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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Wichita, KS

June 12, 2008Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2008, 7:13 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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 12, 2008, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2008, 7:35 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Chase County, KS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2008-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2525 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2008-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2525 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
12.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 130013
TORICT
KSC017-130045-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0055.080613T0013Z-080613T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
713 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

* AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAFFORDVILLE...OR NEAR COTTONWOOD
  FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  SAFFORDVILLE...BAZAAR.

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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3817 9656 3852 9652 3852 9635 3851 9633
      3833 9634 3829 9633 3828 9634 3821 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 252DEG 29KT 3838 9642

$$

HOWERTON
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KICT 130035
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
736 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

KSC017-130046-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-080613T0045Z/
CHASE KS-
736 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CHASE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 733 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 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3817 9656 3852 9652 3852 9635 3851 9633
      3833 9634 3829 9633 3828 9634 3821 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 252DEG 29KT 3844 9620

$$

SCHRECK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:09 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMarion3 hr
Jun 12, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick53 min
Jun 12, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase63 min
Jun 12, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner63 min
Jun 12, 8:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick3 hr
Jun 12, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChase, Greenwood58 min
Jun 12, 8:27 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler4 hr
Jun 12, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick34 min
Jun 12, 8:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChase4 hr
Jun 12, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler55 min
Jun 12, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood64 min
Jun 12, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Sedgwick, Sumner59 min
Jun 12, 9:39 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler33 hr
Jun 12, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler60 min
Jun 12, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Elk, Greenwood78 min
Jun 12, 11:02 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTElk, Greenwood6 hr
Jun 12, 11:13 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick3 hr
Jun 12, 11:53 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson9 hr
Jun 13, 2:07 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick11 hr
Jun 13, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper54 min
Jun 13, 2:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTElk, Greenwood10 hr
Jun 13, 2:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTWilson10 hr
Jun 13, 2:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho7 hr
Jun 13, 2:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTNeosho42 hr
Jun 13, 2:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho66 hr
Jun 13, 2:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLabette3 days
Jun 13, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner65 min
Jun 13, 2:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson41 hr
Jun 13, 2:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson3 days
Jun 13, 2:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery4 days
Jun 13, 2:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson41 hr
Jun 13, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner54 min
Jun 13, 4:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley58 min
Jun 13, 4:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Woodson6 hr
Jun 13, 4:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery34 min
Jun 13, 9:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley53 hr
Jun 13, 9:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTCowley19 hr
Jun 13, 9:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSumner19 hr
Jun 13, 9:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTCowley24 hr
Jun 13, 10:28 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Woodson21 hr
Jun 13, 12:03 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTElk, Greenwood31 hr
Jun 13, 12:25 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTWilson20 hr
Jun 13, 12:55 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick6 hr
Jun 13, 1:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMontgomery29 hr
Jun 13, 3:41 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTCowley27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.