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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Wichita, KS

May 8, 2005McPherson County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2005, 5:36 PM CDT for McPherson County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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: May 8, 2005, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties McPherson County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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
May 8, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 85 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -243 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 082236
SVRICT
KSC113-159-082330-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0030.050508T2236Z-050508T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
536 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT.

* AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF STERLING...OR ABOUT 18
  MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  INMAN...STERLING

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...
  DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MILES AN HOUR...

THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE
LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3836 9814 3817 9823 3817 9770 3839 9770

$$

/DARMOFAL

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 082256
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
555 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

KSC113-159-082330-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050508T2330Z/
MCPHERSON KS-RICE KS-
555 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICE AND
SOUTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 551 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 7
MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE RIVER...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF INMAN BY  620 PM CDT.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT 
SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3836 9814 3817 9823 3817 9770 3839 9770

$$

/DARMOFAL

000 
WWUS53 KICT 082320
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
620 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

KSC113-159-082330-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050508T2330Z/
MCPHERSON KS-RICE KS-
620 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICE AND
SOUTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES WEST OF INMAN...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR INMAN BY  625 PM CDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT 
SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3836 9814 3817 9823 3817 9770 3839 9770

$$

/DARMOFAL

000 
WWUS53 KICT 082330
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
630 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

KSC113-159-082340-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050508T2330Z/
MCPHERSON KS-RICE KS-
630 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICE AND
SOUTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 627 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT 
SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3836 9814 3817 9823 3817 9770 3839 9770

$$

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 May 8, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
337 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL BE THE TIMING OF WHEN
THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE EXITING THE AREA TONIGHT AND WHEN THE
FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH NEXT WEEK.

TONIGHT:
LATEST VISIBLE IMAGERY INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE
DRY LINE IN CENTRAL KANSAS. WATER VAPOR LOOP ALSO INDICATED MID
LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION MOVING INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS. THIS MID
LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION ALONG WITH GOOD CONVERGENCE ALONG THE DRY
LINE HAS CAUSED THESE STORMS TO INITIATE EARLIER. HOWEVER, THE
LATEST KICT RADAR IMAGERY HAS INDICATED THERE ARE NUMEROUS
BOUNDARIES AROUND. AS THE MID LEVEL COLD AIR PUSHES INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON, THIS MAY HELP
INITIATE STORMS ALONG ANY EXISTING BOUNDARIES. THESE STORMS WILL
BE DRIVEN BY LOTS OF CAPE ON THE ORDER OF 3000J/KG, WHICH WILL
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION, IF THERE ARE ANY INTERSECTING
BOUNDARIES AROUND THIS COULD SPIN UP A LANDSPOUT. WOULD EXPECT THE
MAJORITY OF THESE STORMS TO BE NON-SUPERCELLULAR DUE TO THE WEAK
DEEP LAYER SHEAR. AS THE EVENING WEARS ON, I WOULD EXPECT THE STORMS
TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN SINCE THE CAPES ARE SO LARGE, BUT MORE STORMS
WILL MOST LIKELY FIRE UP EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE THIS EVENING AS
THE MID LEVEL COLD AIR MOVES IN, WHICH WILL CREAT GOOD UPGLIDE.
MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL VERY SLOW, ESPECIALLY GENERALLY BE
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

MONDAY:
IT APPEARS LIKE WE WILL SEE THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE EXITING THE
PICTURE BY EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG WITH PRECIPITATION. THIS WILL BE
DUE TO THE UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVING EAST INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
THIS WILL ALLOW FOR DRIER AIR TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. MODELS ARE
SHOWING A WEAK DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT WHICH WILL PROVIDE A RATHER WARM
AND MILD DAY WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO NEAR 80 ACROSS MOST OF
THE AREA.

MONDAY NIGHT-WEDNESDAY:
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE CONTINUE BUILD OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL
KEEP US WARM FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS WILL KEEP MOST OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF THE AREA ALONG THE WARM FRONT. WE DID MENTION
A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDER MAINLY NEAR INTERSTATE 70 WEDNESDAY AS A
WEAK IMPULSE MOVES THROUGH THAT REGION. OTHERWISE, IT LOOKS
LIKE IT WILL BE UNSEASONABLY WARM AND WINDY WITH HIGHS POSSIBLY
CREEPING UP TO 90.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY NIGHT:
ALL THE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY CLOSE AGREEMENT IN BRINGING THE UPPER
LEVEL TROF INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL ALLOW THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY TO POSSIBLY SLIDE INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
THURSDAY NIGHT. WE HAVE MENTIONED THE HIGHEST POPS DURING THAT
TIMEFRAME.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY:
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION AND ALLOW FOR
COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. AS A RESULT, A FAIRLY
NICE WEEKEND SHOULD BE IN STORE WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 70S.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    58  81  57  88 /  40  10  10  10
HUTCHINSON      57  80  55  88 /  40  10  10  10
NEWTON          58  80  56  87 /  40  10  10  10
ELDORADO        59  80  58  87 /  50  20  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   59  82  59  88 /  40  10  10  10
RUSSELL         53  79  54  89 /  30   5  10  10
GREAT BEND      54  80  54  89 /  20   5  10  10
SALINA          56  78  55  86 /  40  10  10  10
MCPHERSON       57  79  55  87 /  40  10  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     61  81  61  87 /  60  20  10  10
CHANUTE         61  80  60  86 /  60  20  10  10
IOLA            61  79  60  86 /  50  20  10  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

18/COX

Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 4:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
419 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-091200-
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-
419 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF AN
ELLSWORTH TO GREAT BEND LINE THROUGH 9 PM. THESE STORMS WILL
GENERALLY MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER, A
SMALL TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG A BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM
SALINA TO LYONS. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
MOVE EAST DURING THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN ENTER THE FORECAST THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AFFECTS THE PLAINS. AT THIS TIME, IT IS
TOO FAR OUT TO SPECULATE ON THE SEVERITY OF THE STORMS, SO PLEASE
CHECK BACK FOR ADDITIONAL FORECASTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

&&

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

KETCHAM/LAWSON/COX

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 4:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
426 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

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

0421 PM     HAIL             1 N GENESEO             38.53N 98.15W
05/08/2005  1.25 INCH        ELLSWORTH          KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORTED BY KSN WEATHER SPOTTER.

&&

BRW

Local storm report, May 8, 4:51 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
451 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

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

0451 PM     HAIL             1 N MARQUETTE           38.57N 97.83W
05/08/2005  1.00 INCH        MCPHERSON          KS   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

BRW

Local storm report, May 8, 5:06 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
506 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

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

0456 PM     HAIL             9 WSW ASSARIA           38.64N 97.76W
05/08/2005  0.88 INCH        SALINE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BRW

Local storm report, May 8, 5:28 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
528 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

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

0528 PM     HAIL             1 S LYONS               38.34N 98.20W
05/08/2005  1.75 INCH        RICE               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BRW

Local storm report, May 8, 5:30 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
530 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

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

0530 PM     HAIL             4 SE LYONS              38.31N 98.15W
05/08/2005  1.25 INCH        RICE               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

BRW

Local storm report, May 8, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
535 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

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

0524 PM     HAIL             5 NE STERLING           38.26N 98.14W
05/08/2005  1.00 INCH        RICE               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BRW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	55 min
May 8, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	62 min
May 8, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	64 min
May 8, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	32 min
May 8, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline	32 min
May 8, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	30 min
May 8, 5:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	McPherson	26 min
May 8, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	20 min
May 8, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	26 min
May 8, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	42 min
May 8, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	45 min

Nearby

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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.