Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1999, 6:48 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 3 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
- May 10, 1999, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1999, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:16 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Great Bend, KS | |
| May 10, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Claflin, KS | In Claflin, one farmstead sustained damage where top half of barn was destroyed, grainery destroyed, grain bin disappeared, and chicken house lost nearly 2/3 of it's roof. |
| May 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Great Bend, 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 May 10, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 320 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1999 GREATEST CONCERN TO ADDRESS FOR THIS FORECAST WAS AGAIN PRECIPITATION CHANCES. MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH TIMING OF UPPER AIR AND SFC FEATURES THROUGH 48 HRS. GENERALLY LEANED TOWARD ETA SOLUTION DUE TO IT/S SUPERIOR HANDLING OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. WILL CONTINUE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WITH HIGHEST POPS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA. EXPECT TWO AREAS FOR PRECIP DEVELOPMENT. THE FIRST WILL BE SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA WHERE THE DRYLINE AND FRONT CONVERGE AND LAPS DATA SHOWS CAPES ALREADY IN EXCESS OF 2000 J/KG AT 17Z. SECOND AREA OF PCPN WILL BE ALONG AND AHEAD OF ADVANCING COLD FRONT IN NORTHWEST KANSAS. WITH REGION COMING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF RR QUAD OF 250 MB JET ISOLATED SVR STORMS POSSIBLE. MODELS AGREE THAT FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TUESDAY. WILL KEEP CHANCE FOR TSRA TO THE EAST OF THE BOUNDARY...HOWEVER NOT SURE HOW WELL INSTABILITY WILL RECOVER WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER THUS EXPECT SVR POTENTIAL TO LESSEN. TO THE WEST OF THE BOUNDARY ALTHOUGH ISENTROPIC DECENT IS FORECAST...THIS AREA IS STILL TO THE EAST OF MAIN UPPER TROF SO WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP IN. WITH 85H THERMAL TROF TO BUILD INTO THE AREA TEMPS SHOULD BE COOLER THAN MONDAY/S HIGHS. LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY FINALLY SHIFT EAST OF THE FORECAST AREAS TUESDAY NIGHT. STILL MAY BE SOME LINGERING PCPN IN SOUTHEAST ZONES BEFORE MIDNIGHT. SO WILL KEEP A CHANCE FOR PRECIP HERE EARLY. AVN SHOWS LOW LEVEL RIDGE SLIDING OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY...BUT WITH THERMAL TROF STILL IN PLACE...DON/T EXPECT A BIG WARM AND WILL LOWER TEMPS FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. FCSTID = 12/HYSELL ICT 61 75 53 74 / 40 30 10 5 HUT 60 75 51 74 / 40 30 10 5 EWK 61 75 53 74 / 40 30 10 5 EQA 62 75 53 74 / 30 40 30 5 WLD 62 75 53 74 / 30 40 30 5 RSL 55 70 47 75 / 40 20 5 5 GBD 55 70 47 75 / 40 20 5 5 SLN 60 74 50 73 / 40 20 5 5 MPR 60 74 50 74 / 40 20 5 5 CFV 63 75 57 74 / 30 60 40 10 CNU 63 75 57 74 / 30 60 40 10 K88 63 75 57 74 / 30 60 40 10 .ICT...NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 39 min |
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.