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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 17, 2007, 7:11 PM CDT for Labette County, Neosho County, Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
- Oct 17, 2007, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2007, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Labette County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
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 Oct 17, 5:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 5:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 548 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 .UPDATE... .SHORT TERM... THIS EVENING: ONLY CHANGE TO THIS POINT IS TO MOVE MONTGOMERY AND LABETTE COUNTIES FROM TORNADO WATCH #709 TO TORNADO WATCH #711. TORNADO WATCH #711 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT. .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 305 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007/ DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL DEAL WITH AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AND STRENGTH OF SURFACE WINDS FOR THURSDAY. TONIGHT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH EAST ACROSS THE AREA...WITH A FEW EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. THE MAIN CONCERN HAS NOW SHIFTED TO THE DRYLINE WHERE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY...AS FULL SUNSHINE HAS RECHARGED THE ATMOSPHERE IN THIS AREA. AMPLE SHEAR/INSTABILITY JUST AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE WILL ALLOW STORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE STRONG/SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVITY FROM THE DRYLINE WILL RACE EASTWARD AND AFFECT MAINLY CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY COULD WEAKEN ONCE IT REACHES EASTERN KANSAS AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE WORKED OVER REGION. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN RISK...HOWEVER A TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT GIVEN MODEST LOW LEVEL HELICITY AND 0-3KM CAPE VALUES. THU-SAT COLDER AIR ADVECTION REGIME WILL RACE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY WITH INCREASING MID-LEVEL CLOUDINESS AIDING IN THE COOLING EFFECTS. RESIDUAL MID-LEVEL MOISTURE AND ASSOCIATED VERTICAL MOTION NEAR 700MB TROUGH AXIS PIVOTING THROUGH LOOKS TO SPARK OFF SOME RAIN SHOWER ACTIVITY WHICH WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS KANSAS. THE SETUP FOR VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...HOWEVER FAVORED DEEP MIXING WILL BE PREDICATED ON CLOUDINESS/PRECIP. THERE IS ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS AT THIS JUNCTURE...AND WILL LET NEXT SHIFT RE-EVALUATE FOR ANY POSSIBLE CHANGES. OTHERWISE...A NICE WARMING TREND WILL BE IN STORE ACROSS KANSAS FOR FRI/SAT. SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME RATHER STOUT AGAIN FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS SURFACE TROUGH AXIS DEEPENS AHEAD OF NEXT APPROACHING WAVE. EXTENDED: SUN-WED TIMING OF NEXT COLD FRONT IS STILL UNCERTAIN BUT MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME WOULD BE SOMETIME ON SUNDAY AT THIS JUNCTURE. PRECIP CHANCES FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY LOOK REASONABLE WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY...HOWEVER THE PRECIP COULD BE REMOVED FOR MONDAY IF FRONTAL BOUNDARY SPEEDS UP SIMILAR TO THE LATEST GFS SOLUTION. OTHERWISE...WE SHOULD SEE COOLER BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK AS COOLER AIR FILTERS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. JAKUB AVIATION... THREAT OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FOR SLN/ICT/CNU....WITH DRYLINE ENDING THUNDERSTORM THREAT EARLY AT HUT/RSL AFTER 6PM. GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH DRYSLOT OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER STRATOCUMULUS SHOULD MOVE BACK INTO NORTHERN SECTIONS JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK AT RSL/SLN AND INTO HUT/ICT AFTER DAYBREAK. SOME RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE TOMORROW MORNING GIVEN DYNAMICS. -HOWERTON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 53 65 45 72 / 40 30 10 0 HUTCHINSON 52 62 44 73 / 30 40 10 0 NEWTON 53 62 45 72 / 50 40 10 0 ELDORADO 55 64 46 71 / 50 40 10 0 WINFIELD-KWLD 55 67 46 73 / 30 20 10 0 RUSSELL 49 62 42 74 / 30 40 10 0 GREAT BEND 50 63 42 74 / 20 40 10 0 SALINA 52 60 44 73 / 50 40 10 0 MCPHERSON 52 61 44 73 / 40 40 10 0 COFFEYVILLE 57 70 48 71 / 70 20 10 0 CHANUTE 57 67 47 69 / 80 20 10 0 IOLA 57 66 47 69 / 80 20 10 0 PARSONS-KPPF 57 69 48 70 / 70 20 10 0 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR KSZ032-033-047- 048-050-051-067-082. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 17, 3:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 350 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-182200- 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- 350 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR A DRYLINE AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD RAPIDLY INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY A STRONG TORNADO. THE GREATEST THREAT AREA FOR TORNADOES WOULD BE FOR LOCATIONS...MAINLY WEST OF A ELLSWORTH TO HUTCHINSON...TO WELLINGTON LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH MAY AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY. PLEASE SEE WIND ADVISORY FOR ADDITONAL DETAILS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP JMC/CJ
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 17, 5:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
544 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TSTM WND GST SOUTH WICHITA 37.60N 97.31W
10/17/2007 E60 MPH SEDGWICK KS BROADCAST MEDIA
63RD AND HYDRALIC REPORTED BY KWCH
&&
ELDERSpecial weather statement, Oct 17, 5:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 551 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 KSZ051-052-172330- MARION-MCPHERSON- 551 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MARION AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES... AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNDRIDGE...OR NEAR MOUNDRIDGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. KETCHAM
Local storm report, Oct 17, 5:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
553 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM TSTM WND DMG ANDOVER 37.69N 97.14W
10/17/2007 BUTLER KS EMERGENCY MNGR
DAMAGE TO A BUILDINGS ROOF AND POWER LINES DOWN
&&
ELDERSpecial weather statement, Oct 17, 6:11 PM CDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 611 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 KSZ052-053-070-180000- CHASE-GREENWOOD-MARION- 611 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CHASE...GREENWOOD AND MARION COUNTIES... AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PEABODY TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURNS TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WINDS TO 50 MPH 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. KETCHAM
Local storm report, Oct 17, 6:48 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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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.