSHO AND ALLEN
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 819 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 
THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HUMBOLDT...OR 8 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA HARPE BY 835 PM CDT.
  NEAR MORAN BY 850 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF IOLA AIRPORT AND ELSMORE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO.

A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR HUMBOLDT AT 821 PM.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 9508 3765 9552 3775 9552 3803 9530
      3803 9507 3802 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 238DEG 28KT 3779 9536

$$

DARMOFAL

000 
WWUS53 KICT 020135
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
835 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

KSC133-020145-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080502T0200Z/
NEOSHO KS-
835 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 833 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 UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 9508 3773 9552 3775 9552 3803 9530
      3803 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 238DEG 28KT 3782 9526

$$

KSC001-020200-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080502T0200Z/
ALLEN KS-
835 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALLEN COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM
CDT...

AT 833 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF ELSMORE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF IOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR MORAN BY 850 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF ELSMORE IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 9508 3773 9552 3775 9552 3803 9530
      3803 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 238DEG 28KT 3782 9526

$$

DARMOFAL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 1, 3:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
323 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN REVOLVES AROUND SEVERE CHANCES OVERNIGHT.

SYNOPSIS:
CURRENTLY HAVE A STRONG UPPER WAVE DIVING ACROSS SOUTHERN
CO/NORTHERN NM. VIS SATELLITE SHOWING SOME CU DEVELOPING OVER FAR
WESTERN KS AS THE LEADING EDGE OF COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPS START TO
OVERSPREAD THE AREA. AT THE SURFACE LOOSE DRY LINE IS SITUATED ALONG
A EMP TO WLD LINE WITH A SURFACE LOW OVER EASTERN NE AND ANOTHER ONE
TAKING SHAPE OVER THE OK PANHANDLE WHERE SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS HAVE
BEEN MAXIMIZED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS.

TONIGHT:
DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY WORK EAST THROUGH 00Z FRI AS STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE MOISTURE ACROSS SE KS. IT LOOKS
LIKE THE RUC...GFS AND NAM ARE STILL OVERDOING THE SURFACE DEWPOINTS
ACROSS SE KS WITH MOST SHOWING BETWEEN 65-68 DEGREES...WITH 62-64
MORE REALISTIC. AS EXPECTED THE CAP IS CURRENTLY HOLDING STRONG BUT
WILL START TO ERODE QUICKLY AS THE COOLER MID LEVEL AIR OVERSPREADS
THE DRYLINE. MODELS ARE STILL BACKING THE SURFACE WINDS AROUND 00Z
AS PRESSURE FALLS CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. THE
IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR THE FIRST PART OF THIS PERIOD IS WHETHER
THERE WILL BE ENOUGH CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT/DRYLINE TO INITIATE
STORMS BEFORE DARK. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT AN HOUR EITHER SIDE
OF 00Z WOULD BE THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR STORMS TO DEVELOP PRIOR TO
DARK. ONE DIFFERENCE WITH THE LATEST MODEL RUNS AND WHAT IS
OCCURRING...IS THAT THE SURFACE BOUNDARY IS ORIENTED MORE NE TO SW
WHICH MEANS THAT IT WILL BE EASIER TO GET CONVERGENCE ALONG THE
BOUNDARY SINCE BACKED WINDS WILL NOT BE NEEDED. OBVIOUSLY ANY STORMS
THAT FIRE BEFORE DARK WILL QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE.

MODELS CONTINUE TO BACK THE DRYLINE WEST AFTER 00Z AS THE SURFACE
LOW TRACKS INTO NORTH CENTRAL OK. IF STORMS DO NOT DEVELOP BEFORE
DARK...THEY WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AFTER 03Z AS THE SYNOPTIC BOUNDARY
CATCHES UP WITH THE DRYLINE WHICH WILL ALSO COINCIDES WITH THE
BETTER UPPER DYNAMICS GETTING INTO THE AREA. THE STORMS AFTER DARK
WILL BE MORE LINEAR IN NATURE BUT WILL STILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE AT
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

FRI-SUN:
BY 18Z FRI THE UPPER LOW WILL BE LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NE/NORTH
CENTRAL NE. THIS WILL PLACE MOST OF NORTHERN KS IN A PRIME AREA FOR
HIGH NW WINDS AND CURRENTLY HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT A WIND
ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED FOR OUR CENTRAL KS COUNTIES FRI AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER AFTER COORDINATING WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES...FEEL IT WOULD
BE CONFUSING GOING WITH AN NPW NOW...CONSIDERING DDC HAS A WIND
ADVISORY OUT FOR EARLY THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL HEADLINES LIKELY
OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE WILL BRIEF THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT ON THE SITUATION
AND LET THEM ISSUE. CONTINUED WITH SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE FORECAST AREA FOR FRI INTO FRI NIGHT GIVEN THE PROXIMITY TO THE
UPPER LOW. HOWEVER NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING TOO WIDESPREAD.

THE MAIN WEATHER STORY OVER THE WEEKEND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE
UNSEASONABLY COOL MORNING TEMPERATURES WITH 30S LIKELY FOR THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR BOTH SAT AND SUN MORNING AS
THE UPPER WAVE PUSHES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.

MON-THU:
DID NOT MAKE TOO MANY CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST THROUGH THESE
PERIODS. BOTH ECMWF AND GFS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE ANOTHER SHORTWAVE
TRACKING INTO THE DESERT SW ON MON AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS FOR
WED INTO THU. THIS WILL ALLOW RETURN FLOW TO SETUP ACROSS THE PLAINS
FOR MON INTO TUE. THERE WILL LIKELY BE TWO MODES OF PRECIP CHANCES
THROUGH THESE PERIODS...ONE WITH THE INITIAL MOISTURE SURGE AND THE
OTHER WHEN THE UPPER DYNAMICS LIFT OUT. FOR NOW WILL NOT GET TOO
CUTE AND WILL INCREASE POPS SLOWLY FROM MON NIGHT INTO WED.

LAWSON

&&

.AVIATION...18Z TAF ISSUANCE
THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL BE

****ERROR: INCOMPLETE DATA

  39  64 /  50  10  10  10
RUSSELL         40  56  35  60 /  20  40  30  10
GREAT BEND      41  56  36  63 /  20  30  20   0
SALINA          47  58  35  62 /  20  30  30  10
MCPHERSON       47  60  37  62 /  20  20  20  10
COFFEYVILLE     58  69  42  63 /  80  20  10  10
CHANUTE         56  67  41  59 /  80  20  20  10
IOLA            56  67  41  59 /  80  20  20  10
PARSONS-KPPF    57  69  42  61 /  80  20  10  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 3:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
348 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-021015-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
348 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY
DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS PRIOR TO
SUNSET WILL HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF BECOMING SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL AND TORNADOES THE MAIN THREATS.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE AFTER DARK AS A COLD FRONT
OVERTAKES THE RETREATING DRYLINE. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP INTO A LINE AND AFFECT LOCATIONS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE
KANSAS TURNPIKE. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF
BECOMING SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE
REQUIRED.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL START TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS THROUGH THIS TIME
FRAME WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONG.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

COX/JMC/LAWSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 7:38 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
738 PM CDT THU MAY 01 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0738 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     FREDONIA                37.53N 95.82W
05/01/2008                   WILSON             KS   STORM CHASER

&&

LFW

Local storm report, May 1, 7:40 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
740 PM CDT THU MAY 01 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0737 PM     HAIL             3 NW FREDONIA           37.56N 95.86W
05/01/2008  E1.75 INCH       WILSON             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

LFW

Local storm report, May 1, 7:46 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
746 PM CDT THU MAY 01 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0735 PM     TORNADO          3 SW FREDONIA           37.50N 95.86W
05/01/2008                   WILSON             KS   STORM CHASER

            BREIF TOUCH DOWN IN OPEN FEILD.

&&

LFW

Local storm report, May 1, 7:47 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
747 PM CDT THU MAY 01 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0743 PM     HAIL             2 S BENEDICT            37.60N 95.74W
05/01/2008  E2.50 INCH       WILSON             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

LFW

Local storm report, May 1, 7:51 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
751 PM CDT THU MAY 01 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0748 PM     HAIL             1 E MOLINE              37.36N 96.28W
05/01/2008  E1.00 INCH       ELK                KS   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

LFW

Local storm report, May 1, 8:00 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
800 PM CDT THU MAY 01 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0755 PM     HAIL             1 E MOLINE              37.36N 96.28W
05/01/2008  E1.25 INCH       ELK                KS   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

LFW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Wilson	41 min
May 1, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Wilson, Woodson	37 min
May 1, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	57 min
May 1, 7:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood, Wilson	6 hr
May 1, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Wilson	38 min
May 1, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson	60 min
May 1, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	52 min
May 1, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	46 min
May 1, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Wilson	34 min
May 1, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Neosho	34 min
May 1, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson	45 min
May 1, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Allen	45 min
May 1, 9:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Wilson	38 min
May 1, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	44 min
May 1, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Neosho	37 min
May 1, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Allen	32 min
May 1, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Woodson	23 min
May 1, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Allen	30 min
May 1, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick	57 min
May 1, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner	56 min
May 1, 10:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Wilson, Woodson	4 hr
May 1, 11:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	2 hr
May 1, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	55 min
May 1, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Greenwood, Sedgwick, Sumner	60 min
May 1, 11:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chase	56 min
May 1, 11:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Greenwood	41 min
May 1, 11:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	2 hr
May 2, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	42 min
May 2, 12:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	4 hr
May 2, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	39 min
May 2, 2:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	3 hr
May 2, 4:04 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Barton, Butler, Chase, Ellsworth, Greenwood, Harper and 11 more	18 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.