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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Wichita, KS

May 22, 1999Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1999, 9:37 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report 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: May 22, 1999, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 1999, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 22, 9:40 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Sylvan Grove, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 22, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 22, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 3327 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.1
Supercell composite: 23.4

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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 May 22, 3:20 PM CDT, 6 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:20 PM CDT, 6 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
320 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1999

THUNDERSTORMS ARE THE IMMEDIATE CONCERN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE.
EARLY MORNING CONVECTION TO THE NORTH AND WEST SHOWING WEAKENING
TREND OVERALL AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST.  NEW CONVECTION HAS BEEN
FIRING ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH IN AREA OF HIGHER
INSTABILITY.  LATEST SURFACE ANALYS HAS LWR TO MID 60 DWPTS ACROSS
FCST AREA WITH PORTIONS OF THE WEST RECEIVING FULL SUN.  VISIBLE
SATELLITE SHOWING SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TRAVERSING CWA WITH
MUCH WEAKER CONVECTION SCATTERED ALONG THEM.

MAIN SYSTEM STILL FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE BEST
CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT MOVING THE
SYSTEM ACROSS THROUGH 24 HOURS HOWEVER ETA IS A BIT FASTER AND
PREFER A SLIGHTLY SLOWER SOLN.  SHOULDNT HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING
STORMS TO FIRE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES
LAYING ABOUT AND GOOD LIFT INDICATED.  WILL CONTINUE LIKELY POPS FOR
ENTIRE CWA OVERNIGHT WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING SUNDAY MORNING.

REST OF THE FORECAST BEYOND SUNDAY A.M. LOOKS TO BE RATHER QUIET
WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING THROUGH 48 HOURS.  TEMPERATURES TO BE
AOA NORMAL AND PREFER SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN GUIDANCE NUMBERS.

IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS...STAGNANT UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OVER SWRN
U.S. FORECAST TO MOVE INTO KANSAS BY DAY 5.  SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD BUT ALL ARE SHOWING A
DECENT PIECE OF ENERGY MOVING INTO CWA.  WILL INTRODUCE POPS FOR
THURSDAY.

FCSTID = 16
ICT   62  79  52  82 /  70  30   0   0
HUT   61  78  51  81 /  70  30   0   0
EWK   61  77  51  82 /  70  30   0   0
EQA   62  78  51  81 /  70  30   0   0
WLD   63  79  52  83 /  70  30   0   0
RSL   58  75  49  82 /  70  10   0   0
GBD   59  75  50  82 /  70  10   0   0
SLN   60  76  51  83 /  70  10   0   0
MPR   60  76  50  83 /  70  10   0   0
CFV   61  80  51  81 /  60  40   0   0
CNU   60  79  50  80 /  60  40   0   0
K88   60  79  50  80 /  60  40   0   0

.ICT...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 3:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
355 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0314 PM    15 ENE ARKANSAS CITY      KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   COWLEY                         REPORTED BY AGTAP SPOTTER

0323 PM    3 S UDALL                 KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   COWLEY                         REPORTED BY COWLEY CO. EOC

0327 PM    1 E WINFIELD              KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   COWLEY                         REPORTED BY 911 DISPATCH.

WIGHTMAN

Local storm report, May 22, 5:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
509 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1250 PM    2 W ARKANSAS CITY         KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   COWLEY                         REPORTED BY AGTAP SPOTTER

0100 PM    2 W ARKANSAS CITY         KS   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   COWLEY                         REPORTED BY AGTAP SPOTTER.

0110 PM    1 S ARKANSAS CITY         KS   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   COWLEY                         REPORTED BY 911 DISPATCH.

0314 PM    15 ENE ARKANSAS CITY      KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   COWLEY                         REPORTED BY AGTAP SPOTTER

0323 PM    1 E WINFIELD              KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   COWLEY                         REPORTED BY 911 DISPATCH.

0327 PM    3 S UDALL                 KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   COWLEY                         REPORTED BY COWLEY CO. EOC.

0400 PM    10 E ARKANSAS CITY        KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   COWLEY                         REPORTED BY AN AGTAP SPOTTER.

0420 PM    WINFIELD                  KS   FLOODING
05/22/99   COWLEY                         ROADS FLOODED NEAR THE STATE
                                          HOSPITAL IN WINFIELD.  RELAYED BY
                                          COWLEY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0420 PM    WINFIELD                  KS   FLOODING
05/22/99   COWLEY                         WATER WAS REPORTED OVER COWLEY
                                          HIGHWAY 1 APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTH
                                          OF HIGHWAY 60...NEAR WINFIELD.
                                          REPORTED BY COWLEY COUNTY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE.

CARUSO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	64 min
May 22, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	31 min
May 22, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	63 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.