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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Wichita, KS

April 23, 2008Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2008, 11:44 AM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 4 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: Apr 23, 2008, 11:44 AM CDT (16:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2008, 12:45 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Chase County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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
Apr 23, 12:03 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	8 Ssw Cottonwood Falls, KS
Apr 23, 12:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	8 Ssw Cottonwood Falls, KS
Apr 23, 12:21 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 Ssw Cottonwood Falls, KS
Apr 23, 12:29 PM CDT	HAIL 1	7 S Cottonwood Falls, KS	ALSO WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH

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 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 19 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
Apr 23, 9:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 231644
SVRICT
KSC017-231745-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0043.080423T1644Z-080423T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1144 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT.

* AT 1141 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL
  UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELMDALE...OR 6
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 36 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  COTTONWOOD FALLS...ELMDALE...HYMER...MATFIELD...MATFIELD GREEN...
  SAFFORDVILLE...STRONG CITY...BAZAAR.

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3811 9635 3820 9681 3852 9681 3852 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 252DEG 31KT 3834 9661

$$

JAKUB

6 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 231651
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1151 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSC017-231745-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-080423T1745Z/
CHASE KS-
1151 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHASE COUNTY
UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

AT 1146 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HYMER TO ELMDALE TO 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF MATFIELD GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR STRONG CITY BY NOON CDT.
  NEAR MATFIELD GREEN BY 1205 PM CDT.
  NEAR SAFFORDVILLE BY 1220 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF HYMER AND BAZAAR ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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 400 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3811 9635 3820 9681 3852 9681 3852 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1651Z 270DEG 21KT 3850 9662 3833 9660
          3821 9665

$$

KRC

000 
WWUS53 KICT 231704
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1204 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSC017-231745-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-080423T1745Z/
CHASE KS-
1204 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHASE COUNTY
UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

AT 1201 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL
SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF STRONG CITY TO
COTTONWOOD FALLS TO MATFIELD GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR SAFFORDVILLE BY 1220 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF BAZAAR IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

AT 1204 PM CDT...DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WERE REPORTED NEAR 
BAZAAR.  

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3811 9635 3820 9681 3852 9681 3852 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1704Z 270DEG 21KT 3850 9652 3833 9650
          3821 9655

$$

KRC

000 
WWUS53 KICT 231717
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1217 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSC017-231745-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-080423T1745Z/
CHASE KS-
1217 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHASE COUNTY
UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

AT 1213 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL
SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STRONG CITY TO BAZAAR TO MATFIELD
GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 22 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR SAFFORDVILLE BY 1225 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF BAZAAR IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3811 9635 3820 9681 3852 9681 3852 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 274DEG 19KT 3847 9648 3830 9646
          3818 9651

$$

KRC

000 
WWUS53 KICT 231724
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1224 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSC017-231745-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-080423T1745Z/
CHASE KS-
1224 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHASE COUNTY
UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

AT 1223 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL
SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STRONG CITY TO BAZAAR TO MATFIELD
GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 22 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR SAFFORDVILLE BY 1230 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF BAZAAR IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3811 9635 3820 9681 3852 9681 3852 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 275DEG 19KT 3844 9646 3827 9644
          3815 9660

$$

KRC

000 
WWUS53 KICT 231738
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1238 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSC017-231745-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-080423T1745Z/
CHASE KS-
1238 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
CHASE COUNTY UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

AT 1233 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL
SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SAFFORDVILLE TO 7 MILES EAST OF BAZAAR TO
MATFIELD GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN CHASE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF SAFFORDVILLE AND
MATFIELD GREEN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3811 9635 3819 9674 3830 9663 3852 9656
      3852 9635 3851 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 276DEG 17KT 3842 9639 3825 9637
          3813 9653

$$

KRC

000 
WWUS53 KICT 231743
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1243 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSC017-231753-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-080423T1745Z/
CHASE KS-
1243 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHASE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1245 PM CDT...

AT 1238 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3811 9635 3819 9674 3830 9663 3852 9656
      3852 9635 3851 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 276DEG 17KT 3842 9636 3825 9634
          3813 9650

$$

KRC

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 Apr 23, 11:16 AM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 11:16 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1116 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

.UPDATE...
FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO TRY AND KEEP UP WITH CURRENT TRENDS
AS WELL AS TO INCREASE PRECIP CHANCES AFTER 18Z WITH MORE LINEAR
CONVECTION MOVING NORTHWEST IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. TWEAKED HIGH
TEMPERATURES DOWN A BIT MAINLY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE CLOUD COVER IS THICKEST AS WELL AS THE ONGOING
CONVECTION. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. MODIFIED LAPS SOUNDINGS SHOW SBCAPE IN THE
2500 TO 3000 RANGE. STEEP HAIL GROWTH LAPSE RATES WITH 25 TO 35
KTS 0-6KM SHEAR SHOULD SUPPORT LARGE HAIL AND IN INCREASING WIND
THREAT.

CDB

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 859 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008/

UPDATE...
UPDATED GRIDS TO REFLECT LATEST PRECIPITATION TRENDS. AS FAR AS
SEVERITY OF CONVECTION...DEALING MAINLY WITH MULTICELL CLUSTERS
THAT ARE PULSING. BETTER DEEP LAYER SHEAR /35 TO 40 KNOTS WHICH
WOULD FAVOR ROTATING STORMS...REMAINS WEST OF THE FORECAST
AREA. STORMS THIS MORNING THE RESULT OF ISENTROPIC LIFT/LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE TRANSPORT. ANY SEVERE STORMS SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED AND
NOT ORGANIZED AT THIS TIME.

KRC

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 637 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008/

UPDATE...

WILL BE MAKING MINOR TWEAKS TO GOING GRIDS TO ADJUST TO
OBERVATIONS/SHORT TERM TRENDS. IN THE VERY NEAR TERM THE RUC
SEEMS TO BE DOING BEST WITH THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND
PRECIPITATION. AFTER 1800 UTC ABOUT THERE IS CONSIDERABLE
UNCERTAINTY. THE LOCALLY RUN WRF 32KM WITH NO CONVECTIVE
PARAMETERIZATION MAY HAVE BEST HANDLE ON PRECIPITATION THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING. IT SHUTS PRECIPITATION DOWN THIS MORNING...THEN
REDEVELOPS PRECIPITATION IN FAR EASTERN SECTIONS OF DDC FORECAST
AREA AROUND 2100 UTC IN ASSOCIATION WITH RATHER IMPRESSIVE
SHORTWAVE. THE BEST LIFT/CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WOULD APPEAR TO
BE VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF
THE FORECAST AREA WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER CHANCES TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST
KS. BELIEVE THE OPERATIONAL NORTH AMERICAN MODEL/GLOBAL FORECAST
SYSTEM MODEL IS UNDERPLAYING CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH VALUES CLOSER AT OR ABOVE 2000J/KILOGRAM
MORE REALISTIC...WITH EVERYTHING DEPENDING ON AMOUNT OF CLOUDS
COVER/HEATING THIS AFTERNOON. -HOWERTON

AVIATION...

ANOTHER TRICKY SET OF TAFS...WITH CONCERNS ABOUT PRECIPITATION
CHANCES AT THE ONSET AND THEN THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THIS
AFTERNOON/OVERNIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE BADLY WITH LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE AND RESULTANT CLOUDS. BELIEVE THREAT OF RAIN SHOWERS
WILL WANE BY MIDDLE MORNING...WITH MAINLY SCATTERED CLOUDS FOR MUCH
OF THE AFTERNOON. BELIEVE LOCAL VERSION OF WRF WITH NO CONVECTIVE
PARAMETERIZATION HAS BEST HANDLE ON PRECIPITATION/THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH WOULD SUGGEST VCTS/TSTM TEMPO GROUPS AT KRSL/KHUT BY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON....AND VCTS KSLN/KICT A BIT LATER. FOR KCNU...BEST
PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE NOT EXPECTED UNTIL CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT.
-HOWERTON

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 300 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008/

DISCUSSION...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH FRIDAY.

TODAY-TONIGHT:
CONVECTION JUST GETTING STARTED OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AT 02Z...WITH
SOME CUMULUS ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS. EXPECT THAT CONVECTION WILL
INCREASE OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS MORNING AND THEN OVER THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASE
THROUGH THE DAY...0-6KM SHEAR REMAINS WEAK. WITH MLCAPE VALUES
BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000J/KG...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BUT GIVEN THE
WEAK SHEAR SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY:
MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO THE AREA REMAINS STRONG ON THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY...STILL AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW WHICH WILL BE OVER WESTERN
KANSAS. THE BEST 0-6KM SHEAR WILL BE OVER THE AREA THURSDAY LATE
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. AT THIS TIME THERE COULD BE SOME
SUPERCELLS...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 00Z AND 03Z.

THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS...BUT
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. 1 HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS ARE AROUND 2 INCHES...AND 3 HOUR FLASH FLOOD
GUIDANCE IS 3 TO 4 INCHES.

WHILE THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY...CONFIDENCE IS
ONLY MODERATE THAT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL ACTUALLY CONTINUE
INTO FRIDAY. NAM/WRF KEEPS PRECIPITATION NORTH AND EAST OF KANSAS
FROM THURSDAY LATE EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT MOISTURE TRANSPORT
CONTINUES TO BE PRETTY STRONG DURING THAT TIME. WILL KEEP
PRECIPITATION CHANCES GOING FOR NOW...BUT LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO
LOOK AT THIS TIME FRAME AGAIN.

SATURDAY-TUESDAY:
THE GOING FORECAST LOOKS TO BE PRETTY GOOD...SO NO MAJOR CHANGES
NEEDED. NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER SURFACE LOW COMES THROUGH THE
AREA SATURDAY EVENING WITH MORE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES.

SCHRECK

AVIATION...06Z TAFS RSL/SLN/HUT/ICT/CNU

ISOLD TSRA POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS 850 SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW
ADVECTS MOISTURE/INSTABILITY NWD FROM OKLAHOMA. OPTED TO NOT
INCLUDE TS MENTION IN TAFS GIVEN COVERAGE CONCERNS. BETTER CHANCE
FOR SCATTERED TSRA COVERAGE WED PARTICULARLY PM/EVE AS A WEAK
SHORTWAVE TROF APPROACHES FROM THE SW. DID INCLUDE VCTS FOR THIS.
NOT QUITE AS CONFIDENT ABOUT IFR CIGS FORMING DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS GIVEN LATEST DEWPOINT TRENDS ESPECIALLY UP IN
CENTRAL KS. ALSO...NAM HAS BACKED OFF A BIT ON LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE.
NEVERTHELESS WITH EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW NORTH OF WARM FRONT IN
OKLAHOMA...COULD SEE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTEN UP ENOUGH TO
EVENTUALLY FORM SOME IFR CIGS ACROSS THE AREA. FOR NOW...WILL ONLY
CARRY SOME SCATTERED DECKS AROUND 500-800 FT.

JMC

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    74  60  80  55 /  60  60  20  30
HUTCHINSON      71  59  78  52 /  70  60  20  30
NEWTON          72  59  79  55 /  60  60  20  30
ELDORADO        74  59  80  56 /  50  60  30  30
WINFIELD-KWLD   75  60  82  57 /  50  60  20  20
RUSSELL         70  59  79  47 /  80  50  20  30
GREAT BEND      69  59  82  49 /  80  50  20  30
SALINA          71  59  79  51 /  70  60  20  30
MCPHERSON       70  58  78  53 /  70  60  20  30
COFFEYVILLE     79  60  82  57 /  40  70  30  20
CHANUTE         77  59  81  57 /  40  70  40  30
IOLA            78  58  81  57 /  40  70  30  30
PARSONS-KPPF    77  59  81  57 /  40  70  30  20

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 10:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1015 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-241515-
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-
1015 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY
AND TONIGHT. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM EUREKA TO SEDAN. THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY
STORM TODAY WILL BE QUARTER SIZED HAIL OR LARGER... WIND GUSTS OF
60 MPH AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
CHECK BACK FOR LATER OUTLOOKS AS THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT COULD INCREASE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON THURSDAY.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHEAST KANSAS
ON FRIDAY...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA AGAIN ON SUNDAY. AT THIS TIME THESE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

FIRE DANGER WILL BE HIGH ON THURSDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND
HIGH AGAIN ON FRIDAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 23, 11:29 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1129 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

1127 AM     HAIL             5 W ELMDALE             38.37N 96.74W
04/23/2008  E1.00 INCH       CHASE              KS   PUBLIC

&&

RBL

Special weather statement, Apr 23, 11:30 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1130 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSZ032-047-231715-
BARTON-RUSSELL-
1130 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR BARTON AND RUSSELL COUNTIES...

AT 1126 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALBERT...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SHAFFER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 21 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

JAKUB

Local storm report, Apr 23, 11:31 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1131 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

1127 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 NW MARION             38.37N 97.04W
04/23/2008  M4.00 INCH       MARION             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            4 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED IN THE LAST 2 HOURS AT MARION
            RESERVOIR.

&&

RBL

Local storm report, Apr 23, 11:36 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1136 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

1123 AM     HAIL             3 S ARLINGTON           37.85N 98.18W
04/23/2008  E1.25 INCH       RENO               KS   PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Apr 23, 11:37 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1137 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

1137 AM     HAIL             ARLINGTON               37.90N 98.18W
04/23/2008  E0.75 INCH       RENO               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

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ELDER

Local storm report, Apr 23, 11:38 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1138 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

1138 AM     HAIL             ARLINGTON               37.90N 98.18W
04/23/2008  E1.25 INCH       RENO               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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RBL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 8:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	26 min
Apr 23, 9:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	58 min
Apr 23, 9:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	62 min
Apr 23, 10:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	5 hr
Apr 23, 10:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	64 min
Apr 23, 10:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	60 min
Apr 23, 11:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	6 hr
Apr 23, 11:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	61 min
Apr 23, 11:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	44 min
Apr 23, 12:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	27 min
Apr 23, 12:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	66 min
Apr 23, 12:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	4 hr
Apr 23, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase	40 min
Apr 23, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	41 min
Apr 23, 1:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	6 hr
Apr 23, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	30 min
Apr 23, 2:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	5 hr
Apr 23, 3:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood	4 hr
Apr 23, 3:52 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	13 hr
Apr 23, 4:05 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell	115 min
Apr 23, 4:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Woodson	6 hr
Apr 23, 5:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	3 hr
Apr 23, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	55 min
Apr 23, 5:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	2 hr
Apr 23, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	45 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.