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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Wichita, KS

June 5, 20085 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2008, 2:24 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 66 min. 7 reports 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: Jun 5, 2008, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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
Jun 5, 2:35 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	10 Se Sylvan Grove, KS
Jun 5, 2:37 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	7 W Lincoln, KS	HAIL COVERED GROUND.
Jun 5, 2:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Lincoln, KS
Jun 5, 3:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Kanopolis, KS
Jun 5, 3:02 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Lorraine, KS
Jun 5, 3:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Kanopolis, KS	1 TO 1 1/2 INCH TREE BRANCHES DOWN.
Jun 5, 3:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 E Ellsworth, KS	3 TO 5 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 140 IN THE TOWN OF CARNEIRO.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 5 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 minutes after it went out.

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
Jun 5, 11:47 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 1268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -318 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 367 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 402 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 051926
SVRICT
KSC009-053-105-159-167-052030-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0247.080605T1924Z-080605T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
224 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.

* AT 221 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILSON...OR 8 MILES WEST OF           
  ELLSWORTH.  ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF   
  HOISINGTON AND JUST NORTH OF HUDSON IN STAFFORD COUNTY.  THESE     
  STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 58 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ASH GROVE...BARNARD...BEVERLY...BUSHTON...CHASE...CLAFLIN...
  ELLINWOOD...ELLSWORTH...FREDERICK...GREAT BEND...GREAT BEND
  AIRPORT...HOISINGTON...HOLYROOD...KANOPOLIS...LINCOLN...LORRAINE...
  RAYMOND...SILICA...SYLVAN GROVE...WESTFALL...WILSON.

THIS WARNING REPLACES ALL PREVIOUSLY ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNINGS FOR THESE LOCATIONS.

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

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 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3922 9792 3897 9791 3891 9793 3820 9840
      3820 9848 3823 9848 3825 9853 3824 9894
      3825 9895 3923 9833
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 212DEG 50KT 3881 9833

$$

KRC

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 051938
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
237 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

KSC009-053-105-159-167-052030-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-080605T2030Z/
LINCOLN KS-RUSSELL KS-ELLSWORTH KS-BARTON KS-RICE KS-
237 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
RICE...EASTERN BARTON...ELLSWORTH...SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND LINCOLN
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 235 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 57 MPH. ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS WERE 
MOVING THROUGH EASTERN BARTON...WESTERN RICE AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES. 
THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND 
LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. 

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR LINCOLN BY 245 PM CDT.
  NEAR BARNARD BY 255 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3922 9792 3897 9791 3891 9793 3820 9840
      3820 9848 3823 9848 3825 9853 3824 9894
      3825 9895 3923 9833
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 212DEG 50KT 3896 9821

$$

COX

000 
WWUS53 KICT 051951
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
250 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

KSC009-053-105-159-167-052030-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-080605T2030Z/
LINCOLN KS-RUSSELL KS-ELLSWORTH KS-BARTON KS-RICE KS-
250 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
RICE...EASTERN BARTON...ELLSWORTH...SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND LINCOLN
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 57 MPH. ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE INTO SEVERE STORMS IN 
EASTERN BARTON...ELLSWORTH AND NORTHWEST RICE COUNTY.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR BARNARD BY 255 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3922 9792 3897 9791 3891 9793 3820 9840
      3820 9848 3823 9848 3825 9853 3824 9894
      3825 9895 3923 9833
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 212DEG 50KT 3911 9809

$$

COX

000 
WWUS53 KICT 052000
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
300 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

KSC009-053-105-159-167-052030-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-080605T2030Z/
LINCOLN KS-RUSSELL KS-ELLSWORTH KS-BARTON KS-RICE KS-
300 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
RICE...EASTERN BARTON...ELLSWORTH...SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND LINCOLN
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 51 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR BARNARD BY 315 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

LAT...LON 3922 9792 3897 9791 3891 9793 3820 9840
      3820 9848 3823 9848 3825 9853 3824 9894
      3825 9895 3923 9833
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 210DEG 45KT 3903 9813

$$

COX

000 
WWUS53 KICT 052025
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
325 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

KSC009-053-105-159-167-052035-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-080605T2030Z/
LINCOLN KS-RUSSELL KS-ELLSWORTH KS-BARTON KS-RICE KS-
325 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN RICE...EASTERN
BARTON...ELLSWORTH...SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 330 PM CDT...

AT 320 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. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN...OR A WARNING ISSUED.

LAT...LON 3922 9792 3897 9791 3891 9793 3820 9840
      3820 9848 3823 9848 3825 9853 3824 9894
      3825 9895 3923 9833
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 210DEG 45KT 3930 9793

$$

COX

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 Jun 5, 2:05 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:05 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
205 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

.DISCUSSION...

THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL BE THE TIMING OF
WHEN THE SEVERE CONVECTION WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING.

TONIGHT:
LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS WAS SHOWING THE DRY LINE STRETCHING FROM
NEAR RUSSELL TO NEAR COLDWATER. THIS DRY LINE HAS REALLY TOOK OFF
DURING THE LAST HOUR AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO LIGHTEN UP DURING THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE STORMS TO EVOLVE
INTO SUPERCELLS AND AFFECT MAINLY CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS. LATEST WATER VAPOR LOOP WAS SHOWING THE MAIN UPPER
LEVEL ENERGY MOVING INTO THE TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. AS THIS
ENERGY CONTINUES TO EJECT OUT IT SHOULD ALLOW THE DRY LINE TO FIRE
UP FURTHER SOUTH INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA BY AROUND 20Z. THESE STORMS
SHOULD ALSO EVOLVE INTO SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLY AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS BETWEEN 22Z AND 00Z. IN THE MEANTIME...THE COLD FRONT/DRY
LINE SHOULD ALSO FIRE UP AS THIS WAVE MOVES INTO THE AREA. LOCAL WRF
SHOWS THIS OCCURRING ALONG HIGHWAY 14 SOMETIME BETWEEN 22Z AND 00Z.
THEREFORE...PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE
READY FOR A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF SEVERE CONVECTION. THE FIRST ROUND
WILL BE MOSTLY SUPERCELLS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ALONG WITH A
FEW STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES.  THE SECOND ROUND SHOULD BE MOSTLY
DAMAGING WINDS WITH POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL AS WELL. ALTHOUGH...YOU
STILL CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALONG THE SQUALL LINE.

THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO LIFT INTO NEBRASKA LATER THIS
EVENING AND SHOULD ALLOW FOR THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW TO TURN WEST AND
CAUSE THIS SQUALL LINE TO ACCELERATE EAST INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE
MAIN THREAT IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS BEFORE
EXITING THE AREA BY AROUND 3 AM.

HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING ALSO LOOKS LIKE A GOOD BET WITH PRECIPITABLE
WATER VALUES AROUND 2 TO 2.5 IN. AS A RESULT...AFTER COLLABORATING
WITH A FEW OFFICES WE PLAN ON GOING WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 06Z AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
UNTIL 12Z.

FRIDAY:
MOST OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY
MORNING...BUT WE COULD HAVE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS. THEREFORE...WE
WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN FOR NOW. ALTHOUGH...WE
ARE NOT REAL CONFIDENT IN THIS OCCURRING DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR
GOOD SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THIS SQUALL LINE. ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WE
SHOULD SEE THE FRONT START LIFTING BACK TO THE NORTH AS A WARM
FRONT. NOT SEEING ANY STRONG LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ON THIS
FRONT...BUT IT MAY BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

FRIDAY NIGHT-SUNDAY:
WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA BY FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW SHOULD REMAIN SOUTHWEST...BUT WE SHOULD BE
MOSTLY CAPPED THROUGH SUNDAY.

MONDAY-THURSDAY:
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROF MAY TRY TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS
EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS TROF MAY CAUSE THE FRONT TO PUSH SOUTH INTO
THE FORECAST AREA AND HANG AROUND THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. AS A
RESULT...THE ACTIVE PATTERN COULD CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK.

COX

&&

.AVIATION...
FOR THE 18Z TAF SUITE...SEVERE CONVECTION TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE FIRST HALF OF VALID
PERIOD. OCCASIONAL MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS...MAINLY IN AND NEAR
CONVECTION. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF DRY LINE
AND COLD FRONT THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

KED

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    62  87  70  91 / 100  10  10  10
HUTCHINSON      59  87  68  91 / 100  10  10  10
NEWTON          61  87  70  90 / 100  10  10  10
ELDORADO        63  86  70  88 / 100  20  20  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   64  87  70  91 / 100  20  20  10
RUSSELL         54  88  66  93 /  50  10  10  10
GREAT BEND      54  87  67  93 /  50  10  10  10
SALINA          57  87  68  91 / 100  10  10  10
MCPHERSON       59  87  69  91 / 100  10  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     68  85  71  90 / 100  30  30  10
CHANUTE         67  85  71  89 / 100  30  30  10
IOLA            67  84  71  90 / 100  30  30  10
PARSONS-KPPF    68  85  71  90 / 100  30  30  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
FOR KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR KSZ049-051>053-067>072-
082-083-091>096-098>100.

FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-
082-083-091>093.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-047-048-
050.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 2:24 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
224 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-060930-
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-
224 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED
STRONG DRYLINE AND COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE
WEST TODAY. AMPLE INSTABILITY AND VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM WILL SUPPORT AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG A DRYLINE BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR BASEBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER...DAMAGING WINDS UP TO
80 MPH...AND A FEW STRONG TO VIOLENT LONG-LIVED TORNADOES. LATER
THIS EVENING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT TOWARD EASTERN
KANSAS...WITH AN INCREASING THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH
LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.
ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY LATER TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SEE THE
LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

PLEASE STAY ABREAST TO THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STORM MOVEMENT TODAY WILL BE TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

ADDITIONALLY...VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE
REGION TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY FOR MORE
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
LINGERS OVER THE AREA.

FINALLY...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA FROM SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD
BE STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE WITH THIS NEXT WEATHER MAKER.
PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...AND BY THIS EVENING GENERALLY
EAST OF INTERSTATE 135.

&&

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

COX/KLEINSASSER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
105 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

0103 PM     TSTM WND GST     GREAT BEND AIRPORT      38.35N 98.85W
06/05/2008  E60 MPH          BARTON             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

KED

Local storm report, Jun 5, 1:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
123 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

0120 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 ENE HOISINGTON        38.54N 98.74W
06/05/2008  E60 MPH          BARTON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KED

Local storm report, Jun 5, 1:27 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
127 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

0125 PM     TSTM WND GST     10 NE HOISINGTON        38.62N 98.65W
06/05/2008  E60 MPH          BARTON             KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

MJR

Local storm report, Jun 5, 1:53 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
153 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

0129 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 E SUSANK              38.64N 98.66W
06/05/2008                   BARTON             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER POLES DOWNED.

&&

KED

Local storm report, Jun 5, 2:17 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
217 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

0215 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 SW WILSON             38.77N 98.54W
06/05/2008  E60 MPH          RUSSELL            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KED

Local storm report, Jun 5, 2:23 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
223 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

0200 PM     HAIL             WILSON                  38.83N 98.47W
06/05/2008  E1.75 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            WINDS OF 60 MPH

&&

MJR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	64 min
Jun 5, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Russell	33 min
Jun 5, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	56 min
Jun 5, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	53 min
Jun 5, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Russell	10 min
Jun 5, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Russell	27 min
Jun 5, 2:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	5 hr
Jun 5, 2:21 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	14 hr
Jun 5, 2:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	33 min
Jun 5, 2:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	36 min
Jun 5, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	63 min
Jun 5, 3:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	34 min
Jun 5, 3:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Reno, Rice	53 min
Jun 5, 3:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	56 min
Jun 5, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	31 min
Jun 5, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Saline	52 min
Jun 5, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	46 min
Jun 5, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	38 min
Jun 5, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	57 min
Jun 5, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	43 min
Jun 5, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	56 min
Jun 5, 5:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	2 hr
Jun 5, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	53 min
Jun 5, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick	58 min
Jun 5, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	21 min
Jun 5, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner	62 min
Jun 5, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Marion	35 min
Jun 5, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	58 min
Jun 5, 6:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	3 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.