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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Wichita, KS

April 23, 2008Butler County, Chase County, Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2008, 12:24 PM CDT for Butler County, Chase County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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: Apr 23, 2008, 12:24 PM CDT (17:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2008, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 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, 12:47 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Cassoday, KS	REPORT FROM THE KANSAS TURNPIKE AUTHORITY

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 23 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 231724
SVRICT
KSC015-017-073-231830-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0045.080423T1724Z-080423T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1224 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
  SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT.

* AT 1223 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR WONSEVU...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLORENCE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CASSODAY...MATFIELD...MATFIELD GREEN...WONSEVU.

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 3794 9688 3808 9685 3809 9684 3813 9684
      3823 9682 3816 9625 3781 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 287DEG 15KT 3813 9674

$$

JAKUB

5 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 231740
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1240 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSC015-017-073-231830-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080423T1830Z/
CHASE KS-GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
1240 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BUTLER...NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTIES UNTIL 130
PM CDT...

AT 1238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CASSODAY...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...
MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR CASSODAY BY 1250 PM CDT.
  5 MILES SOUTH OF MATFIELD GREEN BY 1255 PM CDT.

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 3794 9688 3822 9671 3821 9666 3821 9660
      3820 9658 3820 9653 3819 9650 3819 9647
      3816 9625 3781 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 287DEG 15KT 3811 9666

$$

KRC

000 
WWUS53 KICT 231752
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1251 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSC015-017-073-231830-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080423T1830Z/
CHASE KS-GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
1251 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BUTLER...NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTIES UNTIL 130
PM CDT...

AT 1248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CASSODAY...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...
MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN BUTLER...NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN CHASE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF CASSODAY AND MATFIELD GREEN.

HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE WAS REPORTED ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE.  
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A SIGNIFICANT LARGE HAIL THREAT FOR 
MOTORISTS ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE.

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 3794 9688 3822 9671 3821 9666 3821 9660
      3820 9658 3820 9653 3819 9650 3819 9647
      3816 9625 3781 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 287DEG 15KT 3810 9660

$$

KRC

000 
WWUS53 KICT 231801
SVSICT

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

KSC015-017-073-231830-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080423T1830Z/
CHASE KS-GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
101 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BUTLER...NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHEASTERN CHASE COUNTIES UNTIL
130 PM CDT...

AT 1257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MATFIELD GREEN...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF COTTONWOOD
FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN BUTLER...NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHEASTERN CHASE
COUNTIES.

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

LAT...LON 3794 9688 3804 9683 3806 9680 3809 9680
      3821 9660 3820 9658 3816 9625 3781 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 287DEG 15KT 3809 9655

$$

KRC

000 
WWUS53 KICT 231812
SVSICT

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

KSC015-017-073-231830-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080423T1830Z/
CHASE KS-GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
112 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BUTLER...NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTIES UNTIL 130
PM CDT...

AT 107 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MATFIELD GREEN...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF
COTTONWOOD FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN BUTLER...NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN CHASE
COUNTIES.

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 3794 9688 3804 9683 3806 9680 3809 9680
      3821 9660 3820 9658 3816 9625 3781 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 287DEG 15KT 3808 9649

$$

KRC

000 
WWUS53 KICT 231821
SVSICT

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

KSC015-017-073-231830-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080423T1830Z/
CHASE KS-GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
121 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BUTLER...NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTIES UNTIL 130
PM CDT...

AT 117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF MATFIELD GREEN...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF
COTTONWOOD FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN BUTLER...NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN CHASE
COUNTIES.

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 3794 9688 3804 9683 3806 9680 3809 9680
      3821 9660 3820 9658 3816 9625 3781 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 268DEG 13KT 3814 9642

$$

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, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 11:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 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, 2 hours 9 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, 11:37 AM CDT, 47 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

&&

ELDER

Local storm report, Apr 23, 11:38 AM CDT, 46 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

&&

RBL

Local storm report, Apr 23, 12:04 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1204 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

1203 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 SSW COTTONWOOD FALLS  38.26N 96.60W
04/23/2008  E60 MPH          CHASE              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ELDER

Local storm report, Apr 23, 12:05 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1205 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

1202 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 N MARION              38.38N 97.02W
04/23/2008                   MARION             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            190TH STREET BETWEEN MARION AND HILLSBORO CLOSED DUE TO
            WATER OVER THE ROAD. HIGHWAY 77 AT 230TH CLOSED DUE TO
            HIGH WATER, WHICH IS ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF MARION.

&&

RBL

Local storm report, Apr 23, 12:18 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1218 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

1217 PM     HAIL             ATTICA                  37.24N 98.23W
04/23/2008  E0.50 INCH       HARPER             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Apr 23, 12:22 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1222 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

1221 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 SSW COTTONWOOD FALLS  38.26N 96.60W
04/23/2008  E60 MPH          CHASE              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

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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, 11:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	61 min
Apr 23, 12:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	27 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.