Memorial Day Weekend Outbreak 2008

[brunota2003]

"No damage in Greensburg. Light damage outside of town. Power still on in Greensburg."

[CrazyC83]

BREAKING NEWS: Greensburg SPARED - power on, no damage yet

[Texas Snowman]

Hays is a city of 20,000 or so, looks to be about 15-20 miles east of Ellis.

Any trajectory cone on the second TVS?

LB

[6SpeedTA95]

Storm just west of Alva in oklahoma has really gotten its poop together.

[Bunkertor]

Jesus guys, check out the storm west of hays, that bastard has two substantial rotations on it.

Seems it will pass.

[6SpeedTA95]

BREAKING NEWS: Greensburg SPARED - power on, no damage yet

WOOOOO thank God.

[Texas Snowman]

Cantore says significant damage in Ellis, KS

[Cyclenall]

For the frist time tonight, CNN just broke in for a few seconds talking about Greensburg maybe getting hit again.

[Bunkertor]

[wbug1]

tornado in fort supply, ok?

10 NE FORT SUPPLY HARPER OK 3667 9945 AMATEUR RADIO AND MEDIA REPORTS (OUN)

[HarlequinBoy]

Storm just west of Alva in oklahoma has really gotten its poop together.

Yeah, I've been watching that one.

[6SpeedTA95]

Looks like an overnight event

wichita could be under the gun

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 341...342...CONTINUES.

...DISCRETE LONG-LIVED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST
NEWD ACROSS CENTRAL KS AND NWRN INTO NRN OK THIS EVENING...

NEW WW WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY 02-03Z TO REPLACE MUCH OF WW 341 AND
EXTEND THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT EWD.

VERY STRONG INSTABILITY EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL OK NWD INTO KS
COMBINED WITH EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR VALUES EXCEEDING 50 KT ACROSS THE
WARM SECTOR WILL MAINTAIN SEVERAL LONG-LIVED DISCRETE TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS MOVING NEWD INTO CENTRAL KS AND THROUGH NWRN OK. SHORT
TERM MODELS INDICATE MID LEVEL WINDS ACROSS OK/KS WILL VEER TO SWLY
THIS EVENING WHICH WILL TEND TO MAINTAIN LIKELIHOOD FOR STORMS TO
REMAIN DISCRETE. 3-HR TRENDS IN OBJECTIVE ANALYSES SHOWED A
DRAMATIC INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL SHEAR AS LOW LEVEL WINDS HAVE
CONTINUED TO BACK AND STRENGTHEN TO 40 KT WITH EFFECTIVE SRH VALUES
NOW RANGING FROM 300-500 M2/S2 ACROSS WRN INTO NRN KS. THESE
KINEMATICS WILL MAINTAIN POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL TORNADOES WITH ANY
DISCRETE STORMS AND LARGE HAIL.

FARTHER WEST...SQUALL LINE HAS EVOLVED ACROSS WRN PART OF WW 341 IN
WRN KS AS THE COLD FRONT HAS CONTINUED TO OVERTAKE THE DRY LINE THIS
EVENING. THIS TREND WILL PERSIST AS STRONG ASCENT ATTENDANT TO
SHORT WAVE TROUGH TRACKING NEWD THROUGH CENTRAL PLAINS SUPPORTS
ADDITIONAL TSTMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT/DRY LINE INTERACTION. GIVEN
DEEP SHEAR VECTORS CROSSING THE SQUALL LINE...EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS LINE OF STORMS.

[RL3AO]

[Texas Snowman]

Second TVS approaching Ellis, Cantore said many are undoubtedly w/out power, and this is the "worst case scenario" for this area.

[CrazyC83]

SEL4

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 344
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
850 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

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

MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 850 PM
UNTIL 400 AM CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 341. WATCH NUMBER 341 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
850 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 342...WW 343...

DISCUSSION...ISOLD SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER CNTRL KS THIS
EVENING AS LLJ STRENGTHENS IN RESPONSE TO NIGHTFALL AND PASSING
SHORTWAVE IMPULSE NOW OVER ERN CO. COUPLED WITH BACKED...VERY
MOIST...NEAR-SFC FLOW...AND SLIGHT TEMPORAL VEERING OF MID-LVL FLOW
WITH PASSAGE OF SHORTWAVE...SETUP COULD SUPPORT ADDITIONAL STRONG
TORNADOES/VERY LARGE HAIL. EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS ALONG WRN KS SQLN
/FORMING ALONG MERGING COLD FRONT-DRY LINE/ MAY ALSO YIELD ISOLD
TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO SVR DOWNBURSTS/HAIL.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...CORFIDI

[RL3AO]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
850 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
EASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
JUST NORTHEAST OF CEDAR BLUFF MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
ANOTHER LARGE AND DAMAGING TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL
ELLIS COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF HAYS.

THE TOWN OF ELLIS IS IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DANGEROUS
TORNADO. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIGA...
ELLIS...
YOCEMENTO...
CATHARINE...
EMMERAM...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN TREGO...ELLIS AND NORTHEASTERN NESS
COUNTIES.

[Category 5]

Someone, somewhere, was watching over Greensburg tonight.

[MiamiensisWx]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
850 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
EASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
JUST NORTHEAST OF CEDAR BLUFF MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
ANOTHER LARGE AND DAMAGING TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL
ELLIS COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF HAYS.

THE TOWN OF ELLIS IS IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DANGEROUS
TORNADO. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIGA...
ELLIS...
YOCEMENTO...
CATHARINE...
EMMERAM...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN TREGO...ELLIS AND NORTHEASTERN NESS
COUNTIES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE!

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

Round 2...

[RL3AO]

[Texas Snowman]

Large, long-tracked twister nearing Plainville according to Cantore.

Second tornado bearing down on Ellis area.

This is bad, really bad for the poor people in this town.

Already significant damage reported and another one may be inbound.