Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1999, 6:55 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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 30, 1999, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1999, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 7:18 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Dorrance, KS | |
| Jul 30, 7:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Dorrance, 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.
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.