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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Wichita, KS

May 31, 2008Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Elk County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2008, 11:29 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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 31, 2008, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2008, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 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
May 31, 6:22 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 4351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 8.3
Supercell composite: 36.3

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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 31, 10:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 10:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:49 PM CDT, 6 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
449 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-012200-
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-
449 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ANOTHER CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING...AND AFFECT MUCH OF THE
AREA OVERNIGHT. THE GREATEST RISK FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...UP TO
BASEBALL SIZE AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH...WILL AFFECT
AREAS SOUTH OF A GREAT BEND TO MCPHERSON TO IOLA LINE. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED IN THIS AREA...WHICH MAY RESULT
IN LOW-LAND FLOODING. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF A BRIEF
TORNADO BEFORE MIDNIGHT...MAINLY FOR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER COUNTIES
OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL MAY
LINGER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. OTHERWISE...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL
STORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY SUNDAY
EVENING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE
MAIN RISKS THOUGH A TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR AREAS WEST OF THE
KANSAS TURNPIKE ON SUNDAY EVENING.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA PERIODICALLY
FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER THE NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER LOOKS TO ARRIVE BY THURSDAY...AND PERHAPS CONTINUING INTO
FRIDAY. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR LATER OUTLOOKS AS DETAILS BECOME
CLEARER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY BEFORE
MIDNIGHT...FOR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN ON SUNDAY EVENING
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

&&

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 31, 6:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
603 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

KSZ093-098-312330-
CHAUTAUQUA-COWLEY-
603 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR CHAUTAUQUA AND COWLEY COUNTIES...

AT 600 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR VALE...OR 24 MILES WEST OF SEDAN...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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 31, 8:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
815 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

KSZ095-096-010145-
NEOSHO-WILSON-
815 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR NEOSHO AND WILSON COUNTIES...

AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THAYER...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEODESHA
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFY
AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

ES

Local storm report, May 31, 9:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
923 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

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

0920 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 NE PARSONS TRI CITY A 37.34N 95.50W
05/31/2008                   LABETTE            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PERSISTENT FUNNEL CLOUD

&&

CDB

Local storm report, May 31, 9:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
935 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

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

0925 PM     HAIL             INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT    37.15N 95.78W
05/31/2008  E1.00 INCH       MONTGOMERY         KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER WAS ON HIWAY 75 ON EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.

&&

CDB

Local storm report, May 31, 10:30 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 11:22 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	66 min
May 31, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	57 min
May 31, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	31 min
May 31, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	63 min
May 31, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	27 min
May 31, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	56 min
May 31, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	60 min
May 31, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	17 min
May 31, 10:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	6 hr
May 31, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	57 min
Jun 1, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	58 min
Jun 1, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	41 min
Jun 1, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery	43 min
Jun 1, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	54 min
Jun 1, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	15 min
Jun 1, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	41 min
Jun 1, 2:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	40 min
Jun 1, 2:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	116 min
Jun 1, 4:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	5 hr
Jun 1, 5:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	63 min
Jun 1, 6:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	53 min
Jun 1, 6:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	63 min
Jun 1, 6:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	19 min
Jun 1, 6:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	57 min
Jun 1, 6:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	64 min
Jun 1, 7:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	6 hr
Jun 1, 7:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	50 min
Jun 1, 7:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	5 hr
Jun 1, 7:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	32 min
Jun 1, 7:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	23 min
Jun 1, 10:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	23 hr
Jun 1, 12:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	10 hr
Jun 1, 12:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	5 hr
Jun 1, 2:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	18 hr
Jun 1, 3:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	15 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.