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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Wichita, KS

July 3, 2005Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2005, 10:59 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2005, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2005, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 3, 11:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 E South Haven, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 26 minutes after it went out.

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
Jul 3, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 040359
SVRICT
KSC191-040500-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0191.050704T0359Z-050704T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1059 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CALDWELL...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  WELLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CALDWELL...GEUDA SPRINGS...HUNNEWELL...SOUTH HAVEN

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...

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3713 9769 3699 9766 3700 9714 3720 9713

$$

CARUSO

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KICT 040421
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1121 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

KSC191-040500-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-050704T0500Z/
SUMNER KS-
1121 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTY
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 1117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR SOUTH HAVEN...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF WELLINGTON...AND MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  5 MILES SOUTH OF GEUDA SPRINGS BY  1150 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF HUNNEWELL IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3713 9769 3699 9766 3700 9714 3720 9713

$$

BOWMAN

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, 5 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 5:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 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

---------------------------------------------------------------------
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, 7 hours 44 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

Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:08 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1008 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2005

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

1000 PM     HAIL             7 N ZENDA               37.55N 98.28W
07/03/2005  1.00 INCH        KINGMAN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RBL

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 10:28 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1028 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

KSZ050-067-040415-
RENO-RICE-
1028 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RENO AND RICE COUNTIES...

AT 1024 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF HUDSON...OR 22 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GREAT BEND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL IS 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.

JMC

Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:37 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1037 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2005

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

1027 PM     HAIL             SPIVEY                  37.45N 98.17W
07/03/2005  1.75 INCH        KINGMAN            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

REC

Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:42 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1042 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2005

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

1010 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BLUFF CITY              37.08N 97.88W
07/03/2005                   HARPER             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING.

&&

CDB

Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:45 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1045 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2005

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

1000 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW ANTHONY            37.17N 98.05W
07/03/2005                   HARPER             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER RESCUE FOR A FAMILY TRAPPED IN A CAR IN HIGH WATER
            NEAR ANTHONY LAKE.

&&

CDB

Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:49 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1049 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2005

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

1030 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 E ANTHONY             37.15N 97.94W
07/03/2005                   HARPER             KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            HIGH WATER OVER HIGHWAY 44 EAST OF ANTHONY. HIGHWAY WAS
            CLOSED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

&&

CDB

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, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	64 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.