Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

May 7, 2002, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 2002, 9:30 PM CDT

In force

53 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Reno County, KS

The Wichita radar (KICT), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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.

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
837 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.

* AT 837 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRESTON...OR ABOUT 12
  MILES NORTHEAST OF PRATT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR TURON AROUND 855 PM CDT...
  11 MILES SOUTH OF SYLVIA AROUND 900 PM CDT...
  NEAR ARLINGTON AROUND 925 PM CDT...
  6 MILES WEST OF PRETTY PRAIRIE AROUND 930 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...
  DAMAGING WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.

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 RENO
COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3799 9845 3772 9845 3773 9791 3799 9793

/COX

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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 7, 8:35 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
835 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002

UPDATE...

STRONG UPPER DIVERGENCE ALONG WITH CAPE OF 1500-2500 J/KG ACROSS THE
CWA WILL SUPPORT CONTINUED DEEP CONVECTION THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE CWA. EXPECT THE CONVECTION TO THE WEST TO
SLOWLY MOVE ESE WHILE SUSTAINING INTENSITY GIVEN CURRENT CAPE. 00Z
MOISTURE PARAMETERS ALONG WITH OBSERVER REPORTS OF 3-3.5 INCHES OF
RAIN WARRANTED A FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF WICHITA.
WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE FCST AS WARRANTED.

CO

.ICT...FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT KSZ069>072-092>096-098>100.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.