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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Wichita, KS

June 4, 2005Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2005, 7:46 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chase County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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, 2:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 3003 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.9
Supercell composite: 15.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 050046 RRA
SVRICT
KSC017-050145-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0103.050605T0046Z-050605T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
746 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

* AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MATFIELD GREEN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH
  OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  COTTONWOOD FALLS...ELMDALE...MATFIELD GREEN...SAFFORDVILLE...STRONG
  CITY...WONSEVU...BAZAAR

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS 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...


A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.


REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3842 9681 3810 9682 3810 9637 3842 9637

$$

CHANCE

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 050113
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
813 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

KSC017-050145-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-050605T0145Z/
CHASE KS-
813 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHASE COUNTY UNTIL 845
PM CDT...

AT 809 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 7
MILES NORTH OF SAFFORDVILLE TO 7 MILES EAST OF MATFIELD GREEN...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CHASE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF SAFFORDVILLE.

LAT...LON 3842 9681 3810 9682 3810 9637 3842 9637

$$

000 
WWUS53 KICT 050128
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
828 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

KSC017-050145-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-050605T0145Z/
CHASE KS-
828 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHASE COUNTY 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 5
MILES NORTH OF SAFFORDVILLE TO 9 MILES EAST OF MATFIELD GREEN...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CHASE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF SAFFORDVILLE.

LAT...LON 3842 9681 3810 9682 3810 9637 3842 9637

$$

CHANCE

000 
WWUS53 KICT 050142
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
843 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

KSC017-050153-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-050605T0145Z/
CHASE KS-
843 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHASE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE...

AT 840 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
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 3842 9681 3810 9682 3810 9637 3842 9637

$$

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 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 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 6 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, 7:38 PM CDT, 8 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.

&&

TES

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:39 PM CDT, 7 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.

&&

TES

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:41 PM CDT, 5 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.

&&

TES

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDT, 2 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.

&&

TES

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
745 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

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

0743 PM     HAIL             MATFIELD GREEN          38.16N 96.56W
06/04/2005  0.50 INCH        CHASE              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

TES

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
746 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

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

0735 PM     FLOOD            CEDAR POINT             38.26N 96.82W
06/04/2005                   CHASE              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BOTH ROADS INTO CEDAR POINT REMAIN BARRICADED DUE TO HIGH
            WATER

&&

CDB

The 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, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	62 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

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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.