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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 364, NWS Wichita, KS

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

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2008, 11:24 PM CDT for Butler County, Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 27, 2008, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2008, 11:47 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 27, 9:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 9:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 9:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
956 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-282030-
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-
956 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY
SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES
SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS OF
60 TO 75 MPH AND HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY ESPECIALLY ACROSS THOSE
AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT. THE GREATER STORM
COVERAGE IS ANTICIPATED TO BE ACROSS GENERALLY EAST-CENTRAL
SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WITH MORE WIDELY SCATTERED ACTIVITY FURTHER WEST
IN THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY POSSIBLE OVER
CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

THE NEXT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION REMAINS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS MAINLY SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

&&

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

JMC/ADK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 11:11 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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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 27, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	25 min
Jun 28, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	57 min
Jun 28, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	48 min
Jun 28, 1:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	23 min
Jun 28, 2:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	7 hr
Jun 28, 2:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	7 hr
Jun 28, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	57 min
Jun 28, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	37 min
Jun 28, 4:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	4 hr
Jun 28, 5:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	71 min
Jun 28, 6:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	61 min
Jun 28, 6:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	43 min
Jun 28, 6:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	58 min
Jun 28, 7:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	55 min
Jun 28, 8:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	5 hr
Jun 28, 9:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk	37 min
Jun 28, 9:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	50 min
Jun 28, 9:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	49 min
Jun 28, 10:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	3 hr
Jun 28, 1:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.