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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Wichita, KS

June 12, 2005Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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 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
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler, Chase5 hr

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.