Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Jun 15, 2002, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 2002, 5:30 PM CDT

In force

71 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rice County, KS

The Wichita radar (KICT), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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
419 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 419 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUSHTON...OR ABOUT 22
  MILES EAST OF GREAT BEND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR CHASE AROUND 435 PM CDT...
  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAYMOND AROUND 440 PM CDT...
  NEAR LYONS AROUND 450 PM CDT...
  NEAR ALDEN AROUND 455 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES...
  DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR...
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 RICE
COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3850 9847 3816 9847 3817 9791 3851 9794

/HOWERTON

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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 15, 4:10 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
410 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002

...MESO UPDATE...

TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR RENO COUNTY WAS BASED ON MESOSCALE
FEATURES.  THE EXISTING SEVERE STORM TRACKED ALONG AN EARLIER BNDRY
AND ITS REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT.  OVERALL CONDITIONS ARE NOT ESPECIALLY
FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES...AND ANY TOUCHDOWNS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
BRIEF.  A SIGNFICANT TORNADO OUTBREAK IS NOT EXPECTD.

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
1031 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002

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

0915 AM    4NW MILBERGER             KS   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/15/02   RUSSELL

1001 AM    6 NE HOISINGTON           KS   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/02   BARTON

MEB

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1128 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEST OF INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN 2
PM AND 10 PM...

AN AXIS OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FORM SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO
CENTRAL KANSAS WILL SLOWLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS
THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON. AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL AID IN
THUNDERSTORM INTENSIFICATION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE
GREATEST DEGREE OF INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN WEST OF INTERSTATE 135
THROUGH THE DAY.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT A LARGER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST OUT OF NEBRASKA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMPLEX OF
STORMS MAY IMPACT AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 135 WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL...AFTER 2 PM. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL
PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 2 PM WEST OF INTERSTATE 135.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
407 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002

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

A SKYWARN OPERATOR IS MONITORING AREA NETWORKS.

THE PRIMARY SKYWARN FREQUENCY IS 146.94 MHZ.

SECONDARY FREQUENCIES ARE ALSO BEING MONITORED AT 146.82 AND 145.13
MHZ.

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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.