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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Wichita, KS

July 5, 2004Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2004, 3:20 AM CDT for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 70 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2004, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2004, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 5, 3:55 AM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Madison, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 4, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 486 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -310 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KICT 050820
SVRICT
KSC073-050930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
320 AM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT.

* AT 319 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF
  CASSODAY TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LATHAM...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF EL DORADO TO 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
  EL DORADO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 430 AM CDT...
  EUREKA...
  MADISON...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...
  DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MILES AN HOUR...
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND 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
GREENWOOD COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3774 9616 3773 9617 3763 9617 3762 9648
      3808 9649 3808 9636 3814 9635 3816 9631
      3816 9610 3816 9610

$$

/HOWERTON

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 2:53 AM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:53 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
253 AM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN FCST CONCERN IS POPS FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS AND
ESPECIALLY MCS ACTIVITY TNGT

TDAY-TNGT: MCS SHOULD BE EXITING THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA AT
THE START OF THE PERIOD, SO WL KEEP POPS FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE
DAY. BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIP WL HAVE
PUSHED EAST OF THE AREA. FEEL THAT TEMPS SHOULD BE PRETTY CLOSE TO
WHAT THEY WERE YESTERDAY, WITH MOISTURE KEEPING TEMPS IN CHECK.

ANOTHER EVEN STRONGER WAVE WL KICK OUT OF THE HIGH PLAINS AND ACROSS
NEBRASKA. AT THE SFC A LOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM NEAR SW KS. STORMS WL
INITIATE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OVER NW KS AND SW NE. THESE STORMS ARE
THEN EXPECTED TO DIVE INTO THE AREA OF HIGH MOISTURE WHICH WL BE
SITUATED TO THE SE. THEREFORE, LOOK FOR ANOTHER COMPLEX OF
MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE CWA. SHEAR IS NOT
OVERLY IMPRESSIVE WHICH SHOULD LIMIT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY TO
MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND WIND. ONE ELEMENT NOT LACKING WL BE LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE AND ELEVATED INSTABILITY. MUCH LIKE THE PASSED COUPLE
OF NIGHTS, THE LLJ WL INCREASE AND VEER AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES.
THIS WL FEED THE SW PORTION OF THE MCS KEEPING THIS COMPLEX GOING
THROUGH THE NIGHT. WITH ANOTHER MCS ALSO COMES A CONTINUED THREAT
FOR FLOODING. SO WL EXTENDED THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUE MORNING AND
ALSO EXPAND TO INCLUDE CENTRAL KS.

TUE-WED: STORMS MAY BE ONGOING TUE MORNING OVER THE EASTERN PORTION
OF THE CWA WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY CONFINED TO AREAS SOUTH OF THE
BORDER BY TUE AFTERNOON.  A SHORT LIVED SFC RIDGE WL THEN MAKE A
CAMEO FOR WED NGT. SOME LEE SIDE TROUGH WL THEN COMMENCE FOR WED
WHICH WL INCREASE OUR SOUTH WINDS. TEMPS TUE WL BE A BIT COOLER DUE
TO THE WEAK FRONT PASSING SOUTH. A WARM UP CAN BE EXPECTED FOR WED
AS SOUTH WINDS AN GOOD MIXING GET GOING.

THU-SUN:
DUE TO ONGOING SEVERE WX, ONLY TOOK A BRIEF LOOK AT THE EXTENDED. IT
APPEARS THE STRONGER WESTERLIES SHIFT NORTH AND WEST OF THE CWA,
WHICH SHOULD ALSO SHIFT THE TRACK OF UPPER IMPULSES. SO WOULD NOT
EXPECT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION NIGHT AFTER NIGHT LIKE WE HAVE HAD
LATELY. WITH THIS SAID, STILL FEEL SOME CONVECTION ACROSS THE HIGH
PLAINS IS STILL A POSSIBILITY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ALMOST
EVERY DAY. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY DIVE SE AT NIGHT TOWARDS THE
BETTER MOISTURE. JUST NOT SURE HOW WIDESPREAD IT WOULD BE WITH LACK
OF ORGANIZATION. SO KEPT POPS AT NIGHT FOR MOST OF THE EXTENDED.
KEPT TEMPS A BIT BELOW CLIMO AS MOIST GROUND SHOULD INHIBIT AN
EXTREME WARM UP.

&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    90  68  84  62 /  10  60  20  10
HUTCHINSON      91  67  82  62 /  10  70  20  10
NEWTON          90  68  82  62 /  20  70  20  10
ELDORADO        90  68  84  63 /  20  60  30  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   92  69  86  64 /  20  60  30  20
RUSSELL         89  62  81  59 /  10  70  10   5
GREAT BEND      89  64  81  60 /   5  70  10  10
SALINA          92  68  82  61 /  10  70  20   5
MCPHERSON       91  68  82  62 /  10  70  20  10
COFFEYVILLE     90  69  86  65 /  30  60  50  20
CHANUTE         88  69  84  63 /  30  70  50  10
IOLA            88  69  84  63 /  30  70  50  10
&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING FOR ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA.
&&

7/LAWSON

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 4:25 PM CDT, 10 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
425 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-051200-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
425 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS EVENING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR CENTRAL, SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN
KANSAS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
HOWEVER, AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT BEFORE SUNSET IN
SOUTHERN KANSAS.

WARM AIR IN THE MID LAYERS WILL PROHIBIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. BUT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES
INTO THE AREA, THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS
THIS EVENING, WITH STORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THE ACTIVITY WILL TRY AND FORM
INTO A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT, AND MOVE RAPIDLY
EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A
THREAT WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH
FOR INFORMATION ON THIS FLOODING THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY, THOUGH THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER
AND HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ICT/HWO/HWOICT.HTM

KED/CJ/KETCHAM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:21 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
221 AM CDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0219 AM     TSTM WND GST     WEST WICHITA            37.65N 97.50W
07/05/2004  60 MPH           SEDGWICK           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2900 NORTH RIDGE ROAD.

&&

LFW

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:23 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
223 AM CDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 AM     HAIL             WEST WICHITA            37.65N 97.50W
07/05/2004  0.88 INCH        SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CENTRAL AND RIDGE RD.

&&

LFW

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:29 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
229 AM CDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0227 AM     HAIL             PARK CITY               37.80N 97.32W
07/05/2004  1.75 INCH        SEDGWICK           KS   PUBLIC

            53RD STREET NORTH.

&&

LFW

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:31 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
231 AM CDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0228 AM     TSTM WND GST     WEST WICHITA            37.65N 97.50W
07/05/2004  59 MPH           SEDGWICK           KS   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            ICT ASOS REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 59 MPH ALONG WITH DIME
            SIZE HAIL.

&&

LAWSON

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:36 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
236 AM CDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0235 AM     HAIL             8 W TOWANDA             37.80N 97.14W
07/05/2004  1.00 INCH        BUTLER             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

LAWSON

Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:06 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
306 AM CDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0255 AM     HAIL             3 E ROSE HILL           37.57N 97.08W
07/05/2004  1.00 INCH        BUTLER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LFW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	66 min
Jul 4, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	65 min
Jul 4, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	61 min
Jul 4, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	50 min
Jul 4, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	38 min
Jul 4, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	63 min
Jul 4, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey	61 min
Jul 4, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	58 min
Jul 4, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	55 min
Jul 4, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	53 min
Jul 5, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	59 min
Jul 5, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	59 min
Jul 5, 1:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	65 min
Jul 5, 1:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	61 min
Jul 5, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	54 min
Jul 5, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	62 min
Jul 5, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	62 min
Jul 5, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk	80 min
Jul 5, 3:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	73 min
Jul 5, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	78 min
Jul 5, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	76 min
Jul 5, 4:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	68 min
Jul 5, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2004 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

Sources

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