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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 19, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2005, 9:24 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1088 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 200200 SVRICT KSC015-035-173-191-200245- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0273.051020T0200Z-051020T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 900 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 945 PM CDT. * AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELLE PLAINE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BELLE PLAINE...DOUGLASS...MULVANE...ROSE HILL...UDALL...ROCK THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS... SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS: THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. LAT...LON 3746 9734 3735 9727 3745 9669 3773 9685 $$ KLEINSASSER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 200209 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 909 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 KSC015-035-173-191-200245- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-051020T0245Z/ BUTLER KS-SEDGWICK KS-SUMNER KS-COWLEY KS- 909 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN COWLEY... NORTHEASTERN SUMNER...SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK AND SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MULVANE...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR ROSE HILL BY 915 PM CDT. NEAR DOUGLASS BY 920 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3746 9734 3735 9727 3745 9669 3773 9685 $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS53 KICT 200216 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 916 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 KSC035-191-200226- /O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-051020T0245Z/ SUMNER KS-COWLEY KS- 916 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COWLEY AND SUMNER COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 914 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3748 9734 3748 9669 3773 9685 $$ KSC015-173-200245- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-051020T0245Z/ BUTLER KS-SEDGWICK KS- 916 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK AND SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSE HILL...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK AND SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF ROSE HILL. LAT...LON 3748 9734 3748 9669 3773 9685 $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS53 KICT 200224 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 924 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 KSC015-173-200234- /O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-051020T0245Z/ BUTLER KS-SEDGWICK KS- 924 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK AND SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 922 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3748 9734 3748 9669 3773 9685 $$ KLEINSASSER
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 Oct 19, 2:57 PM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 2:57 PM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 257 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CHALLENGES CENTER ON THE PASSAGE OF A SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND PROFILER DATA SHOW THE SHORTWAVE TO BE CLOSED OFF BUT STILL PROGRESSIVE. 300 MB PROFILER DATA SHOWS THE JET STREAK ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE SHORTWAVE WITH OUR NECK OF THE WOODS GETTING INTO THE LEFT FRONT QUADRANT. DRY SLOT NOTED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY HAS HELPED TO SCOUR OUT CLOUD COVER IN CENTRAL KANSAS BUT THIS SHOULD NOT LAST. TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY: SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND WILL HELP LEAD TO WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AS IT DOES. 850 MB BOUNDARY LOOKS TO BE STUCK THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AND THERE IS VERY STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT NOTED ON THE 305 K AND 310 K THETA SURFACE. LIFTING A PARCEL FROM 850 MB, ABOVE THE SURFACE BASED INHIBITION, YIELDS A FAIR AMOUNT OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY. WITH THE DIFFLUENT FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEFT FRONT QUAD OF THE UPPER JET STREAK, THE ELEVATED INSTABILITY, STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT AND THE SHORTWAVE, THIS ALL POINTS TO WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. AS A RESULT, CONTINUED WITH CATEGORICAL POPS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY. WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED FEATURES WILL LIKELY SEE SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS, MAINLY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SINCE THE STORMS WILL BE ELEVATED THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WOULD EXPECT HAIL OF AROUND 1 INCH. ALSO, SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED FLOODING FOR MAINLY PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. ISENTROPIC LIFT STEADILY DECREASES THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING ON THE BACK IN RESPONSE TO THE SHORTWAVE PASSING EAST OF OUR AREA. BOTH THE GFS AND THE NAM HANG ON TO SOME PRECIPITATION THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY. THIS MAY BE OVER DONE BUT NONE THE LESS KEPT POPS IN THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY BUT DECREASED THEM THROUGH THE DAY. FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING: THINGS WILL COOL DOWN CONSIDERABLY, BUT STILL BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL, THROUGH THIS PERIOD WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S AND LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 40S. THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE MADE WAS TO ADD SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS SATURDAY EVENING. GFS SHOWS A FAIRLY STRONG SHORTWAVE, ROTATING AROUND THE MAIN CLOSED LOW OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. LOW LEVELS ARE RATHER DRY BUT IT APPEARS THE MID LEVELS SATURATE. SO WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AS A RESULT. CONFIDENCE ON THIS FEATURE PRODUCING MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION IS SOMEWHAT LOW HOWEVER. REST OF THE EXTENDED (SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING): THE ABOVE WAVE SHOULD BRING IN A REINFORCING SHOT OF COOL AIR. AS A RESULT HAVE CONTINUED WITH THE COOLER TEMPS AND MADE SOME TWEAKS IN THE HIGHS AND LOWS FOR THESE DAYS. ALSO MADE SOME TWEAKS TO SKY COVER AND POPS THOUGH WILL KEEP THINGS DRY FOR THESE DAYS. BOWMAN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 50 59 43 64 / 100 40 0 0 HUTCHINSON 47 58 43 63 / 100 40 0 0 NEWTON 48 59 42 63 / 100 50 5 0 ELDORADO 50 60 43 63 / 90 50 0 0 WINFIELD-KWLD 52 60 43 64 / 90 40 0 0 RUSSELL 42 57 42 62 / 100 20 0 0 GREAT BEND 44 58 43 63 / 100 20 0 0 SALINA 46 57 41 61 / 100 40 10 0 MCPHERSON 47 58 42 62 / 100 40 5 0 COFFEYVILLE 59 62 44 64 / 80 30 0 0 CHANUTE 55 62 44 63 / 80 50 5 0 IOLA 52 62 43 63 / 90 50 5 0 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 19, 4:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 402 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-201200- 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- 402 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY TONIGHT WITH THE SEVERE POTENTIAL SPREADING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATER TONIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS. AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES, THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE WITH HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE LEADING TO A LOCALIZED FLOODING HAZARD FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWOICT.HTM BOWMAN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 19, 5:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 542 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 KSZ047-192315- BARTON- 542 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BARTON COUNTY... AT 539 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOISINGTON...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF GREAT BEND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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. DARMOFAL
Special weather statement, Oct 19, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 706 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 KSZ091-200045- HARPER- 706 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARPER COUNTY... AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARDTNER...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF MEDICINE LODGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES, GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH. PEOPLE IN WESTERN HARPER COUNTY, AND ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST HARPER COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF THE STORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. KLEINSASSER
Local storm report, Oct 19, 7:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
756 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 PM HAIL ANTHONY 37.15N 98.03W
10/19/2005 0.75 INCH HARPER KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ANTHONY
&&
CDBLocal storm report, Oct 19, 8:07 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
807 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 PM HAIL 12 W NICKERSON 38.15N 98.31W
10/19/2005 1.00 INCH RENO KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CDBLocal storm report, Oct 19, 8:39 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
839 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0835 PM HAIL 5 SSW ZENDA 37.37N 98.31W
10/19/2005 1.50 INCH HARPER KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
HOWERTONLocal storm report, Oct 19, 8:47 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
847 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0840 PM TSTM WND GST 8 N ATTICA 37.36N 98.23W
10/19/2005 55 MPH HARPER KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MPH THUNDERSTORM
WINDS.
0840 PM HAIL 8 N ATTICA 37.36N 98.23W
10/19/2005 1.00 INCH HARPER KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
HOWERTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 53 min |
| Oct 19, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 46 min |
| Oct 19, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 47 min |
| Oct 19, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 50 min |
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.