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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Wichita, KS

April 6, 2006McPherson County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2006, 3:18 PM CDT for McPherson County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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: Apr 6, 2006, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2006, 4:20 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties McPherson County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

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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
Apr 6, 12:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 Apr 6, 2:55 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 2:55 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 11:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1132 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-071745-
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-
1132 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND THEN
MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY LATE
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF
SEVERE WEATHER FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SALINA TO
GREATER WICHITA TO WELLINGTON...WITH VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO
BASEBALL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH...AND STRONG
TORNADOES POSSIBLE.

THE SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A
DRY LINE FRONT...WHICH WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR A
FEW STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS BEHIND THE DRY LINE...ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL KANSAS...WHERE ELEVATED MOISTURE MAY SUPPORT STORMS
UNDER AN AREA OF UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE. THESE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE STRONG WINDS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE.

EXTREME FIRE DANGER EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
WHERE BURN BANS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MANY AREAS. THERE IS TO BE NO
OUTDOOR BURNING IN THESE AREAS VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER EXISTS
ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WHERE OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY...UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. FOR DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WIND
ADVISORY.

FOR TONIGHT...THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING OVER
AREAS GENERALLY ALONG...AND EAST...OF A LINE FROM GREAT BEND...TO
HUTCHINSON...TO ARKANSAS CITY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
PRODUCE 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACHIEVE SEVERITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A
SALINA TO WICHITA TO WELLINGTON LINE.

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

KED/ES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 2:31 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 2:48 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
248 PM CDT THU APR 06 2006

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

0235 PM     HAIL             1 SE WINDOM             38.37N 97.90W
04/06/2006  E0.75 INCH       MCPHERSON          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 2:53 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 2:56 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
256 PM CDT THU APR 06 2006

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

0253 PM     HAIL             7 S LINCOLN             38.94N 98.15W
04/06/2006  E0.75 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 3:01 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 3:04 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
304 PM CDT THU APR 06 2006

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

0303 PM     HAIL             LINCOLN                 39.04N 98.15W
04/06/2006  E0.88 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 9:18 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	24 hr
Apr 6, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	57 min
Apr 6, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	18 min
Apr 6, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	38 min
Apr 6, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	26 min
Apr 6, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	59 min
Apr 6, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk	45 min
Apr 6, 4:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Elk	32 min
Apr 6, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase	55 min
Apr 6, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery	59 min
Apr 6, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	30 min
Apr 6, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	67 min
Apr 6, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	49 min
Apr 6, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	38 min
Apr 6, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.