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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Wichita, KS

April 26, 2008Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2008, 5:47 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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 26, 2008, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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
Apr 26, 5:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Mount Hope, KS
Apr 26, 6:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Mount Hope, KS
Apr 26, 6:13 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 Nne Goddard, KS
Apr 26, 6:23 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	1 W West Wichita, KS

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 8 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 nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 1940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 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 262247
SVRICT
KSC173-262345-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0052.080426T2247Z-080426T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
547 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.

* AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNT HOPE TO ANDALE TO 8 MILES
  WEST OF GARDEN PLAIN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 33 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ANDALE...BEL AIRE...BENTLEY...COLWICH...EAST WICHITA...GARDEN
  PLAIN...GODDARD...KECHI...MAIZE...MOUNT HOPE...PARK CITY...VALLEY
  CENTER...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...JABARA AIRPORT...NORTHEAST WICHITA...
  WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT...LAKE AFTON...WEST WICHITA.

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE
AREA.

LAT...LON 3758 9768 3773 9780 3773 9770 3782 9769
      3783 9770 3791 9770 3791 9721 3765 9722
      3752 9747
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 306DEG 29KT 3791 9767 3775 9770
          3768 9781

$$

KETCHAM

5 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 262306
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
605 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

KSC173-262345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080426T2345Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
605 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SEDGWICK
COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNT HOPE TO GODDARD TO
GARDEN PLAIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 33 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR WEST WICHITA BY 615 PM CDT.
  NEAR WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT BY 620 PM CDT.
  5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARK CITY BY 625 PM CDT.
  NEAR DOWNTOWN WICHITA BY 630 PM CDT.
  NEAR SOUTH WICHITA BY 635 PM CDT.
  NEAR EAST WICHITA BY 640 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF GARDEN PLAIN...BENTLEY...LAKE AFTON...BEL AIRE AND
JABARA AIRPORT ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MOUNT HOPE 
WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3758 9768 3773 9780 3773 9770 3782 9769
      3783 9770 3791 9770 3791 9721 3765 9722
      3752 9747
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 306DEG 29KT 3784 9755 3767 9756
          3760 9767

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 262317
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
617 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

KSC173-262345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080426T2345Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
617 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SEDGWICK
COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BENTLEY TO MAIZE TO WICHITA
MID CONTINENT AIRPORT TO LAKE AFTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 33 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR VALLEY CENTER BY 625 PM CDT.
  NEAR DOWNTOWN WICHITA BY 630 PM CDT.
  NEAR PARK CITY BY 635 PM CDT.
  NEAR EAST WICHITA BY 640 PM CDT.
  NEAR NORTHEAST WICHITA BY 645 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF BENTLEY...LAKE AFTON...KECHI...BEL AIRE AND JABARA
AIRPORT ARE 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

LAT...LON 3758 9768 3773 9780 3773 9770 3782 9769
      3783 9770 3791 9770 3791 9721 3765 9722
      3752 9747
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 306DEG 29KT 3785 9748 3772 9746
          3763 9747 3759 9757

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 262326
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
626 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

KSC173-262345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080426T2345Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
626 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SEDGWICK
COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BENTLEY TO WEST WICHITA TO
WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT TO LAKE AFTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 33
MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR SOUTH WICHITA BY 635 PM CDT.
  NEAR PARK CITY BY 640 PM CDT.
  NEAR NORTHEAST WICHITA BY 645 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF BENTLEY...KECHI...BEL AIRE AND JABARA AIRPORT ARE 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

LAT...LON 3758 9768 3773 9780 3773 9770 3782 9769
      3783 9770 3791 9770 3791 9721 3765 9722
      3752 9747
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 306DEG 29KT 3785 9743 3768 9739
          3760 9742 3757 9750

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 262335
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
636 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

KSC173-262345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080426T2345Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
636 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SEDGWICK
COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VALLEY CENTER TO DOWNTOWN
WICHITA TO SOUTH WICHITA TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA MID CONTINENT
AIRPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 33 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR NORTHEAST WICHITA BY 645 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF KECHI...BEL AIRE AND JABARA AIRPORT ARE ALSO IN THE PATH
OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3758 9768 3773 9780 3773 9770 3782 9769
      3783 9770 3791 9770 3791 9721 3765 9722
      3752 9747
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 306DEG 29KT 3780 9732 3763 9731
          3756 9735 3753 9744

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 262343
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
643 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

KSC173-262353-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080426T2345Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
643 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 PM CDT...

AT 640 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3758 9768 3773 9780 3773 9770 3782 9769
      3783 9770 3791 9770 3791 9721 3765 9722
      3752 9747
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 306DEG 29KT 3777 9726 3760 9725
          3754 9730 3751 9741

$$

KETCHAM

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 26, 4:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 4:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NG COLD
FRONT MOVING IN LIKE MANNER ACROSS SC KS EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
TSRA HAS PRODUCED 40-50KT GUSTS...HOWEVER CELL IS WEAKENING AS IT
CROSSES THE KICT VICINITY. FOR NOW HAVE ASSIGNED TSRA TO THE KICT
TERMINAL FROM 00Z-02Z. AIRMASS OCCUPYING SC KS POSSESSING LIMITED
MOISTURE...AS SUCH TSRA HIGH-BASED WITH CIGS 5,000 FEET. VFR CIGS
TO PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING. VSBYS BRIEFLY IN 3-5SM RANGE
LIKELY IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF TSRA. AREAS OF POST-FRONTAL
SHRA TO SPREAD SE ACROSS C & SC KS BUT CEILINGS TO REMAIN IN VFR
CATEGORY WITH 4,000-5,000 FOOT DECKS ANTICIPATED. FROM 05Z ONWARD
SKIES TO CLEAR IN NW TO SE MANNER AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SPREADS
ACROSS GREAT PLAINS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 441 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008/

UPDATE...
WENT AHEAD AND ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10:00 PM. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT.,,,COMBINED WITH THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 329 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008/

DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CHALLENGES/CONCERNS/HIGHLIGHTS FOCUS ON
SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY.

TONIGHT AND SUNDAY:
UPPER LEVEL LONG WAVE TROF EXTENDING THROUGH MID-AMERICA. AT THE
SURFACE A COLD FRONT AT MID-AFTERNOON EXTENDED NEAR A SALINA TO
DODGE CITY LINE. A FEW STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT.
THERE IS A GOOD BIT OF DIRECTIONAL SHEAR BUT MOISTURE IS LIMITED.
WITH THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE...WE COULD SEE A STORM OR TWO THAT
MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TILL ABOUT 02Z. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. BEHIND THE
FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MID 30S ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS. WITH NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH...THINK THIS SHOULD PRECLUDE
ANY FROST FORMATION. BY SUNDAY MORNING THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES
SHOULD BE CONFINED TO FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING IN OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF THE LONG WAVE TROF WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ON THE
COOL SIDE. SUNDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S WILL BE THE RULE
REGIONWIDE. AGAIN THINK THERE WILL BE ENOUGH WIND TO PRECLUDE ANY
FROST.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY:
A WEAK BACK-DOOR COLD FRONT TO PROGRESS SOUTH/SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE
AREA ON MONDAY...IN RESPONSE TO WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY DIVING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MIDWEST. VERY MEAGER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND
FORCING WILL PRECLUDE ANY PRECIPITATION FROM DEVELOPING. LITTLE
WARMER ON TUESDAY AS LEE SIDE TORF DEVELOPS AND WINDS GO BACK TO THE
SOUTH.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY:
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHWEST U.S....MOVES INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS BY LATE THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL SEE
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE PLAINS STATES ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S
EAST TO LOWER 80S WEST. AT THE SURFACE...DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TROF
ALONG THE LEE SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES WILL BRING A RETURN OF BRISK
SOUTH WINDS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
MOVES INTO THE PLAINS...A SURFACE COLD FRONT SHOULD MAKES ITS WAY
INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS BY THURSDAY MORNING...THEN MOVE ACROSS THE
STATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. LOOKS TO BE A GOOD BIT OF ENERGY
WITH THE SYSTEM BUT MOISTURE IS LIMITED. WITH THAT IN
MIND...MAINTAINED THE 20-30% POPS FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY.
WHAT STORMS DO FIRE UP CERTAINLY LOOK AS THOUGH THEY HAVE THE
CAPABILITY TO BECOME SEVERE.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY:
MODELS TAKE THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND MOVE IT ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS...INTO SOUTHEASTERN ONTARIO BY 00Z SUNDAY. AT THE SURFACE THE
SURFACE LOW SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE DAKOTAS...THEN SWEEP THROUGH THE
GREAT LAKES INTO SOUTHERN CANADA. ACCOMPANYING COLD FRONT SHOULD
MOVE OUT OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY FRIDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON SATURDAY. MAINTAINED SLIGHT
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY MORNING...THEN JUST FOR THE
NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BY AFTERNOON...AS
THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE EAST. FRIDAY EVENING AND INTO THE
WEEKEND...SHOULD BE DRY. WILL BE COOL...AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST PART
OF THE WEEKEND...BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE NORTHWEST FLOW ON
THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM.

AVIATION...18Z TAF ISSUANCE
THE MAIN CONCERN WIH THIS TAF ISSUANCE IS THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND WIND
POTENTIAL BEHIND THE FRONT.

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS WAS SHOWING THE COLD FRONT BEYOND HILL
CITY AND CONTINUING TO MAKE PROGRESS SOUTHEAST. THIS FRONT SHOULD
BE ARRIVING AT RUSSELL...SALINA AND HUTCHINSON BEFORE 00Z. ALONG
AND BEHIND THIS FRONT...WE MAY SEE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THESE TAF SITES. THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF
SITES...WILL MOST LIKELY SEE THE FRONT PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING
AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
WITH IT. CEILINGS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE VFR CATEGORY (3500-5000FT)...BUT
THEY MAY DROP INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY (2000-2500FT) BRIEFLY AT THE
RUSSELL AND SALINA TAF SITES AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    39  62  37  68 /  40  10   0  10
HUTCHINSON      36  62  37  67 /  40  10   0  10
NEWTON          37  62  37  66 /  50  10   0  10
ELDORADO        40  62  37  66 /  50  10   0  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   42  63  37  69 /  40  10   0  10
RUSSELL         33  61  36  67 /  20   0   0  10
GREAT BEND      34  61  36  67 /  20   0   0  10
SALINA          35  61  36  65 /  40  10   0  10
MCPHERSON       36  61  37  66 /  40  10   0  10
COFFEYVILLE     43  62  36  68 /  50  20   0  10
CHANUTE         41  60  37  65 /  50  10   0  10
IOLA            41  60  36  64 /  50  10   0  10
PARSONS-KPPF    42  61  37  67 /  50  20   0  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-
047>053-067>069-082-083-091-092.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
359 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-272100-
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-
359 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ARE
POSSIBLE. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE MARGINALLY SEVERE MAINLY
WEST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE TILL ABOUT 9:00 PM WITH WIND GUSTS THE
MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST BY MID TO LATE WEEK...AS A
STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...AND A DRY LINE DEVELOPS
ACROSS THE PLAINS. IT APPEARS AT LEAST STRONG STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE FOR THURSDAY...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS MAY
INCREASE AS THE FORECAST BECOMES MORE CLEAR. STAY TUNED FOR LATER
FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS.

FINALLY...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE HIGH
CATEGORY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FOR SUNDAY...AND AGAIN ON
TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
438 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

KSZ050-262215-
RICE-
438 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR RICE COUNTY...

AT 432 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STERLING...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

KETCHAM

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:00 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
500 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

KSZ067-262245-
RENO-
500 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR RENO COUNTY...

AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NICKERSON TO
PARTRIDGE TO PENALOSA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

KETCHAM

Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:02 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
502 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

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

0445 PM     HAIL             6 SW NICKERSON          38.09N 98.16W
04/26/2008  E0.75 INCH       RENO               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

LFW

Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:22 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
522 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

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

0520 PM     HAIL             9 S HUTCHINSON          37.94N 97.91W
04/26/2008  E1.00 INCH       RENO               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

LFW

Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:37 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
537 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

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

0530 PM     HAIL             2 S YODER               37.91N 97.87W
04/26/2008  E1.00 INCH       RENO               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

LFW

Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:40 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
540 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

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

0530 PM     HAIL             YODER                   37.94N 97.87W
04/26/2008  E1.00 INCH       RENO               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

LFW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 4:38 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Barton, Butler, Chase, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey and 10 more	2 hr
Apr 26, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	37 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.