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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Wichita, KS

June 4, 2001Harper County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2001, 9:23 PM CDT for Harper County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2001, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2001, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Harper County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 9:26 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Kiowa, KS
Jun 4, 9:42 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Attica, 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
Jun 4, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -662 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1130 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KICT 050224
SVRICT

KSC077-050330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
923 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.

* AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF KIOWA...OR ABOUT 22 MILES
  SOUTH OF MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR ATTICA AROUND 955 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR...

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HARPER
COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3696 9868 3683 9852 3720 9798 3739 9822

/ES

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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 Jun 4, 4:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 4:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
259 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

MAIN CONCERN THIS PACKAGE IS CHC OF PRECIP AGAIN TONIGHT AS WELL AS
TEMPS THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK.  SEVERAL BOUNDARIES ARE LYING
ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTN.  ONE EXTENDS FROM NEAR P28 TO NEAR SLN TO
JUST SOUTH OF EAX.  THE SECOND BOUNDARY IS SEPERATING DEWPTS IN THE
MID 60S NORTH TO READINGS AROUND 72F SOUTH.  H20 IMGERY INDICATES A
WEAK S/W MOVING CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS WRN KS...THIS IS EXPECTED TO
HELP WEAKEN THE CAP ACROSS SC ALONG WITH DAYTIME HEATING.  EXPECT TO
SEE TSRA DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF SC THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY
MOVING INTO PARTS OF SE KS.  THEN LATER TONIGHT MORE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL KS AS THE LLJ PICKS UP AND
STRONG WAA TAKES PLACE JUST NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY. DUE TO THE HEAVY
RAINS LAST NIGHT AND MORE EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL GO WITH A FFA FOR
CEN KS. AS FOR TEMPS...WITH THE HIGH DEWPTS PUSHING NORTHWARD WILL
LEAN TOWARDS THE WARMER FWC NUMBERS...POPS WILL BE CLOSER TO THE MAV.

TUESDAY...THE MAIN SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE CWA DURING THE AFTN
AND EVENING HOURS.  MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT THE CAP WILL NOT BE
AS STRONG.  A BOUNDARY IS STILL EXPECTED TO SPILT THE CWA FROM SW KS
TO NE KS.  AVN SEEMED A LITTLE TOO FAST ON PUSHING THE BOUNDARY
THROUGH THE STATE...LIKED THE SLOWER NGM/ETA SOLUTIONS.  THEREFORE
CONTINUE TO LEAN TOWARDS THE WARMER FWC NUMBERS...AND WILL CONTINUE
THE CURRENT FCST POPS.

WEDNESDAY...BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO BE WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA WITH
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE PUSHING INTO THE AREA HELPING TO DRY THINGS OUT.
MORE SUNSHINE SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO PUSH NEAR 80 IF NOT THE LOWER
80S.

EXTENDED...
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURNS BACK INTO WRN KS ON THU...AS SEVERAL WEAK
SHORTWAVES BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES.  AVN PRODUCES AN MCS
THU NIGHT AND MOVES IT SE ALONG A WARM FRONT INTO SC KS/NC OK BY FRI
12Z.  WILL GO AHEAD AND ADD A CHC OF PRECIP LATE THU AND INTO FRI.
IF APPEARS AS IF THE WARM FRONT PUSHES WELL NORTH OF THE STATE OVER
THE WEEKEND...AND WITH THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUING TO BUILD
OVERHEAD...SUSPECT THAT WE WILL GET CAPPED SO WILL REMOVE POPS FOR
THE WEEKEND. OTHERWISE TEMPS SHOULD BEGIN REACHING TO AROUND 90F BY
NEXT WEEKEND.

NOONAN

ICT   67  83  57  81 /  50  40  60  10
HUT   66  80  55  81 /  60  30  50  10
EWK   66  81  56  81 /  50  30  60  10
EQA   67  82  58  81 /  50  40  60  10
WLD   70  85  61  81 /  50  40  60  10
RSL   57  77  54  80 /  70  20  40  10
GBD   60  79  55  81 /  70  30  40  10
SLN   64  77  54  79 /  70  20  40  10
MPR   65  80  55  81 /  60  30  40  10
CF	V   69  84  63  82 /  40  40  60  10
CNU   69  83  62  80 /  40  40  60  10
K88   68  82  61  80 /  40  40  60  10

.ICT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NIGHT FOR CENTRAL KS ZONES
KSZ032>033...KSZ047>051.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-050107-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
707 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA IS ACTIVATING OUR
SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORK.

A SKYWARN OPERATOR IS MONITORING AREA NETWORKS.

THE PRIMARY SKYWARN FREQUENCY IS 444.0 MHZ.

EMERGENCY TRAFFIC WILL BE ON 146.82 MHZ.

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
719 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

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

0711 PM    8 E ANTHONY               KS   .88 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   HARPER                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

MRU

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
732 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

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

0726 PM    7 E ANTHONY               KS   .88 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   HARPER                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

MRU

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
741 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

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

0730 PM    5 E ANTHONY               KS   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   HARPER                         PUBLIC REPORT.

0730 PM    7 E ANTHONY               KS   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   HARPER                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

MRU

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:30 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
830 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

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

0805 PM    11 S HILLSBORO            KS   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   MARION                         PUBLIC REPORT.

MRU

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:32 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
832 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

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

0800 PM    4 S DANVILLE              KS   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   HARPER                         REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTER.

MRU

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	61 min
Jun 4, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Marion	63 min
Jun 4, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	55 min
Jun 5, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	62 min
Jun 5, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper	50 min
Jun 5, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	65 min
Jun 5, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper	49 min
Jun 5, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion	58 min
Jun 5, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harvey	45 min
Jun 5, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper	45 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.