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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Wichita, KS

July 3, 2005Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2005, 7:56 PM CDT for Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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: Jul 3, 2005, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harper County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 3, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 4511 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 14.7

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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 Jul 3, 5:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 5:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
500 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

.MESO UPDATE...

LONG-TRACK SUPERCELL FINALLY DISSIPATED NEAR MCPHERSON. THIS APPEARS
MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY BECOMING DIFFUSE TO
NON-EXISTENT EAST OF I-135, WHICH LIKELY RESULTED IN DECREASED
INGESTION OF LOW-LEVEL HELICITY INTO THE STORM.

SURFACE WINDS HAVE BACKED SUBSTANTIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS, WHICH HAVE ENHANCED
THE LOW-LEVEL HELICITIES AND ASSOCIATED TORNADO THREAT.
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM WEST OF HUTCHINSON ALONG AND JUST TO
THE NORTH OF A SOUTHWARD SAGGING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. WITH STORMS
MOVING INTO RICHER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS,
ALONG WITH INCREASED BACKED FLOW/HELICITIES AND LOWER CLOUD BASES
ALONG BOUNDARY, TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING.
VERY LARGE HAIL, DUE TO EXTREME INSTABILITY, AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL
BE THREATS AS WELL. LOW-LEVEL WIND PROFILES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO
BACK EVEN MORE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS, ALONG WITH CLOUDS BASES
LOWERING SLIGHTLY DUE TO DIURNAL COOLING. THIS WILL ONLY ENHANCE THE
TORNADO THREAT THIS EVENING.

KLEINSASSER/CARUSO

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PREVIOUS DISCUSSION
234 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CONCERNS...
SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT...

CURRENT SUPERCELL STORM IN BARTON COUNTY KANSAS JUST THE BEGINNING
OF WHAT WILL BE A LONG EVENING/NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EVENTUALLY
SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME VERY TO
EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. BACKED NEAR SURFACE
FLOW ALONG/JUST AHEAD OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND SURFACE COLD FRONT
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TORNADO THREAT INTO THE EARLY EVENING,
THOUGH MODE SHOULD TRANSITION TO BOW ECHO/DAMAGING WIND THREAT LATER
ON. BESIDES VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS, HEAVY RAIN RISK WILL
INCREASE WITH DEVELOPMENT OF LARGER SCALE MESOSCALE SYSTEM(S) INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THOUGH FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES HAVE COME UP
A BIT, PARTS OF THE AREA STILL RECOVERING FROM JUNE DELUGES, SO
FIGURED IT WISE TO GO WITH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE, GENERALLY ONLY SLIGHT TWEAKS TO FORECAST NEEDED INTO
THE OUTER PERIODS. CHANCES, ALBEIT MODEST AND HARD TO PIN DOWN
AT THIS POINT, WILL CONTINUE IN WEAK-MODEST WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

DARMOFAL

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    68  87  66  89 /  70  30  20  20
HUTCHINSON      67  87  64  89 /  80  20  20  20
NEWTON          67  86  65  88 /  80  20  20  20
ELDORADO        68  86  66  88 /  70  30  20  20
WINFIELD-KWLD   70  89  68  91 /  70  40  20  20
RUSSELL         63  86  62  88 /  70  10  10  10
GREAT BEND      64  86  63  88 /  80  20  20  20
SALINA          66  87  64  90 /  80  20  10  10
MCPHERSON       67  87  64  89 /  80  20  20  20
COFFEYVILLE     70  87  68  89 /  60  40  20  20
CHANUTE         68  86  66  88 /  70  30  10  10
IOLA            68  85  66  87 /  70  30  10  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING
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.

&&

DARMOFAL

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
315 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-041200-
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-
314 PM PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS, AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES
SLOWLY SOUTH INTO THE AREA. VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE
AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS TO 80 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS. A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
EARLY THIS EVENING.

INDIVIDUAL SUPERCELLS OR STORM CLUSTERS ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE
OR DEVELOP INTO MORE OF A LINEAR STORM STRUCTURE LATER IN THE
EVENING OR OVERNIGHT, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT SOUTHEAST
KANSAS. BESIDES A WIND AND HAIL THREAT, THE RISK FOR LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO BECOME A CONCERN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA,
WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SOME LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE, MAINLY OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS MONDAY MORNING. THE MAIN RISK WITH
THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.

MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
UNSTABLE FOR MORE COMPLEXES OF THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER, THE
PLACEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE POSITION OF THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY. RIGHT NOW, IT IS TOO EARLY TO DEPICT THE DEGREE
OF SEVERITY AND  TIMING OF THE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING, POSSIBLY
LASTING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

&&

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

KED

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:21 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
721 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

KSZ053-040045-
CHASE-
721 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

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

AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SAFFORDVILLE TO 6
MILES NORTH OF CASSODAY...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:29 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
729 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2005

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

0725 PM     FLOOD            5 E PRETTY PRAIRIE      37.78N 97.93W
07/03/2005                   RENO               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            YARD FLOODED. 3-4 INCHES OF RAIN RECEIVED IN 1 HOUR.

&&

ES

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:45 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
745 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-040800-
ALLEN KS-CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-GREENWOOD KS-LABETTE KS-
MONTGOMERY KS-NEOSHO KS-WILSON KS-WOODSON KS-

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 591
UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES

ALLEN                 CHAUTAUQUA            ELK
GREENWOOD             LABETTE               MONTGOMERY
NEOSHO                WILSON                WOODSON

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CHANUTE...COFFEYVILLE...EUREKA...IOLA...
PARSONS...SEDAN AND YATES CENTER.

JMC

Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:47 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
747 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2005

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

0740 PM     HAIL             WEST WICHITA            37.65N 97.50W
07/03/2005  1.00 INCH        SEDGWICK           KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            REPORTED AT THE NWS OFFICE. MOSTLY PENNIES, BUT A FEW
            QUARTERS.

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:51 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
751 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2005

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

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 E PRETTY PRAIRIE      37.78N 97.87W
07/03/2005                   RENO               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BOAT STORAGE UNIT AT CHENEY LAKE ON THE RENO COUNTY SIDE
            WAS DESTROYED

&&

CDB

Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:56 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
756 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2005

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

0750 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 NW RUNNYMEDE          37.36N 97.94W
07/03/2005  60 MPH           HARPER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR NEARLY 20 MINUTES NOW.

&&

ADK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	58 min
Jul 3, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	53 min
Jul 3, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	62 min
Jul 3, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	65 min
Jul 3, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	53 min
Jul 3, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Greenwood	59 min
Jul 3, 8:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	6 hr
Jul 3, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	60 min
Jul 3, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Woodson	47 min
Jul 3, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Harper, Sumner	67 min
Jul 3, 9:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	6 hr
Jul 3, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	57 min
Jul 3, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	54 min
Jul 3, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Harper, Sumner	61 min
Jul 3, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	29 min
Jul 3, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	28 min
Jul 3, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	57 min
Jul 3, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	61 min
Jul 3, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	54 min
Jul 3, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	37 min
Jul 3, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	60 min
Jul 4, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	54 min
Jul 4, 12:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	6 hr
Jul 4, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	34 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.