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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2005, 10:04 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 12, 2005, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2005, 10:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1202 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
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 12, 3:16 PM CDT, 6 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:16 PM CDT, 6 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 316 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS/FLOODING POTENTIAL TONIGHT AND IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS TOMORROW MORNING. OVERNIGHT: SEVERE WEATHER IS ONGOING, FIRING ALONG A BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS FROM THE VICINITY OF THE FLINT HILLS SOUTHWARD. TO THE WEST, A NEGATIVELY TILTED H5 TROF EXTENDS FROM EASTERN WYOMING INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THE TROF SHOULD MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD. ALL THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND AT LEAST FOR THIS EVENING SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THINK ANY CHANCES FOR A TORNADO, WHICH IS A VERY SLIM CHANCE, WOULD BE CONFINED TO SOUTHEAST KANSAS. HEAVY RAIN REMAINS A CONCERN AND WILL KEEP THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA IN A FLOOD WATCH OVER NIGHT. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE SHOWS THAT IT ONLY TAKES AROUND AN INCH JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN A 3 HOUR PERIOD TO CAUSE FLOODING AND THESE STORMS WILL DEFINITELY HAVE THAT POTENTIAL. MONDAY: THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST, WITH THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE BOUNDARY ALONG THE I-135 CORRIDOR BY DAYBREAK. THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND SHOULD BE THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY EVENING. HAVE EXTENDED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH NOON MONDAY BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTATION OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. BEHIND THE SURFACE BOUNDARY, THE CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE COMING TO AN END. TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY: UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BE THE DOMINANT FEATURE WHICH WILL RESULT IN DRY CONDITIONS AND A LITTLER WARMER TEMPERATURES. THURSDAY: MODELS INDICATE ANOTHER SHOT OF ENERGY MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. WITH THAT IN MIND, DID INTRODUCE SOME SMALL POPS MAINLY THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: FOR NOW HAVE LEFT THE FORECAST DRY. UPPER LEVEL FLOW REMAINS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST WITH LEE TROFFING IN PLACE THROUGH THE HIGH PLAINS, THEN A SURFACE BOUNDARY THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THINK THESE SURFACE BOUNDARIES WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION AND THAT IS THE REASON FOR KEEPING THINGS DRY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 66 86 62 87 / 70 40 10 10 HUTCHINSON 65 85 60 87 / 70 30 10 10 NEWTON 65 85 61 87 / 70 40 10 10 ELDORADO 66 85 62 87 / 70 40 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 66 87 63 88 / 70 40 10 10 RUSSELL 62 81 57 84 / 70 20 5 10 GREAT BEND 62 83 57 86 / 70 20 5 10 SALINA 64 84 59 85 / 70 30 5 10 MCPHERSON 65 84 60 87 / 70 30 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 67 85 64 87 / 70 40 10 10 CHANUTE 67 84 64 87 / 70 40 10 10 IOLA 67 84 64 87 / 70 50 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY UNTIL NOON CDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...ALLEN...CHAUTAUQUA...ELK...GREENWOOD... LABETTE...MONTGOMERY...NEOSHO...WILSON...AND WOODSON. FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...BARTON...BUTLER...CHASE...COWLEY... ELLSWORTH...HARPER...HARVEY...KINGMAN...LINCOLN...MARION... MCPHERSON...RENO...RICE...RUSSELL...SALINE...SEDGWICK...AND SUMNER. && ELDER/
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 4:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 435 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-131200- 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- 558 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING, GENERALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ADDITIONALLY, MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED, WHICH WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING CONCERNS. CONSEQUENTLY, A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY. FURTHERMORE, NUMEROUS RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA ARE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE, OR FORECASTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THAT AREA UNTIL NOON. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON MONDAY. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A THIS POINT IN TIME, THESE STORM CHANCES DO NOT LOOK TO BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. OTHERWISE, FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH ALL THE AREA AND ANY REPORTS ON THAT IS APPRECIATED. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWOICT.HTM ELDER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 553 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005 KSZ096-100-130000- LABETTE-NEOSHO- 553 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LABETTE AND NEOSHO COUNTIES... AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ071-072-094>096-098>100-130032- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 718 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER WATCH UPDATE MESSAGE... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 465 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS, ALLEN, NEOSHO, WOODSON, WILSON, MONTGOMERY, ELK, CHAUTAUQUA, AND LABETTE. NO COUNTIES IN THE WICHITA FORECAST AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY REMAIN IN THIS WATCH. KED
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 12, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase | 5 hr |
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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.