Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

May 4, 1999, 12:23 PM CDT (17:23 UTC)

Expired

May 4, 1999, 1:00 PM CDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Russell County, KS

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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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TTAA00 KICT 041723 RRA
SVRICT
KSC167-041800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1223 PM CDT TUE MAY 4 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1220 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES SOUTH OF RUSSELL AND 5 MILES WEST OF
  RUSSELL...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BUNKER HILL
  RUSSELL

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 55 MILES AN
HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
AND 0OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED
WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

DARMOFAL

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 4, 3:25 AM CDT, 8 hours 58 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
325 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 1999

VERY BUSY MORNING.  STRONG CONVECTION EXITING EASTERN SECTIONS OF
CWA ATTM.  EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO END OVER MAJORITY OF THE AREA BY
ZFP ISSUANCE TIME. MAIN SHORT TERM FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE THE
RE-INITIATION OF CONVECTION LATER TODAY.  LATEST SFC ANALYSIS HAS
DRYLINE OVER WESTERN KANSAS WITH MID 50 TO MID 60 DEWPOINTS ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.  NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES ABOUND
ACROSS THE AREA IN WAKE OF CONVECTION AND EXPECT THESE TO HANG
AROUND THROUGH THE DAY.

MODELS BRING SYSTEM ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THE PERIOD
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE SHOWING BIG DIFFERENCES ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE
UPPER SYSTEM....ESPECIALLY THROUGH 36 HOURS. FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY AND SWITCH WINDS AROUND WITH WRAPAROUND PRECIPITATION
FOLLOWING BEHIND SYSTEM.

WILL KEEP HIGH POPS THROUGH TONIGHT.  THINK MAIN WRAPAROUND
PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES BUT INTRODUCE MENTION
FOR WEDNESDAY ACROSS REMAINDER OF CWA.

FOR TEMPERATURES...WILL LIKELY BUMP THEM UP A BIT FROM GUIDANCE AS
CURRENT READINGS ARE ALREADY WARM AND AM EXPECTING A FEW PEEKS OF
SUN.  SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER FOR WEDNESDAY AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN.

NO CHANGES PLANNED FOR THE EXTENDED.

FCSTID = 16
ICT   74  49  64  45 /  60  40  30  10
HUT   73  47  63  43 /  60  40  30  10
EWK   73  48  63  44 /  60  40  30  10
EQA   74  48  64  44 /  60  40  30  10
WLD   75  50  65  45 /  60  40  30  10
RSL   71  44  61  42 /  50  50  40  10
GBD   71  45  61  42 /  50  50  40  10
SLN   72  46  63  43 /  50  50  40  10
MPR   72  46  63  43 /  50  50  40  10
CFV   74  51  65  46 /  70  40  30  10
CNU   74  51  64  45 /  70  40  30  10
K88   73  50  64  44 /  70  40  30  10

.ICT...NONE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.