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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Wichita, KS

June 11, 2008McPherson County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2008, 10:09 PM CDT for McPherson County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 4 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 11, 2008, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2008, 10:48 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties McPherson County, KS, Saline County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 11, 10:15 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	Marquette, KS
Jun 11, 10:24 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Lindsborg, KS
Jun 11, 10:32 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Assaria, KS	TREE LIMBS DOWN
Jun 11, 10:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 55	Gypsum, KS	ALSO 3/4 INCH HAIL

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 15 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 11, 9:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 2416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.6
Supercell composite: 15.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 120309
SVRICT
KSC113-169-120415-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0296.080612T0309Z-080612T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1009 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.

* AT 1008 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP
  TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH.  THESE
  STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF
  GLENDALE TO SALINA AIRPORT TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARQUETTE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 57 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ASSARIA...BRIDGEPORT...BROOKVILLE...GLENDALE...GYPSUM...
  LINDSBORG...MARQUETTE...NEW CAMBRIA...ROXBURY...SALINA...SMOLAN...
  SALINA AIRPORT.

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE
AREA. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3896 9773 3896 9737 3895 9736 3847 9736
      3846 9793 3893 9793 3894 9792 3897 9791
      3897 9774
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 260DEG 49KT 3898 9782 3881 9771
          3862 9790

$$

HOWERTON

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 120316
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1016 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

KSC113-169-120415-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-080612T0415Z/
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-
1016 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1013 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 OF 60 TO 75 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF BROOKVILLE...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SALINA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR SMOLAN BY 1025 PM CDT.
  NEAR ASSARIA BY 1030 PM CDT.
  NEAR GYPSUM BY 1040 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF SALINA AIRPORT IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS
STORM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3896 9773 3896 9737 3895 9736 3847 9736
      3846 9793 3893 9793 3894 9792 3897 9791
      3897 9774
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 259DEG 47KT 3869 9781

$$

BOWMAN

000 
WWUS53 KICT 120324
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1024 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

KSC113-169-120415-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-080612T0415Z/
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-
1024 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1022 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH. 
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW CAMBRIA TO
ASSARIA TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF LINDSBORG...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR GYPSUM BY 1030 PM CDT.
  NEAR ROXBURY BY 1035 PM CDT.

THE SALINA AIRPORT AND BRIDGEPORT ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE 
DANGEROUS STORMS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3896 9773 3896 9737 3895 9736 3847 9736
      3846 9793 3893 9793 3894 9792 3897 9791
      3897 9774
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 265DEG 47KT 3892 9753 3870 9757
          3849 9764

$$

BOWMAN

000 
WWUS53 KICT 120334
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1033 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

KSC113-169-120415-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-080612T0415Z/
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-
1033 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1032 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 75 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW
CAMBRIA TO BRIDGEPORT TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROXBURY...MOVING EAST
AT 48 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR ROXBURY BY 1040 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF BRIDGEPORT IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE DANGEROUS STORMS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3896 9773 3896 9737 3895 9736 3847 9736
      3846 9793 3893 9793 3894 9792 3897 9791
      3897 9774
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 266DEG 42KT 3892 9740 3864 9750
          3851 9751

$$

BOWMAN

000 
WWUS53 KICT 120348
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1048 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

KSC113-169-120358-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-080612T0415Z/
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-
1048 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MCPHERSON AND SALINE
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 1047 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 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3896 9773 3896 9737 3895 9736 3847 9736
      3846 9793 3893 9793 3894 9792 3897 9791
      3897 9774
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 265DEG 47KT 3894 9713 3872 9717
          3851 9724

$$

CDB

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 11, 6:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
649 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

.AVIATION...

FOR 00Z TAFS...MAIN AVIATION CONCERN THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HORUS WILL
BE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A COLD FRONT OVER
CENTRAL KS. THIS AREA OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST TONIGHT WITH KRSL AND KSLN HAVING THE BEST POTENTIAL TO
EXPERIENCE STORMS THROUGH 03Z. CONFIDENCE DECREASES IN HOW FAR SOUTH
THESE STORMS WILL MAKE IT...THEREFORE ONLY MENTIONED VCTS IN THE
KICT TAFS FOR NOW. AT THIS TIME KSLN WILL HAVE THE BEST SHOT TO
EXPERIENCE SEVERE STORMS THROUGH 03Z WITH LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE.

FORECAST CONCERN FOR TOMORROW WILL AGAIN BE STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG
THE SURFACE FRONT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY SE KS.

LAWSON

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 309 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008/

DISCUSSION...

MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY...AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES SUNDAY NIGHT.

TONIGHT:
VISIBLE SATELLITE AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT THE SURFACE
FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR RUSSELL TO DODGE CITY AT 19Z AND IS MAKING
PROGRESS EASTWARD. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST
FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...AND THE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
CENTRAL PLAINS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH
SOUTHWEST KANSAS AROUND 00Z...WITH THE MAIN DRYLINE ACROSS THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN TEXAS. DEEP SHEAR IS FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS...AND ML CAPE VALUES WILL BE AROUND 2000 TO 3000 J/KG.
WOULD EXPECT THAT SOME STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AS WELL
AS OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. THE BEST LCL HEIGHTS WILL BE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA
AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT LCL
HEIGHTS ARE BETWEEN 3000 AND 5000FT.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MAKE PROGRESS SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT...AND STALL
SOMEWHERE EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOW TO BE
PARALLEL TO THE FRONT AND STORMS WILL TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS.
THIS COULD LEAD TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST. SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED AND A COUPLE
RIVER POINTS STILL IN FLOOD...BUT THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW
MUCH HEAVY RAINFALL THERE WILL BE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WINDS WILL WEAKEN BEHIND THE FRONT...SO WOULD EXPECT THE WIND
ADVISORY TO BE GRADUALLY CANCELLED AS THE FRONT PUSHES EASTWARD. THE
12KM NAM/WRF IS SHOWING SOME BRIEF STRONGER WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL KANSAS BEHIND THE FRONT THIS EVENING...BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED
TO BE BRIEF.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY:
THE FRONT WILL REMAIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH
THURSDAY...BEFORE PUSHING OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO
MORE HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT BEFORE IT MOVES
INTO MISSOURI. FOR THIS TIME FRAME...WE WILL ISSUE A HYDROLOGIC
OUTLOOK TO INDICATE THE CHANCES FOR FLOODING BOTH TONIGHT AND
FURTHER OUT IN TIME.

CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BOTH ON THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH CONTINUED CHANCES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH DEEP LAYER SHEAR
AND INSTABILITY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN.

SATURDAY-TUESDAY:
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR SATURDAY AND KEEPS THE AREA DRY. THE
NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES FOR SUNDAY EVENING...WITH OUR NEXT CHANCES
FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. THE CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION THAT
ARE IN THE FORECAST ARE REASONABLE...SO FEW CHANGES WERE MADE TO
THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST.

SCHRECK

AVIATION...
COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DROP SOUTHEAST DURING THE
PERIOD. WINDS AT RSL HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO SWING TO A SW
DIRECTION. REMAINING SITES HAVE A GOOD PACKED GRADIENT AND SOUTH
WINDS OF 30 MPH AND GUSTS INTO LOWER 40S ARE LIKELY. BEST CHANCE
FOR TRW WILL LIE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. STORMS WILL THEN MIGRATE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    68  85  65  82 /  40  40  50  30
HUTCHINSON      65  83  62  83 /  50  40  40  20
NEWTON          67  84  63  83 /  40  40  40  20
ELDORADO        70  85  65  82 /  30  40  50  30
WINFIELD-KWLD   71  86  67  81 /  20  40  50  40
RUSSELL         59  81  59  84 /  60  20  20   0
GREAT BEND      60  82  59  84 /  60  20  20  10
SALINA          62  82  59  84 /  60  20  30  10
MCPHERSON       64  83  61  83 /  50  30  40  10
COFFEYVILLE     72  86  67  81 /  10  40  50  40
CHANUTE         72  86  67  81 /  20  40  50  30
IOLA            72  85  66  81 /  20  40  50  30
PARSONS-KPPF    72  86  67  81 /  10  40  50  40

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ047-049>053-
067>070-082-083-091>094-098.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 8:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
837 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-122100-
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-
837 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS
TONIGHT. LOCATIONS NORTH OF A MCPHERSON TO HUTCHINSON LINE WILL HAVE
THE BEST CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE STORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THESE
STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF BASEBALLS ALONG WITH A COUPLE TORNADOES. IN ADDITION VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

AFTER MIDNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SHIFT
SOUTHEAST...AND COULD EVENTUALLY GET INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. EVEN THOUGH STORMS MAY WEAKEN SOME AS THE NIGHT
PROGRESSES...STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

FURTHERMORE...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE ON THE NEOSHO RIVER IN
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNING
STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES
TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ADDITIONALLY...THE HEAVY RAINFALL
AND LOCALIZED FLOODING THREAT MAY INCREASE FOR THURSDAY EVENING
AND NIGHT. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK FOR DETAILS.

THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER ACROSS THE AREA INTO FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER THESE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO LATER OUTLOOKS FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED OVER CENTRAL KANSAS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND POSSIBLY FARTHER SOUTH
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...SPOTTER ACTIVATION
WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND AGAIN SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

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

SCHRECK/ADK/LAWSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:48 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
948 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

0945 PM     TSTM WND GST     SMOLAN                  38.74N 97.68W
06/11/2008  E60 MPH          SALINE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            3/4 INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS. HAD DAMAGED A FENCE AND
            SMALL TREE LIMBS ARE DOWN.

&&

JMB

Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:51 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
951 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

0949 PM     TORNADO          SALINA                  38.82N 97.62W
06/11/2008                   SALINE             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE JUST EAST OF I-135 ON WATERWELL RD.

&&

ELDER

Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:55 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
955 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

0955 PM     TORNADO          5 E SALINA              38.82N 97.52W
06/11/2008                   SALINE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ELDER

Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:59 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
959 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

0959 PM     HAIL             5 NE LORRAINE           38.62N 98.25W
06/11/2008  E1.00 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JMB

Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:00 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1000 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

0953 PM     HAIL             3 NE NEW CAMBRIA        38.91N 97.47W
06/11/2008  E1.75 INCH       SALINE             KS   STORM CHASER

&&

JMB

Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:08 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1008 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

1007 PM     HAIL             KANOPOLIS STATE PARK    38.65N 98.03W
06/11/2008  E0.50 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HEAVY RAIN AND MARBLE SIZED HAIL

&&

JMB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	61 min
Jun 11, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	59 min
Jun 11, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	54 min
Jun 11, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton	52 min
Jun 11, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	44 min
Jun 11, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	57 min
Jun 11, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	57 min
Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	5 hr
Jun 11, 8:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Saline	41 min
Jun 11, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	57 min
Jun 11, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	35 min
Jun 11, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	57 min
Jun 11, 9:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Saline	28 min
Jun 11, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice	42 min
Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	5 hr
Jun 11, 11:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	12 hr
Jun 12, 12:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	18 hr
Jun 12, 3:10 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 8 more	33 hr
Jun 12, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	28 min
Jun 12, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chase	64 min
Jun 12, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	56 min
Jun 12, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Marion	28 min
Jun 12, 6:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	4 hr
Jun 12, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chase	57 min
Jun 12, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion	64 min
Jun 12, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Sedgwick	63 min

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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.