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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 400, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2008, 4:32 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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
- Aug 4, 2008, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Barton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 4, 3:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 316 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL DEAL WITH HEAT ONCE AGAIN FOR TOMORROW...FOLLOWED BY UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN FROM MID-WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND AND FINALLY SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR KANSAS. TONIGHT FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO PUSH SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN KANSAS AND EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP NEAR THE BOUNDARY FOR TONIGHT...WHICH COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. TUE-THU ANOTHER VERY HOT DAY IN STORE FOR SOUTHERN KANSAS ON TUESDAY AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. WE WILL RETAIN THE CURRENT HEAT ADVISORY/WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMS COULD FIRE NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY FOR THE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS ON TUESDAY. THE BETTER CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE ON WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AS MODELS SHOW A DECENT UPSLOPE FLOW REGIME SETTING UP WITH INSTABILITY AXIS STRETCHING FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA SOUTHEASTWARD INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO FIRE IN THE HIGH PLAINS REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON THEN ROLL SOUTHEAST ALONG THE INSTABILITY AXIS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. THINGS COULD GET A LITTLE TRICKY FOR THURSDAYS FORECAST...WHICH WILL BE DEPENDENT ON MESOSCALE EFFECTS FROM POSSIBLE MCS THE PRIOR DAY. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE SHOULD GET SOME COOLING RELIEF FROM THE SEARING HEAT THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MIGRATES INTO THE AREA. EXTEND: FRI-MON MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME SETTING UP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS PERIOD AND SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN CLIMO TEMPERATURES. WE HAVE LOWERED TEMPERATURES A TAD BELOW CLIMO AND KEPT CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PICTURE. NOT EXPECTING PRECIPITATION EVERY DAY DURING THIS PERIOD...BUT FEEL THERE COULD BE A COUPLE EPISODES OF MCS ACTIVITY MOVING ACROSS THE REGION AS UPSLOPE FLOW OF MOISTURE IN THE LOW LEVELS CREATES A FAVORABLE MCS SIGNAL. THE TIMING OF THE IMPULSES/STRONGEST UPSLOPE FLOW SIGNAL WILL BE TRICKY THIS FAR OUT IN TIME...SO WE KEPT LOW END POPS GOING DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE. JAKUB .AVIATION...18Z TAF ISSUANCE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS TAF ISSUANCE. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WE ARE ONLY EXPECTING SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY IN NORTHERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. WE DO NOT PLAN ON MENTIONING VCTS AT RUSSELL AT THIS TIME...SINCE MOST OF THE ISOLATED ACTIVITY WILL BE FOCUSED FURTHER NORTH ALONG THE FRONT. COX && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 73 101 73 94 / 10 10 20 20 HUTCHINSON 72 99 71 93 / 10 20 30 20 NEWTON 73 99 72 93 / 10 20 30 20 ELDORADO 73 100 72 93 / 10 20 30 20 WINFIELD-KWLD 74 102 74 96 / 0 10 20 10 RUSSELL 71 93 68 89 / 20 20 30 20 GREAT BEND 71 96 70 91 / 20 20 30 20 SALINA 74 95 71 89 / 20 20 30 30 MCPHERSON 71 98 71 91 / 20 20 30 20 COFFEYVILLE 75 99 74 94 / 0 10 20 20 CHANUTE 74 98 72 92 / 10 10 30 20 IOLA 74 98 72 91 / 10 20 30 20 PARSONS-KPPF 75 99 74 93 / 0 10 20 20 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR KSZ069>072-083- 092>096-098>100. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ049- 051>053-068. HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-047-048- 050-067. HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR KSZ082-091. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 3:33 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:19 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 419 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008 KSZ047-042200- BARTON- 419 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BARTON COUNTY... AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALBERT...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 16 MPH. WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CARUSO
Local storm report, Aug 4, 4:24 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 36 min |
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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.