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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2007, 2:54 AM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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
- Jun 19, 2007, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 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), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 2621 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
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 Jun 19, 12:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 12:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 950 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-192215- 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- 950 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ALONG WITH WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND UP TO PENNY SIZE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON TUESDAY MORNING. DURING THE AFTERNOON....THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE AREAWIDE. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT SHOULD BE STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FOR LATE IN THE WEEK...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. IF STORMS DEVELOP...A FEW OF THEM COULD BE STRONG...HOWEVER NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED DURING THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP ELDER/KETCHAM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 12:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 19, 12:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1249 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 KSZ083-190615- SEDGWICK- 1249 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY... AT 1246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. KETCHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 12:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1257 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 KSZ069-190645- BUTLER- 1257 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BUTLER COUNTY... AT 1255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROSE HILL...OR 16 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. KETCHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 124 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 KSZ083-092-190715- SEDGWICK-SUMNER- 124 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SEDGWICK AND SUMNER COUNTIES... AT 121 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DERBY...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. KETCHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:06 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 206 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 KSZ092-190745- SUMNER- 206 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SUMNER COUNTY... AT 205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UDALL TO 7 MILES EAST OF CONWAY SPRINGS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HOWERTON
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:42 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 242 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 KSZ092-190830- SUMNER- 242 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SUMNER COUNTY... AT 240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WELLINGTON TO ARGONIA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HOWERTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 53 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.