Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2008, 9:07 PM CDT for Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2008, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wilson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 W Chanute, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 020207 TORICT KSC205-020245- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0009.080502T0207Z-080502T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 907 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 945 PM CDT. * AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FREDONIA...OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ALTOONA...BENEDICT...FREDONIA. 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 9552 3749 9552 3745 9585 3759 9585 TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 241DEG 25KT 3753 9577 $$ DARMOFAL
3 follow-up statements
000 WFUS53 KICT 020208 CCA TORICT KSC205-020245- /O.COR.KICT.TO.W.0009.080502T0207Z-080502T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 907 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 945 PM CDT. * AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FREDONIA...OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ALTOONA...BENEDICT...FREDONIA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE. THIS REPLACES AND EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST WILSON COUNTY. LAT...LON 3773 9552 3749 9552 3745 9585 3759 9585 TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 241DEG 25KT 3753 9577 $$ DARMOFAL
000 WWUS53 KICT 020218 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 918 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 KSC205-020245- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080502T0245Z/ WILSON KS- 918 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WILSON COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF ALTOONA...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WILSON COUNTY... INCLUDING THE TOWN OF ALTOONA. 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 9552 3749 9552 3745 9585 3759 9585 TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 249DEG 34KT 3758 9566 $$ DARMOFAL
000 WWUS53 KICT 020246 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 946 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 KSC205-020256- /O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080502T0245Z/ WILSON KS- 946 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WILSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 941 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3773 9552 3749 9552 3745 9585 3759 9585 TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 249DEG 34KT 3758 9566 $$ DARMOFAL
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, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 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, 9:31 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.