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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Wichita, KS

June 8, 20095 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2009, 12:26 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 49 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: Jun 8, 2009, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2009, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 7, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 Jun 7, 10:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 10:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 4:26 PM CDT, 8 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
426 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-082130-
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-
426 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE GREATEST THREAT AREA WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT...WHERE SUPERCELL TYPE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE UP TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH.
AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL PUSH INTO THE FLINT HILLS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE
TONIGHT...WITH A CONTINUED THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RAPIDLY RETURN TO THE AREA LATE MONDAY
NIGHT. STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER
MIDNIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT CLOSER TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LINGER IN THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY.
WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN PLACE...THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE CHANCES
FOR STRONG STORMS THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS
BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

&&

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

JMC/HOWERTON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 11:50 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 11:51 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 11:58 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:12 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 12:15 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 12:19 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick	56 min
Jun 7, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Marion	62 min
Jun 7, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	56 min
Jun 7, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	47 min
Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner	42 min
Jun 7, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	46 min
Jun 7, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	52 min
Jun 7, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	64 min
Jun 7, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Rice	63 min
Jun 7, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	61 min
Jun 7, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Marion, Reno, Sedgwick and 1 more	66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.