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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2005, 7:44 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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
- Jun 4, 2005, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 8:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4089 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 050046 SVRICT KSC019-035-049-050145- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0102.050605T0044Z-050605T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 744 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHWESTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 845 PM CDT. * AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEXTER...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF WINFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NUMEROUS OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN COWLEY COUNTY, ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ATLANTA...BURDEN...CAMBRIDGE...CEDAR VALE...DEXTER...GRENOLA... HOWARD...MAPLE CITY...MOLINE THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING... THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 3700 9704 3701 9629 3747 9621 3746 9685 $$ KLEINSASSER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 050104 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 804 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 KSC019-035-049-050145- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-050605T0145Z/ CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-COWLEY KS- 804 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY...SOUTHWESTERN ELK AND WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ATLANTA TO HARDY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... NEAR DEXTER BY 810 PM CDT. NEAR GRENOLA BY 840 PM CDT. NEAR CEDAR VALE BY 845 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF MAPLE CITY AND CAMBRIDGE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 3700 9704 3701 9629 3747 9621 3746 9685 $$ CHANCE
000 WWUS53 KICT 050128 RRA SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 829 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 KSC019-035-049-050145- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-050605T0145Z/ CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-COWLEY KS- 829 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY...SOUTHWESTERN ELK AND WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 827 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DOUGLASS TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEUDA SPRINGS...AND MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF COWLEY...SOUTHWESTERN ELK AND WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. LAT...LON 3700 9704 3701 9629 3747 9621 3746 9685 $$
000 WWUS53 KICT 050146 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 846 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 KSC019-035-049-050156- /O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-050605T0145Z/ CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-COWLEY KS- 846 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COWLEY...SOUTHWESTERN ELK AND WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 844 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN, OR A WARNING ISSUED. LAT...LON 3700 9704 3701 9629 3747 9621 3746 9685 $$ CHANCE
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 Jun 4, 2:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 235 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 .DISCUSSION... ...MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... TONIGHT: AM GETTING A JUMP ON THE FORECAST IN ANTICIPATION OF A BUSY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT 1800Z A WELL DEFINED UPPER LEVEL LOW IS EVIDENT ON THE SATELLITE IMAGERY OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS LOW, A SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT THE AIRMASS IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. EASTERN KANSAS IS FAIRLY WELL CAPPED AT THIS TIME, BUT THAT SHOULD ERODE BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH EXPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. OUR CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE INITIAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY OF THE TURNPIKE. SPCS OUTLOOK HAS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI, WITH A MODERATE RISK THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS. TORNADOES WITH THESE STORMS MAINLY THIS EVENING ARE DEFINITELY POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES, HEAVY RAIN IS ONCE AGAIN A POSSIBILITY. AM LEAVING THE FLOOD WATCH OUT AS IS FOR TONIGHT. THE SURFACE BOUNDARY SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF AN IOLA TO CANEY LINE BY MIDNIGHT, THEN TO THE EASTERN BORDER OF OUR FORECAST AREA BY AROUND DAYBREAK. SUNDAY-SUNDAY NIGHT: NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE ONGOING FORECAST. KEPT A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST, BUT NOT REAL CONFIDENT ON THAT. THE BOUNDARY LOOKS TO HANG UP FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. BECAUSE OF THAT PUT SOME SMALL CHANGES OF THUNDERSTORMS IN ALONG THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS BORDER FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. MONDAY-SATURDAY: PRETTY MUCH LEFT THE ON-GOING FORECAST ALONE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SHOULD INCREASE TOWARD MIDWEEK AS ANOTHER STRONG UPPER TROF DEVELOPS OUT WEST, WITH HINTS OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING INTO CENTRAL KANSAS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SEASONABLY VERY WARM AFTERNOONS AND MILD NIGHTS PROGGED, WITH NIGHTTIME LOW-LEVEL JETS COMMON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 62 85 65 91 / 40 10 10 10 HUTCHINSON 61 85 64 91 / 30 10 10 10 NEWTON 61 85 65 90 / 50 10 10 10 ELDORADO 63 85 65 90 / 60 10 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 63 85 66 91 / 60 20 20 20 RUSSELL 58 84 63 92 / 20 10 10 10 GREAT BEND 58 84 63 92 / 10 10 10 10 SALINA 60 84 63 90 / 40 10 10 10 MCPHERSON 60 85 64 90 / 40 10 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 69 86 66 89 / 80 40 20 20 CHANUTE 68 85 66 88 / 80 30 20 20 IOLA 68 85 66 88 / 80 20 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY UNTIL 6 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...ALLEN...BUTLER...CHASE...CHAUTAUQUA... COWLEY...ELK...GREENWOOD...HARVEY...LABETTE...MARION... MONTGOMERY...NEOSHO...WILSON...AND WOODSON. && ELDER/
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 3:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 340 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 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- 340 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS, AS A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES OUT OVER KANSAS FROM COLORADO. A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE, MAINLY ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS. OTHERWISE, VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AREAWIDE. WEAK LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP SOMEWHERE IN CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON, WITH A DRYLINE EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM THE LOW THROUGH WESTERN OKLAHOMA. AS THE VERY STRONG DISTURBANCE ALOFT MOVES OUT OVER KANSAS, SCATTERED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG OR EAST OF THE DRYLINE DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING, ALTHOUGH THE MAIN THREAT AREA WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 135 CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT, ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IF STORMS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP, THEY MAY BECOME SEVERE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWOICT.HTM JMC/TES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:28 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
728 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0726 PM HAIL 3 NW DEXTER 37.21N 96.75W
06/04/2005 0.88 INCH COWLEY KS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
CDBLocal storm report, Jun 4, 7:31 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
731 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM HAIL 1 W LATHAM 37.54N 96.66W
06/04/2005 0.88 INCH BUTLER KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CDBLocal storm report, Jun 4, 7:38 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
738 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0727 PM HAIL 1 W LATHAM 37.54N 96.66W
06/04/2005 0.88 INCH BUTLER KS EMERGENCY MNGR
NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
&&
TESLocal storm report, Jun 4, 7:39 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
739 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0733 PM HAIL 1 W LATHAM 37.54N 96.66W
06/04/2005 1.00 INCH BUTLER KS EMERGENCY MNGR
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
&&
TESLocal storm report, Jun 4, 7:41 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
741 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0737 PM HAIL 1 N LATHAM 37.55N 96.64W
06/04/2005 1.00 INCH BUTLER KS TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 55 MPH WINDS.
&&
TESLocal storm report, Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
744 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL WINFIELD 37.27N 96.97W
06/04/2005 1.00 INCH COWLEY KS BROADCAST MEDIA
QUARTER SIZE HAIL BY KSNW EMPLOYEE.
&&
TESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 8:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 21 min |
| Jun 4, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.