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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

April 8, 2008Butler County, Chase County, Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2008, 1:08 AM CDT for Butler County, Chase County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 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: Apr 8, 2008, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2008, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 8, 1:30 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 W Thrall, KS	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED POWERLINE POLES TILTED OVER BY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 8, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 720 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 080609
SVRICT
KSC015-017-073-080715-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0021.080408T0608Z-080408T0715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
108 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
  CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT.

* AT 107 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF MATFIELD GREEN
  TO CASSODAY TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF CASSODAY...AND MOVING EAST AT 55
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CASSODAY...COTTONWOOD FALLS...MATFIELD GREEN...SAFFORDVILLE...
  STRONG CITY...BAZAAR.

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS.

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

LAT...LON 3790 9670 3829 9676 3852 9635 3799 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0608Z 273DEG 64KT 3822 9677 3802 9667
          3790 9665

$$

LAWSON

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 080646
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
146 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008

KSC015-017-073-080715-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080408T0715Z/
CHASE KS-GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
146 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BUTLER...NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD AND EASTERN CHASE COUNTIES UNTIL 215
AM CDT...

AT 145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COTTONWOOD FALLS TO MATFIELD
GREEN TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF MATFIELD GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 57
MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR SAFFORDVILLE BY 155 AM CDT.

THE TOWN OF BAZAAR IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3832 9668 3852 9635 3844 9636 3843 9635
      3799 9636 3792 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 244DEG 49KT 3834 9656 3814 9646
          3797 9648

$$

HOWERTON

000 
WWUS53 KICT 080711
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
211 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008

KSC015-017-073-080721-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080408T0715Z/
CHASE KS-GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
211 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BUTLER...
NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD AND EASTERN CHASE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215
AM CDT...

AT 210 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3832 9668 3852 9635 3844 9636 3843 9635
      3799 9636 3792 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 240DEG 37KT 3844 9638 3827 9629
          3807 9630

$$

HOWERTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick	47 min
Apr 8, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Marion	48 min
Apr 8, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	28 min
Apr 8, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	62 min
Apr 8, 1:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	41 min
Apr 8, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.