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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Wichita, KS

April 23, 2004Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2004, 7:22 PM CDT for Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. 2 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: Apr 23, 2004, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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
Apr 23, 7:35 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	6 N Fredonia, KS
Apr 23, 8:05 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Fredonia, 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
Apr 23, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 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 240022
SVRICT
KSC205-240115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
721 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

* AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF
  NEW ALBANY TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUXTON...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF FREDONIA TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF FREDONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
  NEAR FREDONIA AROUND 745 PM CDT...
  NEAR BUFFALO AROUND 750 PM CDT...
  NEAR ALTOONA AROUND 800 PM CDT...

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

HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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 WILSON
COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3764 9595 3739 9594 3755 9558 3773 9560
          3773 9581

$$

/HOWERTON

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 Apr 23, 3:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 3:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
320 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN CONCERN THIS AFTN/TNGT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN THREAT.

TNGT: LOTS OF ISENTROPIC LIFT CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTN
INTO THIS EVE. LAYERS ABOVE 850H REMAIN UNSTABLE SO SOME MORE SVR WX
IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION AS ELEVATED CONVECTION COULD LEAD TO A
HAIL THREAT. EXPECT SCT SHRA/TSRA TO CONTINUE OFF AND ON ACROSS THE
AREA. WITH MORE WIDESPREAD SHRA AND IMBEDDED TSRA ACTIVITY TO PICK
BACK UP AGAIN AFTER SUNSET AND OVERNIGHT AS SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT
INCREASES AS UPPER LOW IN THE ROCKIES PULLS NE INTO THE PLAINS. WILL
GO MAINLY CATEGORICAL WITH POPS ACROSS THE AREA TNGT, AND DEFINATELY
KEEP THE FLOOD WATCH GOING FOR SRN AND SERN KS THROUGH SAT EVE.
WILL EXPAND IT BY A FEW COUNTIES TO THE WEST AND NORTH TO INCLUDE
ICT AND EWK GIVEN EARLIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY.

SAT/SAT NIGHT: SHRA/IMBEDDED TSRA WILL PROBABLY BE ONGOING EARLY SAT
AS SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA.  MAIN HEAVY RAIN
THREAT APPREARS TO BE OVER SERN KS AS OVERUNNING RAINS ADD TO THE
RAINFALL TOTALS.  WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE 2-3 INCH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ACROSS A WIDE SWATH OF COUNTIES.  SVR WEATHER THREAT LOOKS
TO BE CONFINED TO EXTREME ERN KS FOR SAT AFTN/EVE AS SFC BASED
INSTABILITY INCREASES DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. SVR WEATHER THREAT
WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDANT ON ANY AMOUNT OF SFC HEATING THAT OCCURS.
WILL LEAVE THIS THREAT IN FOR NOW.

SUN/SUN NIGHT: THINGS CLEAR OUT AS UPPER LEVEL FLOW GOES NWRLY AND
SFC RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA.  SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT NOTED LATE SUN
NIGHT INTO EARLY MON BUT LOW LAYERS VERY DRY SO THIS WILL GO TO MID
CLOUD FORMATION.

MON-WED: NW UPPER FLOW CONTINUES FOR MON THROUGH EARLY WED AS SFC
RIDGE MOVES SE OF THE AREA BASICALLY CUTTING OFF ANY MOISTURE RETURN
INTO THE AREA.  SO LOTS OF SUNSHINE, TO GIVE THE AREA A CHANCE TO
DRY OUT.

THU-FRI: UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE SWRLY AS THE DAY PROGRESSES ON THU,
AS A STRONG S/WV DIVES ACROSS THE PAC NW INTO THE SW US.  MOISTURE
SURGES BACK INTO THE AREA BY THU AFTN, AS LEE SIDE TROF DEVELOPS IN
SWRN KS.  WILL BRING TSRA BACK INTO THE FORECAST FOR THE THU
AFTN-EARLY FRI TIME PERIOD AS THIS SFC LOW APPRAOCHES THE AREA WITH
A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA BY 12Z FRI.  DO SUPPORT GOING
WITH WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS FOR THIS TIME PERIOD AS SLOWER
ARRIVAL OF THIS SYSTEM WILL KEEP TEMPS FAIRLY WARM ON
THU.

&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA         51  62  46  68 /  90  90  30   5
HUTCHINSON      49  60  44  68 /  90  90  20   5
NEWTON          50  61  45  67 /  90  90  30   5
ELDORADO        52  63  47  67 /  90  90  40   5
STROTHER FIELD  54  65  48  70 /  90  90  40  10
RUSSELL         45  56  41  67 /  90  90  10   0
GREAT BEND      46  57  42  67 /  90  90  20   0
SALINA          49  59  45  68 /  90  90  30   5
MCPHERSON       49  59  45  67 /  90  90  20   5
COFFEYVILLE     55  67  51  68 /  90  90  50  10
CHANUTE         53  64  49  66 /  90  90  40  10
IOLA            52  64  48  65 /  90  90  50  10
&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND ALL OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

&&

22/KETCHAM

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 3:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
325 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-241200-
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-
325 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A
THREAT TONIGHT. SEE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE INFORMATION.

RICH GULF MOISTURE ABOVE THE SURFACE CONTINUES TO BE PUMPED INTO THE
AREA. THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH INSTABILITY IN THE MID LEVELS WILL
RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF STORMS. WITH PLENTY OF MID LEVEL SHEAR,
THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLF BALLS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN LIKELY ON SATURDAY, WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS POSSIBLE AND ITS ASSOCIATED FLOOD. PLEASE SEE FLOOD WATCH FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS. THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN SMALL
AND MAINLY FOR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

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

KED/LAWSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 23, 6:59 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
659 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

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

0649 PM     HAIL             10 E ARKANSAS CITY      37.07N 96.86W
04/23/2004  0.88 INCH        COWLEY             KS   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Apr 23, 7:08 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
708 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

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

0703 PM     FLASH FLOOD      7 E WINFIELD            37.27N 96.84W
04/23/2004                   COWLEY             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            171ST STREET ROAD JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160 IS UNDER
            WATER.

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Apr 23, 7:10 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
710 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

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

0700 PM     HAIL             5 S BURDEN              37.24N 96.75W
04/23/2004  1.00 INCH        COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Apr 23, 7:15 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
715 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

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

0714 PM     HAIL             ARKANSAS CITY           37.07N 97.04W
04/23/2004  1.00 INCH        COWLEY             KS   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Apr 23, 7:17 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
717 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

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

0712 PM     HAIL             ARKANSAS CITY           37.07N 97.04W
04/23/2004  1.25 INCH        COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Apr 23, 7:18 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
718 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

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

0713 PM     TSTM WND GST     CAMBRIDGE               37.32N 96.67W
04/23/2004  60 MPH           COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ADK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	53 min
Apr 23, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk	62 min
Apr 23, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	61 min
Apr 23, 7:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	6 hr
Apr 23, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	53 min
Apr 23, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery	65 min
Apr 23, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson	62 min
Apr 23, 8:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	6 hr
Apr 23, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	80 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.