Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

May 26, 2002, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 2002, 10:15 PM CDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS

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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
930 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE 

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.

* AT 930 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF MILBERGER...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  SOUTH OF RUSSELL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* AT 928 PM CDT...A TRINAED SPOTTER REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL 8   
  MILES SOUTH OF GORHAM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  9 MILES SOUTH OF DORRANCE AROUND 1015 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...

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

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 EXTENDED FOR 
RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3878 9904 3860 9901 3861 9850 3886 9852

/ES

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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 3:27 PM CDT, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
327 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS FORECAST WILL BE THE CHANCES OF
CONVECTION THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY COMBINES WITH
TYPICAL MOISTURE FOR LATE MAY.

TONIGHT IS VERY TRICKY IN REGARDS TO PRECIPITATION CHANCES.  THE NEW
MESO-ETA MODEL DEVELOPS WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS
ON THE DRYLINE...AND BRINGS A SQUALL LINE ACROSS OUR AREA TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...AS THE PREVIOUS FORECAST MENTIONED...FEEL THE
PRECIPITATION MIGHT BE SCATTERED IN NATURE.  WILL GO WITH 40 POPS IN
THE CENTRAL SECTIONS...TO 30 IN THE SOUTHEAST.  LOWS SHOULD
GENERALLY AT OR JUST ABOVE 60 DEGREES WITH INCREASING SURFACE
DEWPOINTS.

ON MONDAY ISENTROPIC LIFT IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL
BRING THE CHANCE FOR MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  BEST
CHANCE WILL BE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA.  WILL TREND
POPS FROM 5O IN THIS REGION...TO 30 POPS IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS.
CLOUDS AND POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION SHOULD HOLD HIGHS BETWEEN 75
AND 80.

MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY POSE THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION AS
SHORTWAVES CONTINUE TO TRACK ALONG THE OKLAHOMA...KANSAS BORDER.
WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS IN THE SOUTH...AND CHANCE POPS IN THE
NORTH.  HIGHS SHOULD ONLY BE BETWEEN 75 AND 80 WITH ALL THE
PRECIPITATION.

WILL JUST GO WITH A 20 POP ON WEDNESDAY...AS IT APPEARS MOST OF THE
ENERGY SHOULD FINALLY MOVE TO OUR SOUTH...BUT CAN NOT RULE OUT
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ALL THE MOISTURE STILL AVAILABLE
AND SOME WEAK CONVERGENCE.

FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY UPPER LEVEL RIDGING SHOULD BEGIN TO TAKE
OVER.  HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM INTO THE 80S...AS WARMER MID
LEVEL TEMPERATURES MOVE INTO THE REGION.  WILL KEEP THINGS DRY AS
MOST OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD TAKE PLACE TO OUR NORTH AND EAST.

FCSTID =8/FRANK
ICT   63  78  63  78 /  40  50  60  50
HUT   63  78  63  78 /  40  40  60  40
EWK   63  78  63  78 /  40  40  60  50
EQA   63  79  63  78 /  40  50  60  50
WLD   63  78  63  78 /  40  50  60  50
RSL   61  78  61  78 /  40  30  30  30
GBD   62  78  62  78 /  40  40  30  30
SLN   63  78  63  78 /  40  30  50  40
MPR   63  78  63  78 /  40  40  60  50
CFV   61  78  63  78 /  30  40  60  60
CNU   61  78  61  78 /  30  40  60  60
K88   61  78  61  78 /  30  40  60  60

.ICT...NONE.

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.