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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Wichita, KS

May 13, 2004Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2004, 6:36 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2004, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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.

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 nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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: 2528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 132336
SVRICT
KSC191-140030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
636 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

* AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLINGTON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR BELLE PLAINE AROUND 700 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...

THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUMNER
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3724 9756 3719 9734 3747 9714 3747 9742

$$

/JAKUB

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 May 13, 3:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
346 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN FOCUS IS ON CONVECTIVE TRENDS INTO THIS EVENING AND ANY
ADDITIONAL FLOODING POTENTIAL.

TONIGHT:
WL LIKELY TRIM THE FLOOD WATCH EVEN MORE TO JUST SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
THRU THIS EVENING. COULD STILL SEE REDEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION OVER
SERN KS INTO THIS EVENING GIVEN THAT AREA IS STILL IN THE RR QUAD OF
THE UPR JET AND THERE IS ALSO REMNANT ELEVATED INSTABILITY. HOWEVER,
ATTM, IT APPEARS THAT MCS ACTIVITY IN ERN OK IS INTERCEPTING THE
STRONGEST 850 INFLOW. NEVERTHELESS, COULD STILL SEE SOME MORE
LOCALLY HVY RAINFALL THIS EVE IN THE SE. AFTER MIDNIGHT, THE RAIN
SHOULD MOVE OUT OF SERN KS AS THE 850 WINDS VEER TO WESTERLY. CLOUDS
SHOULD HANG TOUGH TONIGHT. SHOULD SEE DECREASING CLOUDS TOWARD
MORNING IN CNTRL KS AS DOWNGLIDE AND DRYING TAKE OVER. THEREFORE,
COLDEST MINS (MID 30S) SLATED FOR RSL/GBD AREA, WITH UPR 40S IN THE
SERN ZONES.

FRIDAY-FRI NIGHT:
SFC HIGH PRESSURE AND CONTINUED ISENTROPIC DOWNGLIDE/DRYING WL CLEAR
THE REMNANT LOW CLOUDS OUT OF S-CNTRL/SERN KS DURG THE MORNING HRS.
META FCST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A MIX TO JUST BLO 850, WHICH WOULD
SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. THE SFC RIDGE WL REMAIN
ANCHORED IN ERN KS FRI NIGHT, WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES DURG AT LEAST
THE EVENING. GIVEN RECENT RAINFALL, COULD EXPERIENCE AT LEAST SOME
PATCHY FOG FORMATION. ONE NEGATIVE FACTOR WOULD BE SOME CIRRUS
ADVECTING INTO CNTRL SXNS LATE.

SAT-SAT NIGHT:
WAA PATTERN DEVELOPS DURG THIS PERIOD. GIVEN DECENT SUNSHINE SAT,
1000-850 THICKNESSES WOULD SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE LOW-MID 70S. LOW LVL
MOISTURE BEGINS RETURNING SAT, HOWEVER META PROGS HIGHS CIN VALUES.
LATER SAT NIGHT, STRONG ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE PATTERN DEVELOPS
PARTICULARLY OVER CNTRL SXNS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME ELEVATED
INSTABILITY. SO WL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/T-STORMS SAT
NIGHT, AND SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD LINGER INTO SUN AM.

SUN-THURS:
UPPER PATTERN WL GRADUALLY TRANSITION DURG THIS PERIOD. THE PATTERN
WL BE NEARLY ZONAL SUN-MON ACROSS THE NRN CONUS WITH THE GFS AND
ECMWF CONTINUING TO SHOW DIFFERENCES WITH THE TIMING/AMPLITUDE OF
INDIVIDUAL SHORTWAVES WITHIN THE FLOW. BY WED AND THURS, THE UPPER
RIDGE BUILDS CONSIDERABLY OVER THE SERN U.S. WITH A
POSITIVELY-TILTED UPPER TROF FORMING OVER THE WRN STATES. THE GFS
PROGS A COLD FRONT TO DROP SWD INTO OUR FCST AREA MON NGT, THEN
STALLS IT TUES, AND LIFTS IT NWD OUT OF THE AREA BY WED. THE ECMWF
KEEPS THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM TO OUR N THE ENTIRE PERIOD. DECIDED TO ADD
20 POPS FOR MON NGT THRU TUES NGT FOR OUR NRN/NERN-MOST COUNTIES
ATTM, BUT CONFIDENCE IS SOMEWHAT LOW. WOULD THINK PRECIPITATION
CHANCES WOULD END WED-THURS AS THE UPR FLOW TURNS LIGHT SWRLY OVER
OUR FCST AREA, LIKELY RESULTING IN AN INCREASED CAP STRENGTH.
OTHERWISE, NO SIG CHANGES TO TEMPS WITH HIGHS IN UPR 70S/LWR 80S.

&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA         44  63  47  73 /  20   5   0  10
HUTCHINSON      41  63  46  73 /  20   0   0  10
NEWTON          43  63  45  73 /  20   0   0  10
ELDORADO        44  63  46  73 /  30   5   0  10
STROTHER FIELD  45  63  47  73 /  50   5   0  10
RUSSELL         37  64  45  73 /  20   0   0  10
GREAT BEND      38  64  45  73 /  20   0   0  10
SALINA          39  63  45  73 /  20   0   0  10
MCPHERSON       41  63  45  73 /  20   0   0  10
COFFEYVILLE     47  62  46  73 /  80  10   0   5
CHANUTE         47  61  46  73 /  80  10   0   5
IOLA            46  61  46  73 /  80  10   0   5
&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH FOR SERN KS THIS
EVENING.
&&

9/CARUSO

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 4:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
430 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-141200-
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-
430 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS
EVENING, BEFORE ENDING LATER TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
ALREADY SATURATED GROUND MAY CAUSE SOME FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS THIS
EVENING IN THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA (TOPFFAICT). IN ADDITION, AN
ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD BRIEFLY PRODUCE PENNY SIZE HAIL OR 60
MPH WINDS IN THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE AREA, AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY
NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER, IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE
IF ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

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

KED/LAWSON/JMC

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 2:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...COR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
209 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

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

845 AM     TSTM WND GST     N ALTOONA               37.53N 95.66W
05/13/2004  0 MPH            WILSON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN ON POWER LINE.

&&

BRW

Local storm report, May 13, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
452 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

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

0446 PM     HAIL             4 W ARKANSAS CITY       37.07N 97.11W
05/13/2004  0.75 INCH        COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0448 PM     HAIL             N ARKANSAS CITY         37.07N 97.04W
05/13/2004  0.88 INCH        COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

HOWERTON

Local storm report, May 13, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
500 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

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

0458 PM     HAIL             1 E GEUDA SPRINGS       37.11N 97.13W
05/13/2004  0.88 INCH        COWLEY             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

DAPM

Local storm report, May 13, 5:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
517 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

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

0512 PM     HAIL             6 SW WINFIELD           37.21N 97.05W
05/13/2004  0.88 INCH        COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JMC

Local storm report, May 13, 6:27 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
627 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

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

0458 PM     HAIL             HAYSVILLE               37.57N 97.35W
05/13/2004  0.88 INCH        SEDGWICK           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

DAPM

Local storm report, May 13, 6:27 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO TIME OF REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
627 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

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

0625 PM     HAIL             HAYSVILLE               37.57N 97.35W
05/13/2004  0.88 INCH        SEDGWICK           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

DAPM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper	63 min
May 12, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	65 min
May 12, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	53 min
May 12, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion	57 min
May 12, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	53 min
May 12, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper	53 min
May 12, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Marion	64 min
May 12, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	64 min
May 12, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	59 min
May 12, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	58 min
May 12, 9:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Harper	6 hr
May 12, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	52 min
May 12, 10:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	6 hr
May 12, 10:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Sumner	59 min
May 12, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	54 min
May 12, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	65 min
May 12, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	57 min
May 12, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	57 min
May 12, 11:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	6 hr
May 13, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	63 min
May 13, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	55 min
May 13, 1:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	61 min
May 13, 3:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	60 min
May 13, 4:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	59 min
May 13, 5:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	6 hr
May 13, 6:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	55 min
May 13, 8:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	65 min
May 13, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	47 min
May 13, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.