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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Wichita, KS

June 23, 2008Allen County, Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2008, 1:02 AM CDT for Allen County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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 23, 2008, 1:02 AM CDT (06:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2008, 1:54 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Allen County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:01 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
Jun 23, 1:04 AM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Iola, KS
Jun 23, 1:12 AM CDT	HAIL 1.75	6 Se Yates Center, KS
Jun 23, 1:17 AM CDT	HAIL 1	9 Se Yates Center, 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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 2 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 23, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 721 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 230603
SVRICT
KSC001-207-230700-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0342.080623T0602Z-080623T0700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
102 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

* AT 1258 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP
  TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM IOLA TO 7 MILES NORTH OF ROSE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BASSETT...BRONSON...ELSMORE...GAS...HUMBOLDT...IOLA...LA HARPE...
  MORAN...PETROLIA...ROSE...SAVONBURG...IOLA 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 9507 3773 9569 3791 9569 3797 9545
      3792 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0602Z 306DEG 26KT 3794 9542 3788 9560

$$

HOWERTON

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 230620
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
119 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008

KSC001-207-230700-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-080623T0700Z/
WOODSON KS-ALLEN KS-
119 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALLEN AND
SOUTHEASTERN WOODSON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 115 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LA HARPE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PETROLIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 34 MPH.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF ALLEN AND 
SOUTHEASTERN WOODSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING LA HARPE... 
PETROLIA...ELSMORE AND SAVONBURG.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 9507 3773 9564 3786 9562 3796 9534
      3788 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0619Z 312DEG 30KT 3785 9528 3779 9553

$$

HOWERTON

000 
WWUS53 KICT 230633
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
133 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008

KSC001-207-230700-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-080623T0700Z/
WOODSON KS-ALLEN KS-
133 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ALLEN
AND SOUTHEASTERN WOODSON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 129 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM ELSMORE TO PETROLIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
WOODSON AND SOUTHERN ALLEN COUNTIES...INCLUDING PETROLIA...ELSMORE 
AND SAVONBURG.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 9507 3774 9532 3773 9533 3773 9559
      3783 9556 3788 9523 3788 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0633Z 317DEG 22KT 3781 9519 3774 9550

$$

HOWERTON

000 
WWUS53 KICT 230642
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
142 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008

KSC207-230652-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-080623T0700Z/
WOODSON KS-
142 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOODSON COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 138 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 9507 3773 9525 3787 9522 3786 9509
      3783 9509 3781 9509 3780 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 298DEG 26KT 3780 9513

$$

KSC001-230700-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-080623T0700Z/
ALLEN KS-
142 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALLEN COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELSMORE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
IOLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
ALLEN COUNTY...INCLUDING ELSMORE AND SAVONBURG.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 9507 3773 9525 3787 9522 3786 9509
      3783 9509 3781 9509 3780 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 298DEG 26KT 3780 9513

$$

HOWERTON

000 
WWUS53 KICT 230654
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
155 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008

KSC001-230705-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-080623T0700Z/
ALLEN KS-
155 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 152 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 9507 3773 9525 3787 9522 3786 9509
      3783 9509 3781 9509 3780 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0655Z 298DEG 26KT 3776 9503

$$

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 22, 11:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 11:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1144 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST
KANSAS WHERE THE BEST INSTABILITY IS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. WE
WOULD EXPECT KCNU TO BE THE ONLY TAF SITE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE
THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER IT IS POSSIBLE THAT KSLN COULD SEE SOME
THUNDER AS WELL OVERNIGHT. KEPT JUST SOME CB CLOUDS IN THE KSLN
FORECAST WITH LOWER CONFIDENCE THERE. KRSL COULD SEE THUNDERSTORMS
MONDAY EVENING...WHILE THE OTHER SITES SHOULD REMAIN DRY THROUGH
THE TAF PERIOD.

SCHRECK

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 643 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008/

AVIATION...
00Z TAFS...CONVECTION COULD AFFECT KICT AND KCNU OVERNIGHT BUT THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE NIGHT. CUMULUS
DEVELOPS AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. EAST TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD.

SCHRECK

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 326 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008/

DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CHALLENGES/CONCERNS/HIGHLIGHTS FOCUS AROUND THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES THIS EVENING/TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK...AND INTO THE
WEEKEND.

QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM NORTHWEST
KS...SOUTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS. ANTICIPATING CONVECTION TO
FORM OVER WESTERN/SOUTHWEST/SOUTH-CENTRAL KS SHORTLY...IN ZONE OF
STRONG HEATING/INSTABILITY AMIDST GOOD CONVERGENCE. ADDITIONAL
CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS...DESPITE WEAKER
CONVERGENCE. UNCERTAIN AS TO HOW THIS ACTIVITY WILL EVOLVE THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS...OR WHETHER OR NOT ITLL EVEN SURVIVE GIVEN
MARGINAL DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND NO UPPER SUPPORT. HOWEVER...IF
ENOUGH ACTIVITY CAN DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...IT MAY TEND
TO ORGANIZE INTO AN MCS AS IT PROPAGATES SOUTH/SOUTHEAST AMIDST
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...GIVEN EXPECTED STRONG COLD POOLS. THINKING
GREATEST THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED LARGE
HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE LARGEST/HIGHEST CORES. TORNADO
THREAT IS NIL GIVEN VERY HIGH CLOUD BASES AND WEAK LOW-LEVEL
FLOW. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY MAY REDEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS
CENTRAL/EASTERN KANSAS...IN ZONE OF POSSIBLE 850-700MB WARM/MOIST
ADVECTION.

CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY MAY BE ONGOING ACROSS EASTERN/SOUTHEAST KANSAS
MONDAY MORNING...IN ZONE OF MODEST 850-700MB WARM/MOIST ADVECTION.
THEREAFTER...THINKING MUCH OF THE DAY WILL BE QUIET AND HOT. BY
AFTERNOON THOUGH...SCATTERED CONVECTION SHOULD FORM ACROSS THE HIGH
PLAINS OF WESTERN KS/NE...ALONG SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF NORTHERN
PLAINS SHORTWAVE...CONVERGENCE ALONG LEE TROUGH...AND UPSLOPE FLOW.
THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD ONCE AGAIN PROPAGATE SOUTHEAST AND AFFECT THE
FORECAST AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ALTHOUGH THE GREATEST
CHANCE MAY BE ACROSS CENTRAL KS.

MID/UPPER FLOW SHOULD FLATTEN SOME BY TUESDAY-THURSDAY...WHICH
SHOULD TEND TO LESSEN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES OVER THE AREA.
HOWEVER...WEAK PERTURBATIONS IN THE FLOW WILL FAVOR AFTERNOON
CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS...THEN POSSIBLY MOVING
EAST/SOUTHEAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE EVENING/OVERNIGHT
HOURS. WHILE THE SIGNAL ISNT TERRIBLY STRONG...ITS STRONG ENOUGH
TO LEAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN.

BETTER CONVECTION CHANCES MAY ARRIVE BY FRIDAY/SATURDAY...AS GFS AND
ECMWF PROGRESS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
PLAINS...IN RESPONSE TO STRONG SHORTWAVE ENERGY PROGRESSING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES.

TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN AT OR ABOVE NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE
NEXT 7 DAYS...WITH THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES LIKELY FROM WEDNESDAY
AND BEYOND...AS SOUTHWEST CONUS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS A BIT FARTHER
NORTH/NORTHEAST.

KLEINSASSER

AVIATION...18Z TAFS RSL/SLN/HUT/ICT/CNU...WEAK SURFACE
TROF/FRONT AXIS TO SET UP ACROSS CENTRAL THRU SERN KS LATE THIS PM
INTO TONIGHT. STRONG HEATING AND WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG THE
BOUNDARY SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO INITIATE ISOLD TS BY LATE PM WITH
HIGHER PROBABILITY IN SERN KS ON ERN EDGE OF WARMER MID-LEVEL AIR.
ACTIVITY MAY BE MORE DIURNAL AND WEAKEN BY 03Z. HOWEVER MOST SHORT
RANGE MODELS SHOW ADDITIONAL CONVECTION (WITH BETTER COVERAGE)
DEVELOPING AFTER 06Z INTO THE MORNING HOURS MON ACROSS CNTRL/SERN
KS ALONG MID-LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE. WILL INCLUDE SOME VCTS GROUPS
AT SITES HAVING BEST CHANCE TO BE AFFECTED.

JMC

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    66  88  68  91 /  40  20  30  20
HUTCHINSON      66  88  67  91 /  40  20  40  20
NEWTON          66  87  68  90 /  30  20  30  20
ELDORADO        66  87  67  90 /  30  20  30  20
WINFIELD-KWLD   67  89  68  92 /  40  20  30  20
RUSSELL         66  88  67  91 /  30  20  40  20
GREAT BEND      66  89  67  91 /  40  20  40  20
SALINA          66  86  68  91 /  30  20  40  20
MCPHERSON       66  87  67  91 /  30  20  40  20
COFFEYVILLE     66  88  68  90 /  40  30  20  20
CHANUTE         65  86  67  89 /  40  30  20  20
IOLA            65  86  67  89 /  40  30  20  20
PARSONS-KPPF    66  87  67  90 /  40  30  20  20

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 5:02 PM CDT, 8 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
502 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-232215-
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-
502 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG A WEAK SURFACE FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP
MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE...CAPABLE OF STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
THESE STORMS MAY TEND TO WEAKEN OR DISSIPATE BY MID TO LATE
EVENING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT ACROSS PRIMARILY EASTERN KANSAS. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO
BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER
NORTHWEST KANSAS MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST
MONDAY NIGHT. CENTRAL KANSAS WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL TO
EXPERIENCE THESE STORMS MONDAY NIGHT. CONFIDENCE IN STORMS GETTING
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS IS LOWER...BUT A FEW
STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

THE ACTIVE PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS
FOR TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AS A NUMBER OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES SLIDE EAST TO SOUTHEAST OVER THE AREA. AT THIS
TIME...CONFIDENCE IN THE EXACT LOCATION OF STORMS IS LOW AND AND
WILL BE REFINED WITH LATER OUTLOOKS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A FEW STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING ACROSS MAINLY
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL AND
EASTERN KANSAS. SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY EVENING AND NIGHT
ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1154 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

KSZ070-071-094-095-230530-
ELK-GREENWOOD-WILSON-WOODSON-
1154 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR EASTERN ELK...SOUTHEAST GREENWOOD...WILSON AND
SOUTHERN WOODSON COUNTIES...

AT 1149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR TORONTO...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF YATES CENTER...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 21 MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE
RAPIDILY DEVELOPING ACROSS THIS AREA...ANY OF WHICH COULD PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

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

HOWERTON

Local storm report, Jun 23, 12:19 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1219 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008

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

1216 AM     HAIL             CHANUTE                 37.67N 95.46W
06/23/2008  E1.75 INCH       NEOSHO             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1213 AM     HAIL             2 NW CHANUTE            37.69N 95.49W
06/23/2008  E1.00 INCH       NEOSHO             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT THE CHANUTE AIRPORT.

&&

RBL

Local storm report, Jun 23, 12:29 AM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1229 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008

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

1228 AM     HAIL             6 N FREDONIA            37.62N 95.82W
06/23/2008  E1.00 INCH       WILSON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RBL

Local storm report, Jun 23, 12:45 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1245 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008

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

1241 AM     HAIL             ALTOONA                 37.53N 95.66W
06/23/2008  E1.75 INCH       WILSON             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

RBL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	42 min
Jun 23, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson	55 min
Jun 23, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	57 min
Jun 23, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	26 min
Jun 23, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	27 min
Jun 23, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	40 min
Jun 23, 2:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Woodson	19 min
Jun 23, 5:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho, Wilson	4 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.