Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Wichita, KS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1057 AM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...ROADS WERE BECOMING SLICK ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS...

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS MORNING WERE
PRODUCING VERY SMALL PEA SIZE HAIL AND/OR SLEET AS THEY MOVED ACROSS THE
AREA.  ROADS WERE BECOMING VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES.  IF TRAVELLING THIS MORNING...SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME
CAUTION.

NOONAN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1153 AM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...

AT 1145 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED TWO AREAS OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS.

THE FIRST AREA WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...IN A 15
MILE WIDE LINE EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF WELLINGTON...OR 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ARKANSAS CITY...TO NEAR ARKANSAS CITY.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND PEOPLE IN
ARKANSAS CITY...WINFIELD...AND BELLE PLAINE AS WELL AS CEDAR
VALE...HOWARD...MOLINE...AND ELK FALLS ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS AND SHOULD MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THEY PASS.  MANY OF THESE STORMS
WILL LIKELY CONTAIN PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL..TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.

THE SECOND AREA OF STRONG STORMS JUST SOUTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...OR
15 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA...TO 20 MILES EAST OF MADISON...OR 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF IOLA.  THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTH AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR AND PEOPLE IN MADISON...COTTONWOOD FALLS...AND SAFFORDVILLE ARE IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES

HYSEL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1226 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...

AT 1222 PM CDT...A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OBSERVED ON
RADAR FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA...TO 10 MILES WEST OF COFFEYVILLE.

THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN PEA SIZE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF INDEPENDENCE...FREDONIA..HOWARD...AND FALL
RIVER ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AND SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THEY
PASS.

WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA...PRECIPIATION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THIS AREA
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL AND
SLEET WITH THESE STORMS...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK...ESPECIALLY ON
 BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

HYSELL

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS...CORRECTION TO TYPO
1220 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS:

BARTON      COWLEY      HARVEY      MARION      RENO        SEDGWICK
BUTLER      ELLSWORTH   KINGMAN     MC PHERSON  RUSSELL     SUMNER
CHASE       HARPER      LINCOLN     RICE        SALINE

AND IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS:

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

SYNOPSIS:

AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF CHAUNTE TO COFFEYVILLE LINE.  THERE IS A
MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF CHANUTE TO COFFEYVILLE
LINE. SPOTTERS ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.   SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BECOME SEV(ERE.  THEREFORE...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED NORTH OF
GREAT BEND-MCPHERSON-EMPORIA LINE.

STEWART

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
101 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...STRONG WINDS ROARING ACROSS SEDGWICK COUNTY....

AT 1258 PM CDT...OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS IN THE 50 TO 55 MILE AN HOUR RANGE AT THE
MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT IN WICHITA.

PEOPLE ACROSS SEDGWICK AND BULTER COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE
EXTREMELY GUSTY WINDS.

THE STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS...HAZARDS TO TRAILER AND
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.  LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN CHAIRS AND TRASH CANS
SHOULD BE SECURED.

HYSELL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
122 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 115 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING TORRENTIAL
RAINS...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS...WERE OBSERVED ON
RADAR OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FOUND IN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NEAR
SEDAN...TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...PEOPLE IN BUFFALO...AND YATES
CENTER ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AND SHOULD MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THEY
PASS.

ALSO...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...JUST SOUTH
OF THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER.  THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MIELS AN HOUR AND PEOPLE IN CALDWELL...ARKANSAS CITY...AND ELGIN
ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AND SHOULD PREPARE FOR SMALL HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAINS...AND GUSTY WINDS.

PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
MOVE INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

HYSELL2