Memorial Day Weekend Outbreak 2008

[Melissa]

Tornado Warning

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
908 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

KSC079-115-260230-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080526T0230Z/
MARION KS-HARVEY KS-
908 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HARVEY AND
SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 907 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALTON...OR 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HARVEY
AND SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3811 9738 3817 9738 3817 9736 3826 9736
3827 9736 3824 9713 3808 9713 3808 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 278DEG 32KT 3817 9715

[awilson]

BREAKING NEWS: 6 dead in Iowa - 5 in Parkersburg, 1 in New Hartford

Unconfirmed as of yet; news conference to be held in approximately five minutes.

[Melissa]

Severe Weather Statement

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
908 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

KSC079-115-260230-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080526T0230Z/
MARION KS-HARVEY KS-
908 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HARVEY AND
SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 907 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALTON...OR 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HARVEY
AND SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3811 9738 3817 9738 3817 9736 3826 9736
3827 9736 3824 9713 3808 9713 3808 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 278DEG 32KT 3817 9715

[Cyclenall]

Parkersburg video: looks like Greensburg

Link?

http://www.kcrg.com/news/streaming/1047 ... eo=pop&t=a

That's an excellent live link, but I was looking for damage and a tornado video. I might have to check YouTube or somewhere else.

This wikipedia disambiguation page needs to be updated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2008_tornado_outbreak

[awilson]

http://www.kcrg.com/news/streaming/1047 ... eo=pop&t=a
That's an excellent live link, but I was looking for damage and a tornado video. I might have to check YouTube or somewhere else.

This wikipedia disambiguation page needs to be updated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2008_tornado_outbreak

All footage on Iowa stations is coming from WHO-TV, and their video is online at http://www.whotv.com. (No tornado footage has surfaced yet, though.)

[CrazyC83]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1036
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0923 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...WI...IA...NRN IL

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 367...368...

VALID 260223Z - 260330Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 367...368...CONTINUES.

PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG THREE DISTINCT QLCS/S.
1) IN A W/E-ORIENTATION ACROSS CNTRL WI...2) IN A W/E ORIENTATION
ACROSS CNTRL IA INTO SRN WI...AND 3) IN A N/S ORIENTATION ACROSS
SWRN IA. EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WITHIN EACH LINE WILL CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES
WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY INVOF THE SRN TWO LINES WHERE A
RESERVOIR OF MIDDLE 60S TO LOWER 70S SURFACE DEW POINTS FROM SRN IA
INTO NRN IL WILL SUPPORT EFFECTIVE PARCELS ROOTED NEAR THE SURFACE.

FARTHER N...OUTFLOW/GUST FRONT HAS VISIBLY SURGED OUT AHEAD OF
CLUSTER ACROSS CNTRL WI. VEERING LOW-LEVEL WINDS AS EVIDENCED IN
AREA VAD PROFILERS IN RESPONSE TO EWD TRANSLATION OF MID-LEVEL WAVE
AND MORE SUBSTANTIAL BOUNDARY LAYER COOLING SHOULD MITIGATE A MORE
WIDESPREAD SEVERE THREAT WITHIN THIS REGION.

..GRAMS.. 05/26/2008


ATTN...WFO...GRB...LOT...MKX...DVN...ARX...DMX...EAX...

42448765 41738866 41219060 40599233 40559392 40649471
41319447 42169310 42839164 43089088 43659059 44039053
44349040 44618937 45158877 45168823 44948778 44408752

[CrazyC83]

Now 7 reported dead...

[CrazyC83]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1037
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0929 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS TX PANHANDLE...WRN/NRN OK...S-CENTRAL KS.

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 365...

VALID 260229Z - 260430Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 365 CONTINUES.

MOST INTENSE PORTION OF MCS -- WHICH HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL REPORTS OF
SVR WIND AND ACCOMPANYING DAMAGE OVER CENTRAL/NRN TX PANHANDLE --
SHOULD PERSIST AS IT MOVES EWD ACROSS ERN PANHANDLE INTO PORTIONS
WRN OK. ADDITIONALLY...SRN PORTION OF INTENSIFYING KS SQUALL LINE
-- BACKBUILDING INTO OK -- ALSO POSES SOME SVR THREAT...AND MAY
BUILD SWWD INTO PANHANDLE MCS AS LATTER MOVES EWD. PRIMARY CONCERN
NOW IS DAMAGING WIND...WITH LARGEST HAIL POTENTIAL IN ANY EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS. PER COORDINATION W/AMA/DDC...COUNTIES OVER NRN/WRN
PANHANDLES AND SW KS BEHIND MCS ARE CLEARED FROM WW.

PRECONVECTIVE AIR MASS ACROSS DISCUSSION AREA WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE
FOR SVR...DESPITE GRADUAL DIABATIC COOLING NEAR SFC. THAT EFFECT
WILL BE OFFSET SOMEWHAT BY MOIST ADVECTION...WITH MID 60S TO LOW 70S
DEW POINTS COMMON UPSTREAM OVER RED RIVER REGION AND PORTIONS SW OK.
STABLE LAYER NEAR SFC WILL BE SHALLOW...AND LIKELY PENETRABLE BY
STG-SVR GUSTS. MLCAPES 2000-2500 J/KG EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR
MAGNITUDES 35-45 KT ACROSS THIS REGION SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR
CONTINUED SVR ORGANIZATION WITH ACTIVITY...AS IT MOVED EWD INTO
WARM/MOIST SECTOR. ALIGNMENT OF MIDLEVEL AND MEAN WIND VECTORS WILL
REMAIN NEARLY NORMAL TO THAT OF MCS AS WELL. BOW/LEWP DEVELOPMENT
APPEARS POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD CONCENTRATE DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL
IN LOCALIZED CORRIDORS.

..EDWARDS.. 05/26/2008


ATTN...WFO...TSA...ICT...OUN...DDC...LUB...AMA...

34910176 36190128 36259966 37109895 38179867 37929840
36979840 36949603 35379779 34660009

[CrazyC83]

SEL0

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 370
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
930 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL ILLINOIS
EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 930 PM UNTIL
200 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF SALEM ILLINOIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SCOTT AFB
ILLINOIS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 364. WATCH NUMBER 364 WILL NOT
BE IN EFFECT AFTER 930 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 362...WW 365...WW
366...WW 367...WW 368...WW 369...

DISCUSSION...STRONG TO POSSIBLY SVR TSTMS MAY PERSIST THIS EVENING
AS MCV IN E CNTRL MO OVERSPREADS SLOWLY-MOVING WARM FRONT NOW
LOCATED ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO AND JUST E OF THE MS RVR IN WRN IL.
MAIN SVR THREAT SHOULD BE LCLY DMGG WIND FROM WET MICROBURSTS...IN
ADDITION TO MARGINALLY SVR HAIL AND PERHAPS AN ISOLD TORNADO.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 27020.


...CORFIDI

[awilson]

What are you watching/reading to get your stats? KWWL refuses to confirm anything beyond the two reported by Parkersburg/Allen Hospital.

[CrazyC83]

What are you watching/reading to get your stats? KWWL refuses to confirm anything beyond the two reported by Parkersburg/Allen Hospital.

KCRG reports.

[Cyclenall]

How many confirmed reports of tornadoes for this day?

[CrazyC83]

How many confirmed reports of tornadoes for this day?

37 reports on the SPC site; no ratings have been given yet.

[CrazyC83]

Supercells trying to redevelop in central Iowa.

[Gorky]

Just to correct what Matt said, An EF-5 tornado can be assigned based on damage to 1 and 2 family residences and chances are, a few of them were hit in the Parkersburg area. If you are using Wikipedia for your DOD's, they are outdated, despite being taken from the SPC site. Also, Greensburg was rated EF5 partly on the damage to the school, and that had ground floor level walls standing in most places.

I can't find a link to the revised DOD's but again, the ones on wikipedia were as created when the EF-scale was first proposed and they have been revised since. I'm not saying that tornado will be an EF-5 but chances are it did affect buildings which can be assigned that rating if the damage is enough.

[Sanibel]

House destroying tornado north of St Paul Minnesota.

[wbug1]

damage in area

http://www.whotv.com/global/story.asp?s=8378124



0240 85 WINTERSET MADISON IA 4134 9402 WIND GUSTS OF 85 MPH REPORTED IN WINTERSET, IA. (DMX)

[CrazyC83]

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
IAC099-123-125-260345-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0085.080526T0303Z-080526T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1003 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
WESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.

* AT 1002 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWAN TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MELCHER-DALLAS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF DES
MOINES TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING EAST AT 54
MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SWAN...PLEASANTVILLE AND MELCHER-DALLAS BY 1010 PM CDT...
COLFAX AND PRAIRIE CITY BY 1015 PM CDT...
KNOXVILLE AIRPORT...MONROE AND KNOXVILLE BY 1020 PM CDT...
NEWTON AND LAMBS GROVE BY 1025 PM CDT...

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A
MOBILE HOME...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. SEVERE
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN SOUND LIKE A TORNADO...AND PRODUCE SIMILAR
DAMAGE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WITH 80
MPH WINDS REPORTED.

LAT...LON 4116 9288 4116 9332 4176 9333 4186 9321
4187 9297 4186 9278 4160 9277 4138 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 257DEG 47KT 4159 9345 4118 9337

$$

JUNGBLUTH

[RL3AO]

One dead in Minnesota.

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S455630.shtml?cat=1

[CrazyC83]

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1020 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

IAC099-123-125-260345-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-080526T0345Z/
JASPER IA-MAHASKA IA-MARION IA-
1020 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR MARION...WESTERN MAHASKA AND JASPER COUNTIES...

AT 1018 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM REASNOR TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MELCHER-DALLAS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 26 MILES EAST OF DES
MOINES TO 37 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 58 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
NEWTON AIRPORT...NEWTON...REASNOR AND MARYSVILLE BY 1025 PM CDT...
KELLOGG...PELLA AIRPORT...PELLA AND HARVEY BY 1030 PM CDT...
OAKLAND ACRES AND SULLY BY 1035 PM CDT...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION GO TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
THE WARNING AREA. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4116 9288 4116 9332 4176 9333 4186 9321
4187 9297 4186 9278 4160 9277 4138 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 254DEG 50KT 4163 9307 4119 9310

$$

JUNGBLUTH