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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

March 22, 2007Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2007, 3:38 AM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 min. 1 report 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 22, 2007, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2007, 3:58 AM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chase County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 22, 3:50 AM CDTHAIL 0.75Cottonwood Falls, KSTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 1/2 INCH TO 3/4 INCH HAIL THAT LASTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 7 MINUTES.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2007-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1474 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2007-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1474 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 220838
SVRICT
KSC017-220945-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0013.070322T0838Z-070322T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
338 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT.

* AT 335 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  ELMDALE...OR 6 MILES WEST OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CEDAR POINT...COTTONWOOD FALLS...ELMDALE...HYMER...MATFIELD
  GREEN...SAFFORDVILLE...STRONG CITY...WONSEVU...BAZAAR.

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

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. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3852 9685 3808 9683 3809 9635 3851 9635

$$

ES
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 220849
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
349 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

KSC017-220945-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070322T0945Z/
CHASE KS-
349 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHASE COUNTY
UNTIL 445 AM CDT...

AT 344 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR STRONG CITY...OR NEAR COTTONWOOD FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR SAFFORDVILLE BY 355 AM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...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.

LAT...LON 3852 9685 3808 9683 3809 9635 3851 9635

$$

ES
000 
WWUS53 KICT 220858
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
357 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

KSC017-220907-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070322T0945Z/
CHASE KS-
357 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHASE COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 353 AM 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 CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3852 9685 3808 9683 3809 9635 3851 9635

$$

ES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, Marion55 min
Mar 22, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman24 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.