Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Wichita, KS

KS012-017-150845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
236 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES NUMBER 232 AND 233 ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL
300 AM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE EAST HALF OF KANSAS...

AT 230 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS  WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT WEST OF MEDICINE LODGE.

THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS HAVE CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST
AT 35 MILES PER HOUR.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NORTH AND SOUTHWEST
OF CONCORDIA.

IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS A STRONG STORMS THAT SHOULD BE PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS NEAR HUMBOLDT OR 15 MILES NORTH
OF CHANUTE.  NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS AREA.

THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE OR 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WICHITA HAVE INCREASED INTENSITY AND HAVE MOVED TO EAST NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

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KS012-017-150915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
310 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES NUMBER 234 VALID UNTIL 1000 AM
FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 300 AM CDT...A NEW THUNDERSTORM WATCH 234 HAS REPLACED 233, AND
232.  WATCH 234 INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...HARPER, HARVEY, RENO, SEDGWICK, AND SUMNER.  THE CITIES OF
WICHITA, HUTCHINSONl, NEWTON, PRATT, WELLINGTON ARE INCLUDED.
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KS012-017-150945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
335 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES NUMBER 234 VALID UNTIL 1000 AM
FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 330 AM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WERE IN TWO
GROUPS.  THE FIRST WAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM RUSSELL TO SALINA TO
OSAGE CITY.  STRONGEST STORMS WERE SOUTH OF MANHATTAN.

THE SECOND GROUP OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS 25 MILES WEST OF WICHITA.  THE STRONGEST STORM THAT COULD
PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGMAN.
THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE GREATER WICHITA AREA BY 430  AM.

ALL STORMS WERE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH.
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KS012-017-151015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
405 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES NUMBER 234 VALID UNTIL 1000 AM
FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 400 AM CDT...A SMALL LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM
KINGMAN TO ST JOHN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH.  THESE STORMS
SHOULD BE IN THE HUTCHINSON AREA BY 430 AM.

AS THE STORMS PASTED KINGMAN ONLY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME WINDS
WERE REPORTED BY THE SHERIFF.
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KS012-017-151045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
442 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES NUMBER 234 VALID UNTIL 1000 AM
FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING RENO AND SEDGWICK UNTIL 545 AM...

AT 430 AM CDT...A SMALL LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM
NEAR WICHITA TO GREAT BEND.  RENO COUNTY SHERIFF HAS REPORTED HAIL
UP TO GOLF BALL SIZED.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 45 TO 50 MPH.

OTHER STORMS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM SALINA TO TOPEKA.
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KS012-017-151145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
545 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES NUMBER 234 VALID UNTIL 1000 AM
FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BUTLER UNTIL 600 AND MARION
UNTIL 610 AM...

AT 530 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ELDORADO
TO MOUNDRIDGE TO NEAR ELLSWORTH.  THE CITY OF MOUNDRIDGE RECEIVED
LARGE HA?IL AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGHT.

THE WARNING FOR BUTLER COUNTY WILL BE EXTENDED AT 6AM IF IF THE
STORM REMAINS STRONG.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
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