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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Wichita, KS

July 9, 2008Chase County, Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2008, 4:25 PM CDT for Chase County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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: Jul 9, 2008, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chase County, KS, Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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: 662 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 6 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 092127
TORICT
KSC017-073-092200-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0060.080709T2125Z-080709T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
425 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
  EASTERN CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

* AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF MADISON...OR 18 
  MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

  ANOTHER STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A BRIEF
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE...OR
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAZAAR.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MADISON AND TRAVELERS ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE
  BETWEEN MILE POSTS 108 AND 115.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND
SHELTER. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH...CULVERT OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3805 9614 3816 9645 3831 9651 3827 9633
      3818 9634 3818 9633 3818 9614 3816 9613
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 108DEG 1KT 3816 9626

$$

DARMOFAL

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 092136
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
435 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008

KSC073-092145-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-080709T2200Z/
GREENWOOD KS-
435 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008

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

AT 433 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 3816 9635 3816 9645 3831 9651 3827 9634
      3825 9634 3824 9633 3817 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 134DEG 2KT 3824 9645

$$

KSC017-092200-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-080709T2200Z/
CHASE KS-
435 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CHASE COUNTY UNTIL
500 PM CDT...

AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY...OR 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 3 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CHASE COUNTY
INCLUDING AREAS BETWEEN BAZAAR AND THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. 

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS 
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 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.

LAT...LON 3816 9635 3816 9645 3831 9651 3827 9634
      3825 9634 3824 9633 3817 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 134DEG 2KT 3824 9645

$$

DARMOFAL

000 
WWUS53 KICT 092143
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
441 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008

KSC017-092200-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-080709T2200Z/
CHASE KS-
441 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CHASE COUNTY UNTIL
500 PM CDT...

AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY...OR 7 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD FALLS.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING 
VERY SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 4 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CHASE
COUNTY.

AT 440 PM...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
COTTONWOOD FALLS.

LAT...LON 3816 9635 3816 9645 3831 9651 3827 9634
      3825 9634 3824 9633 3817 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 126DEG 1KT 3828 9649

$$

DARMOFAL

000 
WWUS53 KICT 092155
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
453 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008

KSC017-092203-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-080709T2200Z/
CHASE KS-
453 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CHASE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM
CDT...

AT 451 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED.

A WEAK FUNNEL IS STILL POSSIBLE...HOWEVER THE RISK FOR DAMAGE FROM
A TOUCHDOWN HAS DIMINISHED FOR THE TIME BEING.

HOWEVER REMAIN ALERT...AS ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD DEVELOP AND 
HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF TORNADOES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON.

LAT...LON 3816 9635 3816 9645 3831 9651 3827 9634
      3825 9634 3824 9633 3817 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 126DEG 1KT 3828 9649

$$

DARMOFAL

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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.