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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Wichita, KS

May 23, 2007Barton County, Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2007, 10:40 PM CDT for Barton County, Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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: May 23, 2007, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2007, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 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
May 23, 11:10 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	5 Ese Ellsworth, 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
May 23, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 879 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 418 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 5.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 240340
SVRICT
KSC009-053-159-240445-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0074.070524T0340Z-070524T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1040 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.

* AT 1035 PM 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
  ELLINWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BUSHTON...CHASE...CLAFLIN...ELLINWOOD...ELLSWORTH...FREDERICK...
  GENESEO...HOLYROOD...KANOPOLIS STATE PARK...KANAPOLIS...
  KANOPOLIS...LITTLE RIVER...LORRAINE...LYONS...SILICA.

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

LAT...LON 3853 9867 3822 9863 3841 9794 3887 9794
      3886 9831

$$

JAKUB

6 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 240355
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1055 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

KSC009-053-159-240445-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070524T0445Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-BARTON KS-RICE KS-
1055 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
RICE...EASTERN BARTON AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1053 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUSHTON...OR
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLAFLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR BUSHTON BY 1105 PM CDT.
  NEAR LORRAINE BY 1120 PM CDT.
  NEAR GENESEO BY 1140 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF FREDERICK IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3853 9867 3822 9863 3841 9794 3887 9794
      3886 9831

$$

000 
WWUS53 KICT 240406
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1106 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

KSC009-053-159-240445-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070524T0445Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-BARTON KS-RICE KS-
1106 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
RICE...EASTERN BARTON AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1101 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUSHTON...OR 8 MILES EAST OF
CLAFLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR KANOPOLIS BY 1145 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF FREDERICK IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT 
THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3853 9867 3822 9863 3841 9794 3887 9794
      3886 9831

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 240413
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1113 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

KSC009-240423-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070524T0445Z/
BARTON KS-
1113 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

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

AT 1111 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE
OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3869 9848 3828 9847 3841 9794 3887 9794
      3886 9831

$$

KSC053-159-240445-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070524T0445Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-RICE KS-
1113 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RICE
AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LORRAINE...OR 12 MILES EAST
OF CLAFLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELLSWORTH BY 1140 PM CDT.
  NEAR KANOPOLIS BY 1145 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF FREDERICK AND KANAPOLIS ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3869 9848 3828 9847 3841 9794 3887 9794
      3886 9831

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 240427
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1126 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

KSC053-159-240445-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070524T0445Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-RICE KS-
1126 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RICE
AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LORRAINE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH
OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR KANOPOLIS BY 1140 PM 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT 
THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3869 9848 3828 9847 3841 9794 3887 9794
      3886 9831

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 240434
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1135 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

KSC053-159-240445-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070524T0445Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-RICE KS-
1135 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RICE
AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KANOPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR KANOPOLIS BY 1140 PM CDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3869 9848 3828 9847 3841 9794 3887 9794
      3886 9831

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 240444
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1144 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

KSC053-159-240454-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070524T0445Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-RICE KS-
1144 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN RICE AND ELLSWORTH
COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 1139 PM 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. BE READY TO SEEK
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN...OR A WARNING
ISSUED.

LAT...LON 3869 9848 3828 9847 3841 9794 3887 9794
      3886 9831

$$

KETCHAM

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 May 23, 8:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 8:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
812 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

.UPDATE...
MESO AND SYNOPTIC SITUATION CONTINUES TO EVOLVE THIS EVENING.
CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ALONG STATIONARY FRONT WHICH
HAS BEEN REINFORCED BY MESO OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS. LOW LEVEL JET CONTINUES TO FUEL THIS ACTIVITY WHICH
HAS BECOME MORE WEST-EAST ORIENTED THIS EVENING. PROLIFIC
RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE HUTCHINSON AREA WITH 4 HOUR AMOUNTS
IN EXCESS OF 7 INCHES. REPORTS OR WATER RESCUES AND LOCAL
EVACUATIONS IN THIS AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL MAKE
AN ALREADY SERIOUS SITUATION EVEN MORE SO. HAVE RETOOLED THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE CHASE COUNTY AS WELL.

IN ADDITION...THE NEXT ROUND OF SEVERE CONVECTION WAS DEVELOPING
FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS AREA
SHOULD CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM IN THE INCREASINGLY DIFLUENT FLOW
AHEAD OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES SHORTWAVE...FUELED BY AN INCREASING
AND IMPRESSIVE MOIST/UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL JET. DISCRETE SUPERCELL
STORMS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES WILL REMAIN A RISK
THROUGH THE LATE EVENING...PERHAPS DEVELOPING INTO PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

KED

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 625 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007/

AVIATION...
STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
THOUGH GENERALLY EXPECT VFR OR MVFR TO PREVAIL OUTSIDE OF
CONVECTION...A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS...HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED IFR CIGS AND VSBYS THRU THE
NIGHT...EXCEPT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. KHUT AND KSLN WILL
CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED MOST OF THE EVENING...WITH AREAL
COVERAGE OF CONVECTION EXPANDING TO AFFECT KRSL...KSLN AND
KICT BY MIDNIGHT.

KED

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 310 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007/

DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CONCERNS...
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING THIS
EVENING INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

A VIGOROUS UPPER SHORTWAVE TROF WAS MOVING ACROSS THE FOUR
CORNERS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL EJECT EAST ACROSS THE
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS OVERNIGHT. A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND
STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR AHEAD OF THIS APPROACHING WEATHER
SYSTEM HAS SET THE STAGE FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER
OUTBREAK LATER THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING JUST
AS CONCERNING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

SURFACE AND BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW HAS ALREADY RECOVERED AND
RETURNED TO THE SOUTH FROM THE PANHANDLES ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE NAM SEEMS TO DEPICT THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC
FEATURES THE BEST THROUGH 24 HOURS AND WAS GENERALLY FOLLOWED
ESPECIALLY FOR SURFACE FEATURES/FRONTAL MOVEMENT. THAT SAID...THE
CONVECTIVE TRENDS ARE BIT MORE TRICKY AND WILL BE MORE DEPENDENT
ON MESOSCALE INFLUENCES...THOUGH THERE IS REASONABLY HIGH
CONFIDENCE IN SOME SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER WITH HEAVY RAINFALL.
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO PROMOTE TRAINING CONVECTIVE ECHOES ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER A MORE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT
IS EXPECTED TO UNFOLD THIS EVENING...WITH SUPERCELL STORMS THAT
WILL INITIATE FROM THE PANHANDLES INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THERE IS
POTENTIAL FOR SOME LONGER-LIVED SUPERCELL STORMS...WHICH COULD
AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OR CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATE
EVENING...FUELED BY A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET...AND FOCUSED JUST
NORTHEAST OF THE ATTENDANT SURFACE CYCLONE WHICH IS PROGGED TO
MIGRATE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT OVERNIGHT. EQUALLY CONCERNING
WILL BE THE HEAVY/TRAINING CONVECTIVE CELLS WHICH WILL REMAIN
ORIENTED NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE BOUNDARY AS IT SLIDES
SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE GOING FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS
EXPANDED A BIT IN TIME AND SPACE...FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF
THE KANSAS TURNPIKE THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY.

WHILE VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS WILL
REMAIN THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISK...THE POTENTIAL FOR A
COUPLE STRONG TORNADOES WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THOUGH THE
EVENING HOURS WITH THE DISCRETE STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

AS FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST...DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR
WILL ADVECT IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT BY LATE
THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER THIS FRONT LOOKS TO HANG UP
ACROSS THE OZARKS...BEFORE THE FRONT DECAYS AND MOISTURE COMES
BACK NORTH AGAIN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ANOTHER FRONT WILL
DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS BY SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY...WITH
THE MEDIUM RANGE DEPICTING A RATHER MOIST BOUNDARY LATER AND
FRONT MEANDERING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THUS
WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR THUNDER IN THE FORECAST.

DARMOFAL

AVIATION...18Z TAFS RSL/SLN/HUT/ICT/CNU
ORGANIZED CONVECTION LIKELY TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KS
TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WITH WELL-DEFINED NE-SW
ORIENTED STATIONARY FRONT IN THIS REGION. SO CARRYING TEMPO GROUPS
WITH TSRA IN ALL TAF SITES EXCEPT CNU...WITH TIMING DIFFERENCES ON
WHEN THOSE TEMPOS WERE USED. MVFR CIGS QUITE PLAUSIBLE IN
ASSOCIATION WITH ANY CONVECTION...AND ALSO ACROSS A WIDESPREAD
AREA ALONG/AHEAD OF THE FRONT THURSDAY MORNING.

JMC

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    60  71  53  73 /  90  70  10  20
HUTCHINSON      57  71  51  73 / 100  60  10  20
NEWTON          59  70  52  72 /  90  70  10  20
ELDORADO        61  71  53  72 /  70  80  10  20
WINFIELD-KWLD   62  72  55  73 /  80  70  20  20
RUSSELL         52  70  50  73 /  90  30  10  20
GREAT BEND      53  69  51  73 /  90  30  10  20
SALINA          57  71  51  73 / 100  60  10  20
MCPHERSON       57  71  51  73 / 100  60  10  20
COFFEYVILLE     64  73  56  73 /  50  70  30  20
CHANUTE         63  72  55  73 /  40  70  20  20
IOLA            63  72  54  73 /  40  60  10  20
PARSONS-KPPF    64  72  56  73 /  50  70  20  20

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR KSZ032-033-047>053-
067-068-082-083-091-092.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 8:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
829 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-250230-
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-
829 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 70 AND WEST OF A SALINA TO HUTCHINSON TO ANTHONY LINE.
SUPER-CELL STORMS ARE LIKELY WITHIN THIS AREA WHICH COULD PRODUCE
VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS
TO 80 MPH...AND EVEN A STRONG TORNADO. THE RISK WILL BE HIGHEST
DURING THE EVENING HOURS PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT.

HEAVY AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL ALSO REMAIN A RISK FOR PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS.

SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER THE MAIN RISK WILL BE LARGE HAIL
UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND WINDS TO 70 MPH. THE RISK FOR SEVERE
WEATHER SHOULD DIMINISH AS STORMS MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AREAS OF FLOODING MAY BE ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY MORNING...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL HAVE ENDED.

A CHANCE FOR STRONG STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SHIFT
INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

SLIGHT TO MODEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER IT IS TOO EARLY TO
SPECULATE ON THE RISK AND MAGNITUDE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT...MAINLY PRIOR
TO MIDNIGHT...FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

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

DARMOFAL

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 9:58 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
958 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

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

0948 PM     HAIL             PAWNEE ROCK             38.27N 98.98W
05/23/2007  M1.00 INCH       BARTON             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BRW

Local storm report, May 23, 10:09 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1009 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

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

0953 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MCPHERSON               38.37N 97.66W
05/23/2007                   MCPHERSON          KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT MOST ROADS IN THE SOUTHERN
            HALF OF THE COUNTY ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. POLICE
            DISCURAGING TRAVEL IN SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.

&&

BRW

Special weather statement, May 23, 10:10 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1010 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

KSZ048-050-240400-
ELLSWORTH-RICE-
1010 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR ELLSWORTH AND RICE COUNTIES...

AT 1005 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUSHTON...OR 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LYONS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 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.

JAKUB

Local storm report, May 23, 10:12 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1012 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

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

1009 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MCPHERSON               38.37N 97.66W
05/23/2007                   MCPHERSON          KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER IN MOST
            INTERSECTIONS OF THE CITY.

&&

BRW

Special weather statement, May 23, 10:14 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1014 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

KSZ051-052-240400-
MARION-MCPHERSON-
1014 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR MARION AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES...

AT 1009 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF CANTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 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.

JAKUB

Special weather statement, May 23, 10:35 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1035 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

KSZ047-050-240415-
BARTON-RICE-
1035 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR BARTON AND RICE COUNTIES...

AT 1031 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELLINWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
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.

JAKUB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	63 min
May 23, 7:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson	6 hr
May 23, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	42 min
May 23, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	63 min
May 23, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	61 min
May 23, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	58 min
May 23, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	64 min
May 23, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	42 min
May 23, 10:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	4 hr
May 23, 10:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno, Rice and 1 more	10 hr
May 23, 10:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Chase, Ellsworth, Harvey, Lincoln, McPherson and 5 more	4 hr
May 24, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	33 min
May 24, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	63 min
May 24, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	65 min
May 24, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	31 min
May 24, 4:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	41 min
May 24, 4:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	58 min
May 24, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	58 min
May 24, 8:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline	6 hr
May 24, 1:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	6 hr

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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.