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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 411, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2008, 6:47 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 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 30, 2008, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2008, 7:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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 30, 3:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 3:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 4:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 416 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-312130- 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- 416 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 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 WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...AS REMNANTS FROM HURRICANE GUSTAV COULD APPROACH FROM THE SOUTH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP CDJ/JMC/ADK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 3:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 30, 6:00 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 600 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 KSZ083-302330- SEDGWICK- 600 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHWEST SEDGWICK COUNTY... AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GODDARD...OR 13 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 28 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT. HOWERTON
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 6:27 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 627 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 KSZ092-310000- SUMNER- 627 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHEAST SUMNER COUNTY... AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF BRAMAN...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF WELLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 11 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HOWERTON
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 6:29 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 629 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 KSZ032-310000- RUSSELL- 629 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY... AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF BUNKER HILL...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 34 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HOWERTON
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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.