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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Wichita, KS

May 26, 2008Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2008, 10:37 PM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2008, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2008, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS

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 26, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 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.

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: 917 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 502 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.1
Supercell composite: 13.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 270337
SVRICT
KSC035-191-270430-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0177.080527T0337Z-080527T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1037 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.

* AT 1035 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF OXFORD...OR NEAR WELLINGTON...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ARKANSAS CITY...ATLANTA...BURDEN...DEXTER...GEUDA SPRINGS...
  HUNNEWELL...MAPLE CITY...OXFORD...SOUTH HAVEN...UDALL...WINFIELD...
  ROCK...STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT.

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE
AREA.


A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 3699 9749 3700 9749 3742 9722 3747 9712
      3747 9668 3698 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 296DEG 35KT 3727 9733

$$

COX

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 270349
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1049 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

KSC035-191-270430-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-080527T0430Z/
SUMNER KS-COWLEY KS-
1049 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COWLEY AND
EASTERN SUMNER COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1048 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OXFORD...OR
11 MILES EAST OF WELLINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GEUDA SPRINGS BY 1100 PM CDT.
  5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARKANSAS CITY BY 1105 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT AND MAPLE CITY ARE ALSO IN THE
PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3699 9749 3700 9749 3742 9722 3747 9712
      3747 9668 3698 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 296DEG 35KT 3722 9720

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KICT 270405
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1106 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

KSC035-191-270430-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-080527T0430Z/
SUMNER KS-COWLEY KS-
1106 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COWLEY AND
EASTERN SUMNER COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1102 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STROTHER
FIELD AIRPORT...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF COWLEY AND
EASTERN SUMNER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF STROTHER FIELD
AIRPORT AND MAPLE CITY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3699 9749 3700 9749 3742 9722 3747 9712
      3747 9668 3698 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0406Z 296DEG 35KT 3715 9701

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KICT 270414
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1114 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

KSC191-270424-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-080527T0430Z/
SUMNER KS-
1114 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SUMNER COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 1110 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3699 9714 3745 9714 3747 9712 3747 9668
      3709 9669 3708 9670 3707 9669 3698 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0414Z 296DEG 35KT 3712 9692

$$

KSC035-270430-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-080527T0430Z/
COWLEY KS-
1114 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COWLEY COUNTY
UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF WINFIELD...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF COWLEY
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF MAPLE CITY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3699 9714 3745 9714 3747 9712 3747 9668
      3709 9669 3708 9670 3707 9669 3698 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0414Z 296DEG 35KT 3712 9692

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KICT 270426
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1127 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

KSC035-270437-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-080527T0430Z/
COWLEY KS-
1127 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COWLEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1130 PM CDT...

AT 1123 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3699 9714 3745 9714 3747 9712 3747 9668
      3709 9669 3708 9670 3707 9669 3698 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 296DEG 35KT 3706 9678

$$

SCHRECK

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 26, 7:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 7:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
712 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

.AVIATION...
00Z TAFS...ICT/SLN/HUT/CNU/RSL...WIDESPREAD STRONG/SEVERE
CONVECTION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING
THROUGH TONIGHT...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERS SLOWLY SOUTH
INTO THE FORECAST AREA...AND LOW-LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS THIS
EVENING. COVERED THIS THREAT WITH VCTS FOR ALL AREAS...ALONG WITH
TEMPO GROUPS OVER THE NEXT 4 HOURS. WILL LIKELY BE MAKING SEVERAL
AMENDMENTS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TO ACCOUNT FOR CONVECTION.
MVFR TO POSSIBLY IFR CIGS WILL SPREAD SOUTH OVER THE NORTHERN HALF
OF KANSAS ON TUESDAY...ALONG WITH DRIZZLE AND LOWER VSBYS...AS
COLD ADVECTION COMMENCES BEHIND FRONTAL BOUNDARY. MEANWHILE...MORE
STRONG/SEVERE CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON
ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AHEAD OF FRONT. WILL
MAKE TIMELY AMENDMENTS WHEN/WHERE NECESSARY.

KLEINSASSER

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 301 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008/

DISCUSSION...

VERY CHALLENGING FIRST PERIOD FORECAST WITH SEVERE CONVECTION AND
FLOODING POSSIBLE.

SYNOPSIS:
CURRENTLY HAVE A WARM FRONT SAGGING DOWN FROM THE NORTH AND EXTENDS
FROM JUST NORTH OF KSLN TO NORTH OF KDDC. AN AXIS OF DEEPER
MOISTURE...EVIDENT BY BETTER CU FIELD...EXTENDS FROM THE TX
PANHANDLE AND INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF FORECAST AREA. WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY SHOWS THE MAIN UPPER ENERGY SITUATED NORTHWEST OF THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION WITH A SPEED MAX ROTATING AROUND THE SOUTHERN END OF
THE TROUGH.

TONIGHT:
CONVECTION OVER EASTERN KANSAS HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY ISENTROPIC LIFT
ALONG THE 310-315K SURFACE. THIS ACTIVITY KICKED OUT AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY CAUSING ADDITIONAL ELEVATED STORMS TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON. CONVECTIVE TREND CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST WITH ACTIVITY TO
CONTINUE/BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD NORTH OF THE CURRENTLY OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY...OR CLOSER TO WARM FRONT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL/SE KS THIS
EVENING. WITH SAGGING SYNOPTIC BOUNDARY AND LOW LEVEL JET
CONVERGING ALONG THIS FEATURE...A CLASSIC FLOODING SCENARIO IS
SETTING UP FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA. WITH GROUNDS
ALREADY SATURATED FROM STORMS THIS MORNING...WILL GO WITH A FLOOD
WATCH FOR BASICALLY THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH
18Z TUE. WITH EXPECTED RAINFALL OVERNIGHT...AM CONFIDENT WELL GET
INTO SOME RIVER FLOODING FOR AREAS OF SE KS OVERNIGHT INTO TUE.

CONFIDENCE IN CONVECTIVE TRENDS DECREASES WITH THE ACTIVITY FURTHER
WEST. STORMS HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOP IN THE DEEPER MOISTURE OVER THE
TX PANHANDLE BUT THERE DOESNT APPEAR TO BE A WELL DEFINED BOUNDARY
TO FOCUS ACTIVITY ON...WITH THE DRYLINE MUCH FURTHER WEST. CURRENT
THINKING IS THAT STORMS WILL FESTER OVER SOUTHERN AND SW PORTION OF
FORECAST AREA ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WITH HAIL BEING THE MAIN
THREAT. FEEL THE MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY WILL COME CLOSE TO OR A
BIT AFTER 00Z AS LOW LEVEL JET GETS CRANKED UP. HAIL AND HIGH WINDS
WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FOR ANY STORM OVERNIGHT. FEEL THE BEST TOR
THREAT WILL BE THROUGH 03Z WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP WEST OF FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO THE WESTERN FRINGES OF FORECAST
AREA.

TUE-THU:
SYNOPTIC FRONT WILL CONTINUE ITS JOURNEY SOUTH ON TUE AND BY 00Z WED
WILL BE SITUATED FROM NEAR KCNU TO NEAR KOKC. SHOWERS AND STORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO FESTER ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT. THEREFORE
SE KS WILL HAVE THE BEST SHOT AT MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS
TUE AND A CONTINUED FLOODING THREAT. ALSO CANT RULE OUT SOME
HAILERS OVER SE KS DURING THE DAY TUE WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
STAYING AROUND. BY 12Z WED THE SURFACE FRONT WILL BE SOUTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA AND WILL JUST LINGER A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER EXTREME SE
KS FOR ANYTHING STAYING JUST NORTH OF THE FRONT.

ANOTHER UPPER WAVE WILL BE APPROACHING THE DESERT SOUTHWEST ON TUE
WITH AN UPPER RIDGE SITUATED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS WILL
ALLOW HIGH PRESSURE TO  REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS WITH
RETURN FLOW STARTING BACK UP FOR THE WESTERN HALF. WITH EXPECTED
RIDGE OVER AREA...WILL LEAVE FORECAST DRY FOR THU AND THU NIGHT.

FRI-MON:
BOTH ECMWF AND GFS AGREE ON LIFTING THE UPPER WAVE TO OUR SW INTO
EXTREME NW KS/NE DURING THE DAY FRI. AS THIS FEATURE CONTINUES
EAST...IT WILL DRAG A SURFACE TROUGH DOWN THROUGH THE AREA ON FRI
NIGHT. THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE PRECIP CHANCES OVER THE ENTIRE AREA
FOR FRI NIGHT. THE UPPER PATTERN WILL REMAIN PROGRESSIVE AS THIS
WAVE QUICKLY MOVES OFF GIVING WAY TO WEAK UPPER RIDGING OVER THE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...KEEPING PRECIP OUT OF THE FORECAST. A
DEEPER AND MORE POWERFUL UPPER WAVE WILL MOVE ON SHORE ON
MON...POSSIBLY GETTING US BACK INTO SEVERE WEATHER MODE FOR THE
BEGINNING/MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT TEMPS THROUGH THESE PERIODS WILL BE ABOVE
NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S AND 90S.

LAWSON

AVIATION...
FOR THE 18Z TAF SUITE.
CURRENT CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHEAST KS CONTINUES TO DIMINISH AT THIS
TIME.  WILL KEEP SOME VCTS IN THE KCNU TAF FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS UNTIL THIS CONVECTION COMES TO AN END.  ALSO NOTED
SOME MVFR CEILINGS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KS.  EXPECT THIS
CLOUD COVER TO SLOWLY BURN OFF AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.

ATTENTION THEN SHIFTS TO CONVECTION CHANCES TO THE WEST OF KHUT/KRSL
AND KICT THIS EVENING. WILL GO WITH VCTS NEAR THESE AREA AFTER 23Z
AND EXTEND IT UNTIL 06Z AS CONVECTION IS PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS
MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH KS DURING THE EVENING HOURS.  WILL ALSO
INCLUDE A TEMPO GROUP FOR SOME VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS AND REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO MVFR WITH SOME STRONGER STORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS KHUT/KICT AREAS.

KETCHAM

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    68  74  54  72 /  80  30  30  10
HUTCHINSON      65  69  50  69 /  80  30  20  10
NEWTON          66  72  52  71 /  80  30  20  10
ELDORADO        68  75  54  72 /  80  40  30  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   70  77  56  74 /  70  30  30  10
RUSSELL         56  59  45  68 /  80  30  20  10
GREAT BEND      58  61  46  68 /  80  30  20  10
SALINA          63  65  48  70 /  80  30  20  10
MCPHERSON       64  68  49  70 /  80  30  20  10
COFFEYVILLE     71  80  59  76 /  70  60  50  20
CHANUTE         69  76  56  74 /  70  50  40  20
IOLA            69  75  54  73 /  80  50  30  20
PARSONS-KPPF    70  80  58  75 /  70  60  50  20

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR KSZ053-069>072-093>096-
098>100.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 3:50 PM CDT, 6 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
350 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-271045-
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-
539 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE....TONIGHT

STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND WARM
FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
TOWARD SUNSET AS THE SURFACE FRONT TRACKS FURTHER SOUTH. ANY STORM
THAT DEVELOPS TONIGHT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THE HIGHEST SEVERE POTENTIAL
WILL BE FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 135 AS STORMS TO
OR WEST MOVE INTO THE AREA. THIS IS ALSO THE LOCATION WHERE A
TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH 10 PM.

WITH GROUNDS SATURATED FROM RAINS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OVERNIGHT INTO
TUESDAY...WITH SOME RIVER FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN KANSAS.
PLEASE SEE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. THE
MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM EUREKA TO ELDORADO TO WELLINGTON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE EXTENT AND MAGNITUDE OF THE SEVERE THREAT IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON
WHAT HAPPENS MONDAY NIGHT. FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
FROM HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT. PLEASE SEE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. LATER OUTLOOKS
WILL CONTAIN MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHECK LATER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR UPDATED
INFORMATION. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TODAY...MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE ACCESS TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS...AND PLAN OF WHAT YOU WILL DO
IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...
AND OVER THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON TUESDAY.

&&

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

HOWERTON/LAWSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 10:12 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1012 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

1005 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 S DOUGLASS            37.50N 97.01W
05/26/2008  E60 MPH          BUTLER             KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            DIME SIZED HAIL OCCURRED WITH THE WIND.

&&

ADK

Local storm report, May 26, 10:13 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1013 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

1005 PM     HAIL             1 S DOUGLASS            37.50N 97.01W
05/26/2008  E0.75 INCH       BUTLER             KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            60 MPH WINDS OCCURRED WITH THE HAIL.

&&

ADK

Local storm report, May 26, 10:16 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1016 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

1010 PM     TSTM WND GST     CONWAY SPRINGS          37.39N 97.64W
05/26/2008  E60 MPH          SUMNER             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JMB

Local storm report, May 26, 10:22 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1022 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

1022 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WEST WICHITA            37.69N 97.46W
05/26/2008                   SEDGWICK           KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            MANY LOCATIONS ON MAIZE ROAD FROM KELLOGG NORTH TO 21ST
            WITH AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD.

&&

JMB

Local storm report, May 26, 10:29 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1029 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

1028 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WEST WICHITA            37.69N 97.46W
05/26/2008                   SEDGWICK           KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TWO FEET OF STANDING WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIZE
            AND MAPLE. ONE CAR IS STALLED IN THE INTERSECTION.
            REPORTED BY AN OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.

&&

ADK

Local storm report, May 26, 10:33 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1033 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

1018 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SOUTH WICHITA           37.60N 97.31W
05/26/2008                   SEDGWICK           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            1.5 TO 2 FEET OF STANDING WATER REPORTED ALONG MERIDIAN
            BETWEEN INTERSTATE 235 AND PAWNEE. COURTESY OF KAKE TV.

&&

ADK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	4 hr
May 26, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick	45 min
May 26, 7:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	4 hr
May 26, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	32 min
May 26, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	56 min
May 26, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	33 min
May 26, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	29 min
May 26, 8:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	67 hr
May 26, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	57 min
May 26, 8:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	6 hr
May 26, 8:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	6 hr
May 26, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	56 min
May 26, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	56 min
May 26, 8:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	5 hr
May 26, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	62 min
May 26, 9:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	70 hr
May 26, 9:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	86 min
May 26, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	63 min
May 26, 9:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	4 hr
May 26, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	61 min
May 26, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	50 min
May 26, 10:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	59 min
May 26, 10:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	8 hr
May 26, 10:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	8 hr
May 26, 11:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	8 hr
May 26, 11:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	8 hr
May 26, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	41 min
May 27, 12:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood	12 hr
May 27, 12:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	8 hr
May 27, 12:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	8 hr
May 27, 1:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	4 hr
May 27, 1:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	7 hr
May 27, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	31 min
May 27, 2:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	7 hr
May 27, 2:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	12 hr
May 27, 2:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	6 hr
May 27, 2:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	7 hr
May 27, 2:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	52 hr
May 27, 2:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	47 hr
May 27, 3:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	41 hr
May 27, 3:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	35 hr
May 27, 3:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	51 hr
May 27, 3:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	64 hr
May 27, 6:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	5 hr
May 27, 6:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	5 hr
May 27, 6:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	4 hr
May 27, 7:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	7 hr
May 27, 7:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	17 hr
May 27, 8:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	5 hr
May 27, 8:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	19 hr
May 27, 8:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	4 hr
May 27, 8:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	5 hr
May 27, 10:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	4 hr
May 27, 11:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	18 hr
May 27, 12:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	3 hr
May 27, 12:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	17 hr
May 27, 2:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.