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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Wichita, KS

June 10, 2005Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2005, 6:03 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2005, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
381 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 10, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
430 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

.DISCUSSION...

FORECAST HIGHLIGHT: EXTENSION OF FLOOD WATCH TO 1 PM SATURDAY THATLL
INCLUDE ALL OF SE KS.

TONIGHT & SATURDAY:
NUMEROUS TSRA ADVANCING N FROM NW OK ACROSS SW & SC KS. CONVECTION
CAUSED BY STRONG SFC-850MB MOSITRUE ADVECTION INDUCED BY PERSISTENT
CYCLOGENESIS CONTINUING OVER ERN NM. WITH SLOW EWD MOVEMENT OF UPPER
TROF ORIENTED N-S OVER WRN FRINGE OF ROCKIES, TSRA TO PERSIST OVER
NEARLY ALL OF FORECAST AREA THRU SAT AFTERNOON. COUPLED WITH SOAKED
GROUNDS & RISING RIVERS FROM PREVIOUS RAINS, EXTENDED FLOOD WATCH TIL
SAT AFTERNOON THAT NOW INCLUDES SE KS COUNTIES OF ALLEN, LABETTE,
MONTGOMERY, NEOSHO, WILSON & WOODSON. MOISTURE-LADEN ENVIRONMENT
DICTATES NARROWING DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE ALL AREAS.

SATURDAY NIGHT:
ONGOING CONVECTION THATLL SPREAD ACROSS FORECAST TONIGHT & SATURDAY
WILL LIFT NE AS PARENT MID-UPPER LOW MOVES IN LIKE MANNER. HOWEVER,
NEW TSRA DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED LATE SAT NIGHT AS CONVECTIVELY-INDUCED
500-MB VORT LOBE SCOOTS NE OVER WRN & CENTRAL KS. ETA80 MOST AGGRES-
SIVE IN DEPICTION OF STRONG 850-MB THETA-E ADVECTION OVER SC & CENTRAL
KS DURING 1A-7A TIMEFRAME WHICH, CONSIDERING OVERALL PATTERN, MAKES
SENSE. AS SUCH HAVE PRESSED HARDER ON POP THROTTLE OVER BOTH AREAS
(MORE SO CENTRAL KS WHERE THETA-E GRADIENT TIGHTEST) ASSIGNING 50%
POP TO CENTRAL KS. RESULTANT RAINFALL PLUS BEHAVIOR OF OVERALL PATTERN
WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY() AS NEW FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED
FOR CENTRAL & SC KS.

SUNDAY:
GOOD CHANCES FOR CONTINUED TSRA AS MID-UPPER TROF ASSUMES NEGATIVE
TILT OVER WRN KS. AS SUCH HAVE INCREASED POPS OVER BOTH CENTRAL & SC
KS TO 40-50%. WAS TEMPTED TO RAISE EVEN FURTHER BUT DID NOT SO AS TO
ALLOW SUCCESSOR CHANCE TO STUDY SUBSEQUENT MODEL RUNS.

NEXT WEEK:
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    67  83  67  86 /  90  50  40  50
HUTCHINSON      66  83  66  85 / 100  40  50  60
NEWTON          67  82  67  86 /  90  60  40  50
ELDORADO        68  82  67  86 /  90  60  40  50
WINFIELD-KWLD   69  83  67  86 /  90  50  40  50
RUSSELL         64  82  64  84 /  80  30  60  50
GREAT BEND      65  83  64  84 /  90  20  50  60
SALINA          66  82  66  85 /  90  60  50  50
MCPHERSON       66  82  66  85 /  90  50  50  60
COFFEYVILLE     70  81  68  87 /  60  70  40  40
CHANUTE         69  80  68  87 /  70  80  50  40
IOLA            69  80  68  87 /  70  80  60  40

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY UNTIL 2 PM CDT SATURDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...ALLEN...BARTON...BUTLER...CHASE...
CHAUTAUQUA...COWLEY...ELK...ELLSWORTH...GREENWOOD...HARPER...
HARVEY...KINGMAN...LABETTE...LINCOLN...MARION...MCPHERSON...
MONTGOMERY...NEOSHO...RENO...RICE...RUSSELL...SALINE...
SEDGWICK...SUMNER...WILSON...AND WOODSON.

&&

99/ES

*CORRECTED TONIGHT & SATURDAY PORTION OF DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE NEOSHO
& WILSON COUNTIES WHICH HAD BEEN INADVERTENTLY OVERLOOKED.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 11:09 AM CDT, 6 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1109 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-111200-
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-
1109 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. THIS LINE MAY INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
QUARTER SIZE HAIL. OTHERWISE, A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE MAIN
THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. OF PERHAPS GREATER
CONCERN, IS THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE HEAVY RAINS WHICH
COULD VERY WELL LEAD TO MORE FLOODING. CONSEQUENTLY, A FLOOD WATCH
HAS BEEN EXTENDED EAST TO INCLUDE ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ONCE AGAIN
POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THRU MONDAY MORNING. DETAILS REMAIN
UNCLEAR REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE, SO PLEASE
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND SUBSEQUENT OUTLOOKS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY ALONG,
AND WEST, OF THE FLINT HILLS. RAINFALL AND ANY FLOODING REPORTS ARE
ALWAYS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWOICT.HTM

KLEINSASSER/LAWSON/ES/COX

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:37 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
537 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

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

0536 PM     HAIL             VIOLA                   37.48N 97.64W
06/10/2005  1.00 INCH        SEDGWICK           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

LFW
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:51 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
551 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

KSZ092-102345-
SUMNER-
551 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SUMNER COUNTY...

AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF ARGONIA...OR 14 MILES WEST OF
WELLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS
WERE LOCATED ACROSS WESTERN SUMNER COUNTY AS WELL. HEAVY RAINFALL IS
PROBABLY WITH THESE STORMS.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

SEDLOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner59 min
Jun 10, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner49 min
Jun 10, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick59 min
Jun 10, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley62 min

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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.