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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Wichita, KS

March 30, 2006Chautauqua County, Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2006, 3:55 PM CST for Chautauqua County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min. 5 reports 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: Mar 30, 2006, 3:55 PM CST (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2006, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Montgomery County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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
Mar 30, 4:16 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Independence, KS	APPEARS TO BE DIPPING UP AND DOWN FROM WALL CLOUD.
Mar 30, 4:16 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	Sycamore, KS
Mar 30, 4:17 PM CST	TORNADO	1 W Independence, KS
Mar 30, 4:24 PM CST	TORNADO	7 E Elk City, KS	TORNADO OVER ELK CITY LAKE.
Mar 30, 4:25 PM CST	TORNADO	1 Ne Sycamore, KS

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

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
Mar 30, 8:42 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 1531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 332 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 9.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 302155
SVRICT
KSC019-125-302300-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0034.060330T2155Z-060330T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
355 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
  EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 500 PM CST.

* AT 351 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR PERU...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  SEDAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BOLTON...ELK CITY...HALE...HAVANA...INDEPENDENCE...NIOTAZE...
  PERU...SYCAMORE

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

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE
AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 3707 9616 3700 9599 3738 9552 3738 9596
      3730 9596

$$

CARUSO

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 Mar 30, 3:14 PM CST, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 3:14 PM CST, 41 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
314 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CONCERNS DEAL WITH REMNANT CONVECTION IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL. FOCUS THEN SHIFTS TO PERIODS OF
CONVECTION SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. ALSO,
TEMPERATURES WILL BE A CHALLENGE AS THE SYSTEMS MOVE THROUGH DUE TO
TIMING ISSUES... BUT FOCUS OF THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE ON THE
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES.

TONIGHT:
BY THIS FORECAST VALID TIME (00Z) STORMS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA AND MOVING TO THE EAST. STORMS SHOULD BE OUT
OF OUR FAR EASTERN COUNTIES BY MIDNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
REMAIN A THREAT AS STORMS CONGEAL INTO A LINE AND MOVE TO THE EAST.
THE MAIN HAZARDS THROUGH 06Z WILL BE FROM HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. ANY
CELLS THAT REMAIN AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A
TORNADO THREAT AS WELL AS A HAIL AND HIGH WIND THREAT. ALSO ADDED
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH 06Z FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KS THAT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW ITSELF. THINK THIS BIT OF CONVECTION WILL
ONLY LAST A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET BUT DIDNT WANT TO REALLY GET
CUTE WITH THE GRIDS GIVEN CURRENT EVENTS.

SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY:
DECIDED TO HOLD OFF THUNDERSTORM CHANCES UNTIL THE AFTERNOON HOURS
WHEN MORE MOISTURE CAN MAKE IT NORTH. AROUND THIS TIME A SURFACE LOW
DEEPENS AND WILL BE ABLE DRAW MORE MOISTURE INTO. ALSO THE SHORTWAVE
ENERGY INCREASES LATER IN THE DAY SATURDAY. GOING TOWARDS THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS A VERY STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET COMES INTO PLAY AND THE
WHOLE AREA IS EXPECTED TO BE IN A DIFFLUENT AREA OF THE UPPER LEVEL
JET.

TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY:
MODELS SEEM TO BE SLOW THINGS DOWN A BIT FOR THE MID-WEEK SYSTEM.
DUE TO LACK OF MODEL CONSISTENCY DECIDED TO HOLD OFF MAKING
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST. HAVING SAID THAT IT NOW
LOOKS LIKE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT DID PUT
MENTION OF STORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE
THE MAIN SYSTEM FINALLY EJECTS OUT INTO THE PLAINS.

REGARDING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE FORECAST... THE GENERAL THEME WAS
TO RAISE MAX AND MINS AHEAD OF THE SYSTEMS DUE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY
FLOW AND MOISTURE ADVECTION. UPPED MAX AND MIN TEMPERATURES SUNDAY
MORNING AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ALSO RAISED TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THE MID-WEEK SYSTEM.

BOWMAN

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    45  72  45  76 /   5   0  10  20
HUTCHINSON      41  71  43  75 /  10   0   5  20
NEWTON          44  71  43  75 /  10   0   5  20
ELDORADO        45  71  44  75 /  20   0  10  20
WINFIELD-KWLD   46  72  46  77 /  10   0  10  20
RUSSELL         37  67  41  73 /  20   0   5  20
GREAT BEND      38  70  42  74 /  20   0   5  20
SALINA          42  67  40  73 /  20   0   5  20
MCPHERSON       42  70  42  74 /  20   0   5  20
COFFEYVILLE     48  72  45  76 /  50   0  10  20
CHANUTE         48  71  43  75 /  50   0   5  20
IOLA            47  70  42  74 /  50   0   5  20
PARSONS-KPPF    48  71  44  75 /  50   0  10  20

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-
082-083-091>096-098>100.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 4:44 AM CST, 11 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
444 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-311145-
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-
444 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 135.

LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS
THIS MORNING WEST OF INTERSTATE 135. HOWEVER...THE MAIN SEVERE
THREAT WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 135.
IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW OF WHICH
MAY BE STRONG AND LONG-LIVED. SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIT SOUTHEAST
KANSAS BY MID EVENING.

ADDITIONALLY...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN AFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY
BULLETIN FOR DETAILS.

FURTHERMORE...FIRE DANGER WILL BE IN THE EXTREME CATEGORY THIS
AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS. PLEASE AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS AT LEAST STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER OUTLOOKS.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE STARTING TUESDAY. ONCE AGAIN...IT
APPEARS AT LEAST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED
FOR LATER OUTLOOKS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS
AFTERNOON...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 135.

&&

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

ADK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 2:56 PM CST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
256 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

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

0255 PM     HAIL             CEDAR VALE              37.11N 96.50W
03/30/2006  E0.88 INCH       CHAUTAUQUA         KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MRU

Local storm report, Mar 30, 3:02 PM CST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
302 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

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

0301 PM     HAIL             3 SSW PEABODY           38.13N 97.13W
03/30/2006  E0.88 INCH       MARION             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MRU

Local storm report, Mar 30, 3:14 PM CST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
314 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

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

0312 PM     HAIL             3 S MOLINE              37.32N 96.30W
03/30/2006  E1.75 INCH       ELK                KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ON ELK AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY LINE.

&&

MRU

Local storm report, Mar 30, 3:19 PM CST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
319 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

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

0316 PM     HAIL             MOLINE                  37.36N 96.30W
03/30/2006  E1.00 INCH       ELK                KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MRU

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 3:30 PM CST, 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
330 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

KSZ098-302200-
CHAUTAUQUA-
330 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...

AT 325 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIGHEART...OR 16 MILES NORTH
OF PAWHUSKA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE 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.

CARUSO

Local storm report, Mar 30, 3:50 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
350 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

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

0350 PM     TORNADO          5 NW FREDONIA           37.58N 95.89W
03/30/2006                   WILSON             KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

LFW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 3:46 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	16 hr
Mar 30, 11:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	65 min
Mar 30, 12:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Sedgwick	60 min
Mar 30, 12:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	31 min
Mar 30, 12:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	27 min
Mar 30, 12:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Marion	39 min
Mar 30, 12:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	49 min
Mar 30, 1:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Marion	40 min
Mar 30, 1:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	McPherson	26 min
Mar 30, 1:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	27 min
Mar 30, 1:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	62 min
Mar 30, 2:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	37 min
Mar 30, 2:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Marion	18 min
Mar 30, 2:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Elk	29 min
Mar 30, 2:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	53 min
Mar 30, 3:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	29 min
Mar 30, 3:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Wilson	55 min
Mar 30, 3:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	15 min
Mar 30, 4:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	34 min
Mar 30, 4:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	37 min
Mar 30, 4:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	29 min
Mar 30, 4:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Cowley, Elk	41 min
Mar 30, 4:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	48 min
Mar 30, 5:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	52 min
Mar 30, 5:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	32 min
Mar 30, 5:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Allen	46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.