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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Wichita, KS

April 17, 2008McPherson County, Marion County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2008, 2:42 AM CDT for McPherson County, Marion County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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 17, 2008, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2008, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 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
Apr 17, 2:50 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mcpherson, KS	THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAUSED DAMAGE TO A SMALL OUTBUILDING. 1 TO 1.5 INCH TREE BRANCHES HAVE BEEN BROKEN. NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED.

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 8 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
Apr 17, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 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 170742
SVRICT
KSC113-115-169-170845-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0032.080417T0742Z-080417T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
242 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT.

* AT 237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING 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 10 MILES WEST OF SALINA TO 9
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRIDGEPORT TO 7 MILES WEST OF MCPHERSON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 42 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ASSARIA...BRIDGEPORT...CANTON...DURHAM...GALVA...GYPSUM...
  LINCOLNVILLE...LOST SPRINGS...MCPHERSON...NEW CAMBRIA...RAMONA...
  ROXBURY...SALINA...TAMPA...PILSEN.

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

THE STORMS HAVE 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.

LAT...LON 3896 9736 3860 9737 3861 9692 3846 9692
      3833 9769 3896 9762
TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 258DEG 37KT 3878 9774 3853 9764
          3837 9773

$$

KETCHAM

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 170759
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
259 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

KSC113-115-169-170845-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080417T0845Z/
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-MARION KS-
259 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MARION...NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON AND EASTERN SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 345
AM CDT...

AT 255 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 SALINA TO 6 MILES WEST OF
ROXBURY TO MCPHERSON...MOVING EAST AT 43 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR NEW CAMBRIA BY 305 AM CDT.
  NEAR CANTON BY 310 AM CDT.
  NEAR DURHAM BY 325 AM CDT.
  NEAR TAMPA BY 330 AM CDT.
  NEAR LINCOLNVILLE BY 345 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF BRIDGEPORT...RAMONA...PILSEN AND LOST SPRINGS ARE ALSO
IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

LAT...LON 3896 9736 3860 9737 3861 9692 3846 9692
      3833 9769 3896 9762
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 258DEG 37KT 3887 9755 3858 9747
          3838 9757

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 170810
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
310 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

KSC113-115-169-170845-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080417T0845Z/
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-MARION KS-
310 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MARION...NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON AND EASTERN SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 345
AM CDT...

AT 306 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 NEW CAMBRIA TO ROXBURY TO
CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 43 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR TAMPA BY 325 AM CDT.
  NEAR LINCOLNVILLE BY 345 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF RAMONA...PILSEN AND LOST SPRINGS ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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 3896 9736 3860 9737 3861 9692 3846 9692
      3833 9769 3896 9762
TIME...MOT...LOC 0810Z 258DEG 37KT 3888 9740 3858 9732
          3839 9743

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 170835
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
335 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

KSC113-169-170845-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080417T0845Z/
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-
335 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

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

AT 331 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE
OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3861 9692 3846 9692 3842 9736 3848 9737
      3859 9736 3860 9732
TIME...MOT...LOC 0835Z 258DEG 37KT 3891 9707 3861 9699
          3842 9711

$$

KSC115-170845-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080417T0845Z/
MARION KS-
335 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MARION COUNTY UNTIL 345 AM CDT...

AT 331 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 22 MILES NORTH OF RAMONA TO
RAMONA TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DURHAM...MOVING EAST AT 43 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR LINCOLNVILLE BY 345 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF RAMONA...PILSEN AND LOST SPRINGS ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

LAT...LON 3861 9692 3846 9692 3842 9736 3848 9737
      3859 9736 3860 9732
TIME...MOT...LOC 0835Z 258DEG 37KT 3891 9707 3861 9699
          3842 9711

$$

LAWSON

000 
WWUS53 KICT 170843
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
343 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

KSC115-170853-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080417T0845Z/
MARION KS-
343 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MARION COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 345 AM CDT...

AT 341 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3861 9692 3846 9692 3842 9736 3848 9737
      3859 9736 3860 9732
TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 258DEG 37KT 3892 9696 3862 9689
          3843 9701

$$

LAWSON

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 Apr 17, 12:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 12:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1213 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS...ICT/SLN/HUT/CNU/RSL...NUMEROUS SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS
ANTICIPATED TO AFFECT MAINLY CENTRAL KS OVERNIGHT...ALONG/NORTH OF
QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A FEW STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KS LATER TONIGHT...AS LOW-LEVEL
JET CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND VEER. ANTICIPATE CIGS TO GRADUALLY
DROP BY THURSDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY BEHIND THE FRONT. CIGS MAY
GO LOWER THAN IFR IN DRIZZLE. ANOTHER ROUND OF
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AS
PARENT UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA.

ADK

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1000 PM CDT WED APR 16 2008/

UPDATE...
CHALLENGE FOR TONIGHT WILL BE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL ACROSS THE
AREA.

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL
BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE...NORTHEAST TO NEAR HUTCHINSON AND INTO NORTHEAST
KANSAS. STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL JET HAS LEAD TO EXTENSIVE ACCAS
OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS ALONG/NORTH OF THE FRONT...ALSO IN
RESPONSE TO LIFT UNDERNEATH RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF UPPER JET. AS
LOW-LEVEL JET INCREASES FURTHER ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED ISENTROPIC
ASCENT AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT...THINKING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WILL BREAK OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS ACROSS SOUTH-
CENTRAL/CENTRAL KANSAS...ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ALONG/NORTH OF THE
FRONT...AND WEST OF I-135. ADDITIONALLY...AN APPROACHING SUBTLE
SHORTWAVE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE MAY ALSO AID DEVELOPMENT. STEEP
MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES PER 00Z SOUNDINGS ATOP INCREASING LOW-LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL AID INSTABILITY. ADDITIONALLY...THE HAVILAND
PROFILER INDICATES AMPLE CLOUD BEARING SHEAR. SO ALL IN
ALL...ANTICIPATING STORMS WILL BE STRONG/MARGINALLY SEVERE...BUT
DO NOT THINK WELL GET WIDESPREAD SEVERE DUE TO LIKELY SOMEWHAT
LIMITED INSTABILITY. THREAT WILL BE DIME-QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ACTIVITY WILL THEN MOVE NORTHEAST. FOR THE
MOST PART...AM NOT ANTICIPATING WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST KANSAS DUE TO LACK OF FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM INITIATION.

ADK

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 702 PM CDT WED APR 16 2008/

AVIATION...
00Z TAFS...ICT/SLN/HUT/CNU/RSL...CHALLENGING TAF FORECAST OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE AREA
WILL RETREAT BACK NORTHWEST THIS EVENING...AS LARGE TROUGH
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. ANTICIPATING SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TO
INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL/CENTRAL KANSAS BY
LATE THIS EVENING...AS LOW-LEVEL JET INCREASES AND ACTS UPON
BOUNDARY IN PLACE. COVERAGE SHOULD GET FAIRLY NUMEROUS ROUGHLY
ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. WILL LIKELY NEED TO
EVENTUALLY INSERT TEMPO/PREVAILING GROUPS FOR -TSRA. ANTICIPATING
SOME ACTIVITY GETTING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AS WELL...BUT NOT AS
WIDESPREAD. ADDITIONALLY...CIGS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER...AS MOISTURE
INCREASES AND DIURNAL COOLING COMMENCES. THINKING A GOOD CHUNK OF
THE AREA WILL GET DRY-SLOTTED TOMORROW...WHICH SHOULD ACT TO SHUT
DOWN THE MAJORITY OF SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. BUT LOW CLOUDS
AND DRIZZLE WILL PREVAIL. ANTICIPATE LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE FRONT
WILL HAVE IFR OR LOWER CIGS. BY AFTERNOON/EVENING...ANOTHER ROUND
OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ROLE ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...AS PARENT UPPER TROUGH FINALLY PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA.
WILL MAKE TIMELY AMENDMENTS WHEN/WHERE NECESSARY.

ADK

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 351 PM CDT WED APR 16 2008/

DISCUSSION...

SYNOPSIS:
MID-UPR TROF CONTINUES TO DIG OVER SRN ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON WITH COLD
FRONT SAGGING S/SE TOWARD SC KS. SLIGHTLY HIGHER SFC DEWPOINTS IN LWR TO
MID 50S CONTINUE TO MIGRATE N INTO SC & SE KS & WITH COLD FRONT
ENCROACHING UPON SC KS TSRA TO DEVELOP FIRST OVER WRN 1/3 OF CWFA THIS
EVENING WHERE SFC-850MB CONVERGENCE STRONGEST. WITH MID-UPR TROF DIGGING
OVER NM TONIGHT THE FRONT WILL STALL...SETTING UP CAMP IN AN ALMOST S-N
MANNER VERY CLOSE TO I-135. AS RESULT...BEST CHANCES FOR SHRA/TSRA WILL
TARGET C & SC KS TONIGHT WITH CONVECTION SPREADING E ACROSS SE KS EARLY
THU MORNING.

TONIGHT-THU NIGHT:
PER SYNOPSIS HAVE RE-ORIENTED HIGHEST POPS (CATEGORICAL) FOR TONIGHT
OVER NW 1/3 OF CWFA WHERE 925-850MB CONVERGENCE STRONGEST WITH LOWEST
POPS (40-50%) ASSIGNED TO SE KS. WITH LIMITED INSTABILITY CONFINED TO
SW CORNER OF CWFA...+RA TO BE PRIMARY THREAT FROM TSRA THAT DEVELOP...
ESPECIALLY OVER C & SC KS WHERE BETTER ALIGNED WITH 925-850MB
BAROCLINIC AXIS. WITH THE AFORE-MENTIONED UPR TROF CONTINUING TO DIG
OVER NM...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PIVOT IN COUNTER-CLOCKWISE MANNER.
AS SUCH TSRA WILL SPREAD ACROSS SC KS LATER TONIGHT & THU MORNING & OVER
SE KS DURING THE DAY THU. NO PLANS TO ISSUE FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AT
THIS TIME...BUT THIS FACET OF FORECAST WILL REQUIRE FURTHER ATTENTION AS
EVENT EVOLVES.

THIS WEEKEND:
THE UPR TROF DIGGING OVER NM TONIGHT & THU WILL PUSH E OVER SRN PLAINS
THU NIGHT & FRI...THEREBY PUSHING COLD FRONT IN LIKE MANNER ACROSS SRN &
CENTRAL PLAINS. AS SUCH STILL EXPECT RAIN TO END OVER SC KS EARLY FRI
MORNING & SE KS FRI AFTERNOON.

NEXT WEEK:
PRIMARY FORECAST FOCUS WILL BE ON BEHAVIOR OF COLD FRONT THATLL VENTURE
SE ACROSS C KS MON MORNING & SE KS MON AFTERNOON. WITH FAIRLY POTENT 500
MB SHORTWAVE PROGGED TO SCOOT NE ACROSS WY & WRN DAKOTAS MON MORNING THE
FRONT WILL DECELERATE AS IT CROSSES SE KS...POSSIBLY STALLING OVER SE KS
MON NIGHT. WITH THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT LURKING ABOUT THE CHANCES FOR
TSRA ARE STARTING TO INCREASE FROM MON-TUE (ESPECIALLY ACROSS SC & SE KS
WHERE CLOSER TO THE FRONT THATLL GRADUALLY ASSUME MORE W-E ORIENTATION.
A 2ND & EQUALLY POTENT 500-MB SHORTWAVE IS PROGGED TO SPRINT NE FROM CO
& WY ACROSS NEBRASKA/SD TUE WHICH...POSSESSING A MORE SLY TRACK...SHOULD
KICK THE COLD FRONT SE WITH THE FRONT SUBTLY CURVING NE FROM W TX ACROSS
SRN OK TO SRN MO TUE EVENING. THE FRONTS BEHAVIOR WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT
RAMIFICATIONS ON BOTH TEMPS & POPS MON-TUE. AS SUCH HAVE BEGUN TO PRESS
HARDER ON POP THROTTLE ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY SC & SE KS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    41  62  44  73 /  70  10   0   0
HUTCHINSON      39  62  44  73 /  60  10   0   0
NEWTON          40  60  44  72 /  70  20   0   0
ELDORADO        41  61  44  72 /  80  20   0   0
WINFIELD-KWLD   42  63  45  73 /  80  10   0   0
RUSSELL         37  63  44  73 /  60   0   0   0
GREAT BEND      37  63  45  73 /  60   0   0   0
SALINA          38  60  43  72 /  70  10   0   0
MCPHERSON       38  60  44  72 /  70  10   0   0
COFFEYVILLE     47  60  43  70 /  90  20   0   0
CHANUTE         45  58  42  70 /  90  30   0   0
IOLA            44  58  42  70 /  90  30   0   0
PARSONS-KPPF    47  59  42  70 /  90  30   0   0

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 9:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
945 PM CDT WED APR 16 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-172230-
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-
945 PM CDT WED APR 16 2008

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

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS...THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AS THE
NIGHT PROGRESSES. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO
DIME SIZE...BUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH HAIL UP TO QUARTER
SIZE CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD ALSO
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. CENTRAL
KANSAS IS AT GREATEST RISK FOR HEAVY RAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
REGION FOR  THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE QUITE STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...THE PRIMARY
THREAT CONTINUES TO BE HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END OVER THESE AREAS FRIDAY MORNING.

THERE WILL BE A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST AREAS ON SUNDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION FROM MONDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY...AND OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE QUITE STRONG WITH THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL
AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH. AT THIS TIME THE BETTER CHANCES FOR SUCH
ACTIVITY IS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. HOWEVER...ONE
SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS...ESPECIALLY THIS
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

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

ES/KETCHAM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 2:07 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
207 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

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

0155 AM     HAIL             HOLYROOD                38.59N 98.41W
04/17/2008  E0.88 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KED

Local storm report, Apr 17, 2:13 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
213 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

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

0213 AM     HAIL             WNW GENESEO             38.52N 98.16W
04/17/2008  E0.88 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KED

Local storm report, Apr 17, 2:14 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
214 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

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

0211 AM     HAIL             4 SW GENESEO            38.48N 98.21W
04/17/2008  E0.88 INCH       RICE               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RBL

Local storm report, Apr 17, 2:22 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
222 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

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

0155 AM     TSTM WND GST     CHASE                   38.36N 98.35W
04/17/2008  E60.00 MPH       RICE               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS

&&

JMB

Local storm report, Apr 17, 2:24 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
224 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

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

0215 AM     TSTM WND GST     LYONS                   38.35N 98.20W
04/17/2008  M60 MPH          RICE               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MEASURED 60 MPH WINDS ACCOMPANIED BY DIME SIZED HAIL AND
            HEAVY RAIN.

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Local storm report, Apr 17, 2:25 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
225 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008

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

0219 AM     TSTM WND GST     WNW GENESEO             38.52N 98.16W
04/17/2008  E50 MPH          ELLSWORTH          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED WINDS UPTO 50 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	66 min
Apr 17, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell	45 min
Apr 17, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Saline	61 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.