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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Wichita, KS

July 6, 2004McPherson County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2004, 12:44 AM CDT for McPherson County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 76 min. 4 reports 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 6, 2004, 12:44 AM CDT (05:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2004, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 76 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties McPherson County, KS, Saline County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 6, 1:11 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	2 Nnw Brookville, KS
Jul 6, 1:11 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 W Mcpherson, KS
Jul 6, 1:22 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 72	Salina, KS	REPORTED BY ASOS AT SALINA AIRPORT.
Jul 6, 1:25 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 58	Lindsborg, KS	REPOERTED BY KSN WEATHER LAB AT LINDSBORG MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 27 minutes after it went out.

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 5, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 1253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 060544
SVRICT
KSC113-169-060700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1243 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS
  MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

* AT 1243 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF EXIT 233 ON INTERSTATE 70 TO 6 MILES EAST OF GENESEO TO 2 MILES
  SOUTH OF STERLING...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES WEST OF
  SALINA TO 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCPHERSON TO 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
  NEAR GLENDALE AND EXIT 238 ON INTERSTATE 70 AROUND 1255 AM CDT...
  NEAR MARQUETTE AROUND 100 AM CDT...
  NEAR SMOLAN AROUND 115 AM CDT...
  NEAR LINDSBORG AROUND 120 AM CDT...
  NEAR SALINA AROUND 125 AM CDT...
  NEAR MCPHERSON AROUND 130 AM CDT...

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

THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS.

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE
LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA.

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SALINE
AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3892 9791 3852 9791 3819 9789 3819 9751
      3851 9739 3893 9740

$$

/DARMOFAL

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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, 10:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 10:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1010 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

.DISCUSSION...

MESOSCALE UPDATE

SVR TSTM WATCH OUT FOR ENTIRE FCST AREA TIL 4 AM.  DESPITE CLUSTER
IN NRN OK, WEAK CONVERGENCE AND CAP PREVENTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF
ADDNL DVLPT.  HOWEVER IN THE LAST COUPLE OF VOLUME SCANS NEW ECHOES
ALF HAVE DVLPD JUST WEST OF ICT...LKLY FM INCRG LLVL JET.  MAIN SHOW
STILL XPCTD WITH THE NOW ROUTINE NIGHTLY MCS CURRENTLY IN NW KS.
ANTICIPATE PREFERRED DVLPMT WL BE IN WRN HALF OF FCST AREA ALG ERN
EDGE OF DEEPER H85 MSTR AND PROXIMITY TO LLVL JET. MORE QUESTIONABLE
HOW STRONG STORMS WL BE FURTHER E.  HOWEVER GIVEN IMPRESSIVE CAPE,
CANNOT RULE OUT SVR TSTMS REGIONWIDE.

HOWERTON

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

550 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004
MESOSCALE UPDATE

EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER SCTRL/SE KS INTO NE OK.
MONITORING TO SEE IF ISOLATED CONVECTION CAN TAKE PLACE ALONG
MOISTURE GRADIENT N OF A HUT-EWK LINE. MAY INITIALLY BE LIMITED BY
SUBSIDENCE IN WAKE OF INITIAL SHORTWAVE...MAY CHANGE AS EVENING
PROGRESSES AS NEXT WAVE APPROACHES AND LLJ GETS GOING.  WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR.  MAIN SHOW EXPECTED TO BE LATE TNGT AS
CONVECTION OVR WRN NE/ERN CO ORGANIZES AND HEADS SE TWRD CTRL KS.

WOLF

------------------------------------------------
240 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

.DISCUSSION...

PREPARING FOR NEXT ROUND OF RAINFALL TONIGHT. MOIST, VERY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER MUCH OF FCST AREA.  INITIAL SHORTWAVE EXITING
THIS AFTERNOON...THINK WEAK SUBSIDENCE IN WAKE OF WAVE MAY INHIBIT
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EVENING (EXCEPT FAR SE KS WHERE
NOT YET BEHIND SHORTWAVE AXIS).  WILL HAVE LOW EVENING POPS IN FAR
SE KS FOR THIS EVENING.  MODELS SHOW GOOD SIGNAL FOR CONVECTIVE
SYSTEM TO DEVELOP OVER ERN CO/NW KS THIS EVENING...AND SLIDE ESE
ACROSS CTRL KS LATE TNGT ON NOSE OF LLJ...REACHING SE KS TWRD DAWN.
WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT GIVEN LOW FFG VALUES.  INCREASING
POPS TO LIKELY/CATEGORICAL AFTER MIDNIGHT.  MIGHT SEE A HIGH WIND
THREAT WITH CONVECTION LATE TNGT AS SYSTEM DEVELOPS COLD POOL.

CHANGE IN THE PATTERN TO WEAK SW FLOW BY END OF WEEK WITH RIDGING
BUILDING OVER THE CENTRAL STATES.  SHOULD LEAD TO DRIER WEATHER WITH
HIGH TEMPS RISING BACK ABOVE 90 DEGREE MARK.  EXPECT MCS TRACK TO BE
MORE OVER NEBRASKA FOR NEXT WEEKEND...BUT WE COULD SEE BOUNDARY MOVE
AS FAR SOUTH AS NRN KS...SO HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR OUR CTRL KS
COUNTIES DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.

WOLF
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    65  82  62  89 /  70  40  10  10
HUTCHINSON      63  83  62  89 /  80  20  10  10
NEWTON          65  82  62  88 /  80  40  10  10
ELDORADO        66  82  63  87 /  70  60  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   67  82  64  88 /  60  60  10  10
RUSSELL         61  83  59  89 /  80  10   5  10
GREAT BEND      63  83  60  89 /  80  10  10  10
SALINA          64  83  61  89 /  80  20   5  10
MCPHERSON       64  83  62  88 /  80  20  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     69  82  65  86 /  50  60  20  10
CHANUTE         69  82  63  86 /  50  60  20  10
IOLA            69  82  63  86 /  50  60  10  10
&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 12:50 PM CDT, 11 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1250 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-061200-
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-
1250 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE LIKELY OVERNIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WINDS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. PLEASE SEE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL
DETAILS.

STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS
OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE TO THE HIGHER
MOISTURE WHICH WILL BE SITUATED OVER EASTERN KANSAS. SHEAR PROFILES
ARE MARGINAL FOR SEVERE STORMS BUT THE ABUNDANCE OF LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE SHOULD MAKE UP FOR IT. STORMS OVER THE LAST FEW NIGHTS HAVE
SATURATED THE GROUND. SO ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL GO
INTO RUNOFF AND MAY CAUSE FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS, SOME POSSIBLE SEVERE, WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST
AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TUESDAY MORNING. STORMS WILL AGAIN
BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THESE
STORMS WILL BE SEVERE, SO PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR LATER FORECASTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF
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

LAWSON/KETCHAM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 11:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1142 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004

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

1141 PM     TSTM WND GST     LURAY                   39.12N 98.69W
07/05/2004  67 MPH           RUSSELL            KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORTED BY KSN WEATHER LAB SITE.

&&

BRW

Local storm report, Jul 5, 11:45 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1145 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004

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

1141 PM     TSTM WND GST     RUSSELL                 38.89N 98.85W
07/05/2004  61 MPH           RUSSELL            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BRW

Local storm report, Jul 6, 12:11 AM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1211 AM CDT TUE JUL 06 2004

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

1211 AM     HAIL             5 SW SYLVAN GROVE       38.97N 98.47W
07/06/2004  0.75 INCH        LINCOLN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

1211 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 SW SYLVAN GROVE       38.97N 98.47W
07/06/2004  60 MPH           LINCOLN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BRW

Local storm report, Jul 6, 12:21 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1221 AM CDT TUE JUL 06 2004

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

1220 AM     HAIL             5 SSW BUSHTON           38.45N 98.44W
07/06/2004  0.75 INCH        RICE               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

1220 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 SSW BUSHTON           38.45N 98.44W
07/06/2004  60 MPH           RICE               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BRW

Local storm report, Jul 6, 12:26 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1226 AM CDT TUE JUL 06 2004

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

1226 AM     TSTM WND GST     8 W LINCOLN             39.04N 98.30W
07/06/2004  60 MPH           LINCOLN            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BRW

Local storm report, Jul 6, 12:34 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1234 AM CDT TUE JUL 06 2004

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

1234 AM     TSTM WND GST     4 W ELLSWORTH           38.74N 98.30W
07/06/2004  60 MPH           ELLSWORTH          KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BRW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	90 min
Jul 5, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice	75 min
Jul 6, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	36 min
Jul 6, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	67 min
Jul 6, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	65 min
Jul 6, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	63 min
Jul 6, 3:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	54 min
Jul 6, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	67 min
Jul 6, 4:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk	51 min
Jul 6, 5:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson	53 min
Jul 6, 5:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	38 min

Nearby

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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.