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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2008, 9:50 PM CDT for Labette County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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
- May 30, 2008, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2008, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 146 days |
| May 30, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1877 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
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 May 30, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:42 PM CDT, 6 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 342 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-312045- 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- 342 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE MAIN RISKS WILL BE LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. A BRIEF TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATER IN THE NIGHT...WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND MINOR FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN RISKS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...MAINLY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 400. THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. BESIDES LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A RATHER UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA INTO NEXT WEEK...WITH CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH A CONDITIONAL RISK FOR SOME SEVERE WEATHER. PLEASE CHECK LATER OUTLOOKS AND FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP KED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 30, 6:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 613 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 KSZ071-072-096-302345- ALLEN-NEOSHO-WOODSON- 613 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR ALLEN...NEOSHO AND WOODSON COUNTIES... AT 609 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 5 MILES NORTH OF CHANUTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DARMOFAL
Special weather statement, May 30, 9:25 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 925 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 KSZ096-099-100-310300- LABETTE-MONTGOMERY-NEOSHO- 925 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LABETTE...MONTGOMERY AND NEOSHO COUNTIES... AT 921 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL 5 MILES NORTH OF CHERRYVALE...OR NEAR CHERRYVALE...AND MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT. KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 55 min |
| May 31, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick | 42 min |
| May 31, 4:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno, Sedgwick | 48 min |
| May 31, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 37 min |
| May 31, 5:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 52 min |
| May 31, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 62 min |
| May 31, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 27 min |
| May 31, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 56 min |
| May 31, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 34 min |
| May 31, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 45 min |
| May 31, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 44 min |
| May 31, 6:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 28 min |
| May 31, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 63 min |
| May 31, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 59 min |
| May 31, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 37 min |
| May 31, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 62 min |
| May 31, 6:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 5 hr |
| May 31, 7:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 43 min |
| May 31, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 65 min |
| May 31, 7:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 47 min |
| May 31, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 50 min |
| May 31, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 48 min |
| May 31, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 51 min |
| May 31, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 44 min |
| May 31, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk | 65 min |
| May 31, 9:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| May 31, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 55 min |
| May 31, 3:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 16 more | 24 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.