Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1996, 4:24 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1996, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1996, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saline County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Salina, KS | |
| Jul 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 53 | Salina, 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.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 13, 4:16 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 4:16 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 419 PM CDT SAT JUL 13 1996 IN THE SHORT TERM...TEMPS WILL BE APCHG CONVECTIVE TEMPS DURING THE NEXT SVRL HRS...WITH 88D ALREADY SHOWING DVLPMT ARND EDGES OF CWA. THIS WL LKLY CONT INTO THE ERLY EVE. OVRNGT...ETA FCSTS A SHRTWV TO TRAVERSE MOST OF THE CWA...EXITING SE KS TMRW AM. THIS DRAGS A SFC BNDRY ACRS CNTRL/S CNTRL KS TNGT. RATHER JUICY AIR OVR OK WL CONT TO STREAM NWRD IN ADVANCE OF THE SWWRD MOVG BNDRY. RESPECTABLE POSITIVE AREAS ON FCST SNDGS...SO TSTMS APPEAR TO BE A GOOD BET OVRNGT...A FEW WL LKLY BE SVR. PTCHY F LKLY TNGT IN SE KS WITH INFLUX OF LVLL MOIST. LINGERING CLDS AND LLVL MOISTURE WL LKLY CUT INTO WARMUP TMRW...WITH BEST CHC OF R IN THE SE. RSL 063/083 62 SLN 063/084 62 ICT 065/081 63 HUT 065/082 63 CNU 068/078 45 HOWERTON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-140500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 143 PM CDT SAT JUL 13 1996 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS: BARTON COWLEY HARVEY MARION RENO SEDGWICK BUTLER ELLSWORTH KINGMAN MCPHERSON RUSSELL SUMNER CHASE HARPER LINCOLN RICE SALINE AND IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS: ALLEN ELK LABETTE NEOSHO WOODSON CHAUTAUQUA GREENWOOD MONTGOMERY WILSON SYNOPSIS: VERY HUMID AIR IS MOVING BACK INTO KANSAS AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE. WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 80S THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND A FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS WILL BRING THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN TO CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER 800 PM AND TO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER 1100 PM. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING IS WEST OF A LINE FROM SALINA TO ARKANSAS CITY. THE THREAT WILL BE BOTH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO JUST OVER ONE INCH. SKYWARN ACTIVIATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. HOWERTON
Nearby
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Sources
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.