Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Wichita, KS

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS
1127 AM CDT FRI JUL 12 1991

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS:

BUTLER        HARPER        MARION        SUMNER
CHASE         HARVEY        RENO
COWLEY        KINGMAN       SEDGWICK

AND IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS:

ALLEN         CHEROKEE      GREENWOOD     NEOSHO
BOURBON       CRAWFORD      LABETTE       WILSON
CHAUTAUQUA    ELK           MONTGOMERY    WOODSON

SYNOPSIS:  A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS TO NEAR
PRATT AT LATE MORNING. THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOPE AFTER 3 PM...BUT AT THIS TIME THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE.

SPOTTER ACTIVITATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

ROSNER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
241 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 231 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH PERIODS OF VERY
HEAVY RAIN...HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AROUND AND SOUTH OF THE WICHITA VICINITY.
ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS A LARGE PART OF
CENTRAL KANSAS.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A BAND 15 MILES WIDE FROM KINGMAN
TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA...AND FROM RUSSELL TO SOUTH OF HAYS.

THESE STORM WERE PART OF AN AREA OF STORMS 100 MILES WIDE AND CENTERED
ALONG A LINE FROM ARKANSAS CITY TO NORTH OF HAYS.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.
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THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO
40 MPH AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.  IF YOU SEE THE STORMS
APPROACHING YOUR AREA...BE SURE TO GET INDOORS.  STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND TRY NOT TO USE ELECTICAL EQUIPMENT OR TELEPHONES UNTIL THE STORMS
HAVE PASSED.

THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTEAST KANSAS REMAINS RIPE
FOR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WILL BECOME
MORE WIDESPREAD AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.  BE SURE TO TUNE TO
COMMERICAL TELEVISION AND RADIO...OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE AREA.

PRESTON

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
310 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS AND IN THE WICHITA AREA.

AT 3:05 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN WICHITA AND PARTS
OF SOUTH WICHITA SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY.

SOFT PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA IN
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SEDGWICK COUNTY.

PERSONS DIRECTLY UNDER THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKLEY EXPERIENCE
HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 30 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
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