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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Wichita, KS

June 5, 20085 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2008, 6:13 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 20 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, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2008, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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, 6:14 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 62	Mid Continent Airport, KS
Jun 5, 6:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 64	4 Ne Downtown Wichita, KS	KSN WEATHER LAB AT WSU CAMPUS
Jun 5, 6:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Nnw Park City, KS	65 MPH WINDS AT 45S AND MERDIAN
Jun 5, 6:22 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 68	S Derby, KS	68 MPH WINDS MEASURED AT BUFF AND 83RD S.
Jun 5, 6:27 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Mulvane, KS
Jun 5, 6:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	3 W Belle Plaine, KS
Jun 5, 6:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	4 W Udall, KS
Jun 5, 6:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Derby, KS	1 INCH HAIL AND SMALL LIMBS DOWN AT K-15 AND MADISON
Jun 5, 6:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Mulvane, KS
Jun 5, 6:42 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Geuda Springs, KS
Jun 5, 6:42 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Douglass, KS
Jun 5, 6:46 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 E Rose Hill, KS
Jun 5, 6:46 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Douglass, KS
Jun 5, 6:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Rose Hill, KS	DAMAGE INCLUDES GAS STATION AWNING DAMAGE..DAMAGE TO A SHED...AND SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN IN CENTRAL ROSE HILL
Jun 5, 6:54 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND DMG	Rose Hill, KS	ROOF DAMAGE IN ROSE HILL
Jun 5, 6:56 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	4 S Augusta, KS	70 MPH WINDS AT 130TH AND 77 HIGHWAY
Jun 5, 7:02 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	9 Ene Douglass, KS
Jun 5, 7:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 55	7 Sw Geuda Springs, KS
Jun 5, 7:16 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Arkansas City, KS
Jun 5, 7:16 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Geuda Springs, KS

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 13 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 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
Jun 5, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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: 1923 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -340 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 327 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 308 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 052313
SVRICT
KSC015-035-079-173-191-060015-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0259.080605T2313Z-080606T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.

* AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTH WICHITA TO 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF SOUTH HAVEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...ANDOVER...ARKANSAS CITY...AUGUSTA...BEL
  AIRE...BELLE PLAINE...BENTLEY...BENTON...CLEARWATER...COLWICH...
  DERBY...DOUGLASS...EAST WICHITA...EL DORADO...ELBING...GEUDA
  SPRINGS...GODDARD...HAYSVILLE...HUNNEWELL...KECHI...MAIZE...
  MAYFIELD...MULVANE...OAKLAWN...OXFORD...PARK CITY...POTWIN...ROSE
  HILL...SEDGWICK...SOUTH HAVEN...TOWANDA...UDALL...VALLEY CENTER...
  WELLINGTON...WHITEWATER...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...WINFIELD...JABARA
  AIRPORT...NORTHEAST WICHITA...SOUTH WICHITA...WICHITA MID CONTINENT
  AIRPORT...PERTH...RIVERDALE...ROCK...STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT...WEST
  WICHITA...WELLINGTON AIRPORT.

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3699 9757 3784 9763 3808 9713 3808 9682
      3699 9680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 240DEG 48KT 3764 9732 3714 9732

$$

JAKUB

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 052329
SVSICT

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

KSC015-035-079-173-191-060015-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-080606T0015Z/
HARVEY KS-BUTLER KS-SEDGWICK KS-SUMNER KS-COWLEY KS-
629 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
COWLEY...SUMNER...SEDGWICK...WESTERN BUTLER AND SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WHITEWATER TO ROSE HILL TO
GEUDA SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR ARKANSAS CITY BY 635 PM CDT.
  NEAR WINFIELD BY 640 PM CDT.
  NEAR EL DORADO BY 645 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF JABARA AIRPORT...BENTON...ELBING...ROCK AND STROTHER
FIELD AIRPORT ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE DANGEROUS STORMS.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3699 9757 3784 9763 3808 9713 3808 9682
      3699 9680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 240DEG 48KT 3799 9718 3752 9705
          3712 9718

$$

COX

000 
WWUS53 KICT 052339
SVSICT

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

KSC015-035-079-173-191-060015-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-080606T0015Z/
HARVEY KS-BUTLER KS-SEDGWICK KS-SUMNER KS-COWLEY KS-
639 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
COWLEY...SUMNER...SEDGWICK...WESTERN BUTLER AND SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 635 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 80
MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELBING TO
DOUGLASS TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEUDA SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR ARKANSAS CITY BY 645 PM CDT.
  NEAR WINFIELD BY 650 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF ELBING...BENTON...ROCK...WINFIELD AND STROTHER FIELD 
AIRPORT ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE DANGEROUS STORMS.

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 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3699 9757 3784 9763 3808 9713 3808 9682
      3699 9680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 238DEG 44KT 3805 9708 3758 9695
          3705 9717

$$

COX

000 
WWUS53 KICT 052358
SVSICT

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

KSC079-173-060008-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-080606T0015Z/
HARVEY KS-SEDGWICK KS-
658 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SEDGWICK AND SOUTHEASTERN
HARVEY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 655 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE 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 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3747 9760 3747 9714 3807 9714 3808 9712
      3808 9682 3699 9680 3699 9757
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 238DEG 44KT 3817 9683 3770 9670
          3717 9692

$$

KSC015-035-191-060015-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-080606T0015Z/
BUTLER KS-SUMNER KS-COWLEY KS-
658 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
COWLEY...SUMNER AND WESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELBING
TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO TO WINFIELD TO STROTHER FIELD 
AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 51 MPH.

THESE STORMS WERE WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SUMNER...WESTERN
BUTLER AND WESTERN COWLEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF WINFIELD.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3747 9760 3747 9714 3807 9714 3808 9712
      3808 9682 3699 9680 3699 9757
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 238DEG 44KT 3817 9683 3770 9670
          3717 9692

$$

COX

000 
WWUS53 KICT 060008
SVSICT

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

KSC015-035-191-060015-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-080606T0015Z/
BUTLER KS-SUMNER KS-COWLEY KS-
707 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
COWLEY...SUMNER AND WESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 70 TO 90 MPH.  THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OXFORD TO 11 MILES
SOUTH OF GEUDA SPRINGS TO 19 MILES SOUTH OF HUNNEWELL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 105 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR ARKANSAS CITY BY 715 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT AND ROCK ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THESE DANGEROUS STORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3747 9760 3747 9714 3807 9714 3808 9712
      3808 9682 3699 9680 3699 9757
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 230DEG 91KT 3728 9722 3700 9716
          3678 9747

$$

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, 2:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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

.UPDATE...
MESO UPDATE...STORM HISTORY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS HAS BEEN
WIND AND HAIL. DESPITE SOME STORM SCALE ROTATION...THE LOW
LEVEL SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN FAIRLY BROAD. HOWEVER...WIND
PROFILES JUST AHEAD OF THIS CONVECTION WAS BECOMING A BIT
MORE FAVORABLE PERHAPS FOR MORE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS AND
AN INCREASED TORNADO POTENTIAL. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT AREAS MAINLY WEST OF I-135 THROUGH 22Z.

KED

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 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, 3 hours 49 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, 5:47 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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

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

0546 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 W GODDARD             37.66N 97.67W
06/05/2008  M70 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KED

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:54 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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

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

0547 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 W LAKE AFTON          37.61N 97.66W
06/05/2008  E50 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            HEAVY RAIN AND 50 MPH WINDS WEST OF LAKE AFTON

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:55 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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

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

0453 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SYLVIA                  37.96N 98.41W
06/05/2008                   RENO               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE FELL AND DAMAGED A HOME

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:09 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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

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

0609 PM     TSTM WND GST     CLEARWATER              37.51N 97.50W
06/05/2008  E70 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KED

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:11 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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

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

0609 PM     HAIL             CLEARWATER              37.51N 97.50W
06/05/2008  E1.00 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KED

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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

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

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N VIOLA               37.50N 97.64W
06/05/2008                   SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            4 TO 5 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN

&&

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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, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell	66 min
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, 6:37 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.