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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 358, NWS Wichita, KS

June 27, 2008Butler County, Cowley County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2008, 2:50 AM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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: Jun 27, 2008, 2:50 AM CDT (07:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2008, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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 27, 3:26 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 Ne Winfield, KS	POWER POLES DOWN AT HIGHWAY 1 AND HIGHWAY 4 INTERSECTION. DELAYED REPORT.

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 36 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 26, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 2692 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 8.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 270750
SVRICT
KSC015-035-173-270845-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0358.080627T0750Z-080627T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
250 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT.

* AT 244 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
  OF 60 TO 75 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM EL DORADO LAKE TO ANDOVER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 43 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ANDOVER...ATLANTA...AUGUSTA...BENTON...BURDEN...CAMBRIDGE...
  CASSODAY...DOUGLASS...EL DORADO...LATHAM...LEON...POTWIN...
  ROSALIA...ROSE HILL...TOWANDA...UDALL...WINFIELD...EL DORADO
  LAKE...ROCK.

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3722 9714 3791 9715 3795 9714 3808 9652
      3727 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0750Z 324DEG 37KT 3782 9669 3765 9709

$$

KETCHAM

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 270804
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
304 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

KSC015-035-173-270845-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0358.000000T0000Z-080627T0845Z/
BUTLER KS-SEDGWICK KS-COWLEY KS-
304 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
COWLEY...NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK AND BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM
CDT...

AT 303 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING 
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM 7 MILES EAST OF ROSALIA...TO LEON...TO DOUGLASS...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 43 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR UDALL BY 310 AM CDT.
  NEAR LATHAM BY 320 AM CDT.
  NEAR WINFIELD BY 325 AM CDT.
  NEAR BURDEN BY 330 AM CDT.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT ROSALIA...ROCK AND CAMBRIDGE.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3722 9714 3791 9715 3795 9714 3808 9652
      3727 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0804Z 324DEG 37KT 3779 9650 3763 9680
          3749 9708

$$

KLEINSASSER

000 
WWUS53 KICT 270824
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
323 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

KSC173-270833-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0358.000000T0000Z-080627T0845Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
323 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 321 AM 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. 

LAT...LON 3722 9714 3795 9714 3808 9652 3727 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 324DEG 37KT 3760 9652 3742 9677
          3723 9701

$$

KSC015-035-270845-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0358.000000T0000Z-080627T0845Z/
BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-
323 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
COWLEY AND BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM CDT...

AT 321 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING 
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LATHAM...TO ATLANTA...TO WINFIELD...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 43 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR BURDEN BY 330 AM CDT.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT CAMBRIDGE.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3722 9714 3795 9714 3808 9652 3727 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 324DEG 37KT 3760 9652 3742 9677
          3723 9701

$$

KLEINSASSER

000 
WWUS53 KICT 270830
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
330 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

KSC015-035-270845-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0358.000000T0000Z-080627T0845Z/
BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-
330 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
COWLEY AND SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM CDT...

AT 326 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING 
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM LATHAM...TO BURDEN...TO WINFIELD...TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
WINFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN
COWLEY AND SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTIES...INCLUDING BURDEN AND CAMBRIDGE.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3761 9714 3781 9653 3778 9652 3727 9652
      3722 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 0830Z 326DEG 44KT 3749 9656 3732 9678
          3720 9692 3713 9706

$$

KLEINSASSER

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 27, 12:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 12:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1252 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS...ICT/SLN/HUT/CNU/RSL...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PRIMARILY CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH SCATTERED ACTIVITY CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVER
SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...AS LOW-LEVEL JET IMPINGES ON OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY. OTHERWISE...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE REGION.

KLEINSASSER

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 706 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008/

UPDATE...
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTHERN KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
SLOWLY PROPAGATE SOUTH/SOUTHEASTWARD INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
/EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING...AS SOUTH/SOUTHWESTERLY
LOW-LEVEL JET INCREASES AMIDST MODEST WEST/NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
ALOFT. ACTIVITY MAY TEND TO MOVE/DEVELOP ALONG SOUTHWARD MOVING
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. UNCERTAIN ON HOW FAR SOUTH
THIS ACTIVITY WILL GET TONIGHT...BUT GETTING CONCERNED THAT
ACTIVITY WILL GET AS FAR SOUTH AS SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...GIVEN THAT SYSTEM-GENERATED COLD POOLS PROPAGATE THIS
ACTIVITY SOUTHWARD INTO INCREASING LOW-LEVEL JET. ALTHOUGH
IMBALANCE BETWEEN MODEST SHEAR AND EXPECTED VERY STRONG COLD
POOLS WOULD TEND TO WEAKEN THIS ACTIVITY WITH TIME.
MEANWHILE...ACTIVITY OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS COULD PROPAGATE
SOUTHEASTWARD...WHICH COULD ALSO EVENTUALLY AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS
AND LOCATIONS SOUTHEASTWARD LATER THIS EVENING/TONIGHT.

GREATEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WILL BE OVER CENTRAL/EAST-CENTRAL
KANSAS THIS EVENING. 2500-3000 J/KG OF MLCAPE AND 40 KTS OF DEEP
LAYER WILL PROMOTE SUFFICIENT STORM ORGANIZATION FOR VERY LARGE
HAIL...AND RELATIVELY DRY SUB-CLOUD LAYER WILL PROMOTE DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS. ADDITIONALLY...SLOW STORM MOVEMENT AND HIGH
PRECIPITABLE WATERS WILL PROMOTE LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
AMOUNTS. IF ACTIVITY CAN PROPAGATE SOUTH INTO
SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KANSAS...IT LIKELY WONT BE AS STRONG
GIVEN COLD POOLS LIKELY OVERPOWERING DEEP LAYER SHEAR.

KLEINSASSER

AVIATION...
00Z TAFS...ICT/SLN/HUT/CNU/RSL...BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW FOR MOST AREAS...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES
FROM THE NORTHWEST. THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN/NORTHWEST KANSAS
MAY CONGEAL INTO A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OR TWO AND PROPAGATE
SOUTHEAST INTO MAINLY CENTRAL KANSAS LATER THIS
EVENING/TONIGHT. ACTIVITY MAY EVEN CONTINUE/REDEVELOP
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY LATE
TONIGHT AS LOW-LEVEL JET/MOISTURE TRANSPORT INCREASES...BUT
CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW ON HOW THIS SCENARIO WILL EVOLVE.

KLEINSASSER

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 333 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008/

SYNOPSIS...
OVERALL PATTERN EVOLVING MUCH AS ANTICIPATED OVER PAST 2 DAYS W/ POTENT
UPR-DECK LOW MOVING SE ACROSS ND FRI NIGHT FORCING COLD FRONT SE TOWARD
C KS FRI AFTERNOON & SC KS FRI EVENING. AMPLE 93-OCTANE SFC-850MB FUEL
FOR FRONT TO INTERACT WITH & WITH APPROACHING FRONT INDUCING INCREASING
DIRECTIONAL SHEAR NUMEROUS TSRA TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF KICT COUNTRY BY
FRI EVENING...SOME OF WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SUCH A
SEVERE CONVECTIVE TRIFECTA WOULD OCCUR OVER C KS LATE FRI AFTERNOON TO
EARLY EVENING WITH THE THREAT SHIFTING S ACROSS SC & SE KS FRI NIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT:
TSRA CLUSTER POSITIONED OVER SE NEBRASKA/NE KS BORDER BEING SUSTAINED BY
PERSISTENT MOIST LWR-DECK CONVERGENCE ALONG NEARLY STATIONARY 850-MB
FRONT DRAPED OVER THESE AREAS. CLUSTER HAS BEEN ADVANCING SLOWLY E/SE.
HOWEVER...OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTERACTION WITH MODERATE BUT VERY MOIST SLY
FLOW DICTATES ASSIGNING 20% ACROSS C KS THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD. AFORE
MENTIONED COLD FRONT APPROACHING NW CORRIDOR TOWARD DAYBREAK LIKELY TO
IGNITE RENEWED TSRA THAT MAY ENCROACH UPON C KS 1 AM ONWARD.

THIS WEEKEND:
FRI & FRI NIGHT STILL TO BE MOST ACTIVE PERIODS OF FORECAST...ESPECIALLY
FRI NIGHT. PER SYNOPSIS HAVE RETAINED 40-45% TSRA ACROSS C KS WHERE NO
DOUBT CLOSER TO APPROACHING FRONT WITH AXIS OF HIGHEST POPS SHIFTING SE
ACROSS SC & SE KS FRI NIGHT. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS INCREASING TO 1.75
TO 2.00 INCHES FRI NIGHT INTERACTING WITH 700-MB SHORTWAVE SPRINTING SE
ACROSS KS +RA LIKELY & THIS TO BECOME A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN AS EVENT
EVOLVES. SE PROGRESS OF COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW ATTENTION AS IT
VENTURES TOWARD...AND PERHAPS ACROSS...KS/OK BORDER EARLY SAT. THE FRONT
SHOULD DECELERATE AS IT APPROACHES KS/OK BORDER AS GFS40 DEPICTING
PRONOUNCED 500-MB SHORTWAVE NOT ARRIVING UNTIL LATE SAT NIGHT. AS SUCH
HAVE RETAINED GENERIC 20-30% POPS ACROSS OK-BORDERING COUNTIES ON SAT.

NEXT WEEK:
PREDOMINANTLY DRY PERIOD W/ WARMING TREND AS STRONG 850-MB HIGH COVERING
WRN/CENTRAL PLAINS DRIFTS SE & BROADENS AS IT SPREADS TOWARD GULF COAST.
TSRA POTENTIAL LIMITED TO TUE & WED NIGHTS...PRIMARILY OVER C KS WHERE
CLOSER TO/BETTER ALIGNED WITH LWR-DECK JET AXIS. HOWEVER...WITH STRONG
700-MB HIGH SPRAWLED ACROSS SRN PLAINS SHIFTING E/SE ACROSS GULF COAST
AS WELL ONSET OF MID-LEVEL WARM ADVECTION DICTATES ASSIGNING ONLY 15-20%
TO PRIMARILY C KS BOTH NIGHTS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    72  88  67  85 /  50  20  10  10
HUTCHINSON      70  88  65  85 /  50  10  10  10
NEWTON          71  88  65  84 /  50  20  10  10
ELDORADO        72  87  65  83 /  60  20  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   73  88  67  85 /  50  30  20  10
RUSSELL         67  88  61  85 /  30   0   0  10
GREAT BEND      68  88  63  85 /  40   0   0  10
SALINA          69  88  63  85 /  40   0   0   0
MCPHERSON       70  88  64  85 /  50  10   0  10
COFFEYVILLE     73  87  67  83 /  60  40  20  10
CHANUTE         73  86  65  82 /  70  30  20  10
IOLA            72  86  64  81 /  70  20  10   0
PARSONS-KPPF    73  86  66  83 /  60  30  20  10

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 9:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
921 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-280230-
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-
921 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PRIMARILY CENTRAL AND
EASTERN KANSAS...MAINLY BEFORE 2 TO 3 AM. THE PRIMARY THREATS
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SHOULD LINGER ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND
EASTERN KANSAS...ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS LIKELY WONT BE SEVERE BY
LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL REMAINS HIGH ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT VENTURES
SOUTHEAST INTO KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GOLFBALL
SIZED HAIL...60 TO 70 MPH WINDS...AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES. FRIDAY
NIGHT...THE THREAT FOR VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE AS THE FRONT
VENTURES INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

ON SATURDAY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF THREE
QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS...ARE POSSIBLE
GENERALLY
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WELLINGTON TO CHANUTE.

AFTER THIS WEEKEND...THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD OCCUR
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS. SINCE IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EITHER STRONG OR SEVERE...ONE IS
ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN FOR LATER HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE ISSUED EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED BEFORE 2 TO 3 AM ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL AND
EASTERN KANSAS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY AGAIN BE REQUIRED FROM
FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION.

&&

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

EPS/ADK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 2:12 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
212 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

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

0211 AM     TSTM WND GST     MOUNT HOPE              37.87N 97.66W
06/27/2008  E65 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Jun 27, 2:18 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
218 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

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

0215 AM     TSTM WND GST     MOUNT HOPE              37.87N 97.66W
06/27/2008  M78 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE LIMBS DOWN AND HOME WITHOUT POWER.

&&

JMB

Local storm report, Jun 27, 2:33 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
233 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

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

0220 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W BENTLEY             37.89N 97.55W
06/27/2008                   SEDGWICK           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            KSN VIEWER REPORTS 4 INCH THICK TREE LIMBS
            DOWN...SHINGLES OFF OF ROOF DUE TO STRONG WINDS.

&&

JMB

Local storm report, Jun 27, 2:44 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
244 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

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

0239 AM     TSTM WND GST     VALLEY CENTER           37.84N 97.37W
06/27/2008  E70 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS AND PEA SIZED HAIL.

&&

JMB

Local storm report, Jun 27, 2:46 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
246 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

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

0240 AM     TSTM WND GST     MID CONTINENT AIRPORT   37.66N 97.44W
06/27/2008  E60 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            ESTIMATED 55 TO 60 MPH WINDS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
            SERVICE OFFICE.

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Jun 27, 2:48 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
248 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

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

0238 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W GODDARD             37.66N 97.59W
06/27/2008                   SEDGWICK           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            KWCH AND KFDI REPORTS VIA 911 DISPATCH A SEMI ROLLED OVER
            ON US-54 1 MILE WEST OF GODDARD.

&&

JMB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	66 min
Jun 26, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	62 min
Jun 26, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	64 min
Jun 26, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	53 min
Jun 27, 12:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	6 hr
Jun 27, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	58 min
Jun 27, 12:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood	21 hr
Jun 27, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	67 min
Jun 27, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	64 min
Jun 27, 1:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	8 hr
Jun 27, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	53 min
Jun 27, 2:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	60 min
Jun 27, 2:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Marion	8 hr
Jun 27, 2:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	23 min
Jun 27, 2:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	64 min
Jun 27, 3:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	7 hr
Jun 27, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	65 min
Jun 27, 3:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	55 min
Jun 27, 4:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	55 min
Jun 27, 6:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice	4 hr
Jun 27, 7:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	6 hr
Jun 27, 10:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase	6 hr
Jun 27, 12:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	3 hr
Jun 27, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.