Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

May 26, 1996, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1996, 9:45 PM CDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KS, Neosho County, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
915 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...ALLEN COUNTY...LABETTE COUNTY...NEOSHO COUNTY
 
AT 913 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF IOLA TO JUST EAST OF CHANUTE TO EDNA OR 15
MILES EAST OF COFFEYVILLE.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS
OF OSWEGO...ALTAMONT...ERIE AND MORAN SHOULD PREPARE FOR WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
 
THIS REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LABETTE COUNTY.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
 
ROSNER

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 11:11 AM CDT, 10 hours 4 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
400 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 1996

MORNING SOUNDINGS SOOW AMS FAIRLY WORKED OVER BY LAST NIGHTS
CONVECTION AND LITTLE POSITIVE ENERGY AVAILABLE.  CURRENT THINKING
IS THAT IT WILL TAKE A WHILE FOR AFTN HEATING TO OVERCOME THIS DUE
TO CLD COVER.  LATER TDY...COLD POOL ALOFT STARTS TO AFFECT KS AND
THIS WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FNT AND SFC WAA TO
RAPIDLY DESTABALIZE AMS.  TIMING UNSURE AND ALMOST LOWERED POPS
TDY...BUT KEPT THEM UP DUE TO LOW CCTS.  XPCT SCATTERED
TSTMS/SHOWERS BY LATE AFTN...BUT HEAVY STUFF SHOULD WAIT UNTIL COLD
POOL ALOFT ARRIVES THIS EVENING.  ALSO RAISED TEMPS TO MATCH GOING
TREND.

RSL 075/059 76 \  SLN 077/061 76
ICT 082/062 66   HUT 080/061 66
CNU 085/062 66

MATT

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.