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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Wichita, KS

July 8, 2008Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2008, 6:27 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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
Jul 8, 2008, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2008, 6:49 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Barton County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 6:27 PM CDTTORNADO7 S Great Bend, KS
Jul 8, 6:29 PM CDTTORNADO2 Sw Great Bend, KSROPE TORNADO REPORTED SOUTH OF GREAT BEND.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 116 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-71 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 082328
TORICT
KSC009-090000-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0059.080708T2327Z-080709T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
627 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* AT 626 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ELLINWOOD...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND...
  MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ELLINWOOD...GREAT BEND.

THE TORNADO IS WEAK IN NATURE AND WILL ONLY PRODUCE A BRIEF 
TOUCHDOWN. 

HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE STORM MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3838 9883 3845 9848 3830 9848 3830 9849
      3826 9848 3825 9883
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 261DEG 15KT 3827 9863

$$

KETCHAM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 082340
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
639 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

KSC009-090000-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080709T0000Z/
BARTON KS-
639 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 635 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF ELLINWOOD...OR 12
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND...MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
BARTON COUNTY.

AT 637 PM...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR THE 
BARTON STAFFORD COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF GREAT BEND. 

LAT...LON 3838 9883 3845 9848 3830 9848 3830 9849
      3826 9848 3825 9883
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 261DEG 15KT 3827 9859

$$

KETCHAM
000 
WWUS53 KICT 082349
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
650 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

KSC009-090000-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080709T0000Z/
BARTON KS-
650 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 644 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.

LAT...LON 3838 9883 3845 9848 3830 9848 3830 9849
      3826 9848 3825 9883
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 261DEG 15KT 3828 9853

$$

KETCHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 2:04 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMarion5 hr
Jul 8, 3:17 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMcPherson, Saline5 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.