Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

May 7, 2002, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 2002, 9:45 PM CDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Neosho County, KS

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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.

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
842 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

* AT 842 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF ALTOONA...OR ABOUT 17 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR THAYER AROUND 850 PM CDT...
  NEAR GALESBURG AROUND 855 PM CDT...
  NEAR ERIE AROUND 905 PM CDT...
  NEAR ST. PAUL AROUND 910 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...
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NEOSHO
COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3739 9509 3739 9543 3750 9552 3773 9550
          3772 9513 3757 9508

LAWSON

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

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.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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.