Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Jun 11, 2002, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)

Expired

Jun 11, 2002, 10:15 PM CDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS

The Wichita radar (KICT), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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
915 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.

* AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STERLING...OR ABOUT 19
  MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...
  WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR...
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR RICE
AND RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3827 9832 3810 9834 3805 9797 3824 9795

/ES

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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 11, 3:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
352 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

TNGT:
FOCUS IS AGN ON QSTNRY BNDRY AND COPIOUS MSTR.  APPRS THAT CAP WL
ONCE AGN BE OVERCOME LT AFTN/EVE.  DEFINITE SVR WX POTENTIAL...BUT
ALSO CONCERNED ABT HVY RA POTENTIAL. SVR THREAT MAINLY DMGG WNDS.
LARGE HAIL LKLY WITH SUPERCELL STORMS.  ISOLD TORNADO THREAT APPEARS
TO BE MAINLY LANDSPOUT TYPE ON BOUNDARIES GIVEN LARGE CAPES/MARGINAL
SHEAR.  CORFIDI VECTORS SHOW DECENT MVMT...BUT APPRS THAT STORMS
SHUD CONT TO DVLP ALG BNDRY IN DIFFLUENT UPR FLOW.  FORTUNATELY UPR
FLOW DOES NOT APPR TO BE AS DIFFLUENT AS LAST NGT.  WENT WITH HVY RA
IN FCST...OPTED NOT TO INCLUDE WATCH. OF NOTE...ETA KF MASSIVELY
DIFFERENT FROM OPERATIONAL ETA...WITH KF LOOKING A LOT MORE
REALISTIC.

WED-WED NGT:
REALLY TOUGH CALL...WITH A LOT RIDING ON AMT OF CONVECTION TUE NGT.
MODELS GOING IN DIFFENT DIRECTIONS WITH AVN PUSHING MOST WX INTO
OK...WITH ETA REFORMING BNDRY TO THE N.  AGN...AM LEANING TOWARD ETA
KF/AVN COMBO...WHICH PUTS HIER POPS ACRS THE S...SPLY IN THE MORNING
WITH LEFTOVER PCPN.  AGN ELEVATED STORMS PSBL WED AM GIVEN MIDLVL
LAPSE RATES.

THU:
BASICALLY A SHOT IN THE DARK...WITH NOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE WHERE
FNT/EFFECTIVE SFC BNDRY WL BE.  GOING FCST AS GOOD AS ANY AND WONT
CHG.

FRI-SAT:
SFC HI PRES BUILDS INTO AREA WITH COOLER/DRIER WX.  LTL IF ANY CHG
TO GOING FCST.

SAT NGT-MON:
NW UPR FLOW RAISES CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY ON PCPN FCST.  WHILE SFC
FNT SHUD BE WAY S OF AREA.  HOWEVER ECMWF AND TO A LESSOR EXTENT AVN
SUG A WEAK FNT TO BACK DOOR INTO THE AREA.  COORD WITH HPC REVEALED
ECMWF ACTUALLY CRANKS OUT OVER AN INCH QPF ACRS THE AREA ON SUN.
GIVEN THE TENUOUS NATURE OF NW FLOW...MODEL CHGS FM YDA...AND INCRG
ENSEMBLE DIVERGENCE BEYOND SUN...WL MAKE VERY FEW CHGS TO THIS
PERIOD.  GOING TEMPS BASICALLY ON TRACK.

FCSTID = HOWERTON
ICT   71  85  62  80 /  60  60  50  20
HUT   69  84  61  80 /  80  60  40  20
EWK   70  84  62  80 /  80  60  40  20
EQA   71  85  63  80 /  60  60  50  20
WLD   72  87  64  80 /  50  60  50  20
RSL   66  79  58  80 /  70  50  40  10
GBD   66  82  60  80 /  80  60  40  20
SLN   67  82  60  80 /  80  50  40  20
MPR   70  84  62  80 /  80  60  40  20
CFV   72  89  67  80 /  30  50  50  20
CNU   71  85  65  80 /  40  60  40  20
K88   71  85  65  80 /  40  60  40  20

.ICT...
KS...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.