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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2009, 12:58 AM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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 15, 2009, 12:58 AM CDT (05:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2009, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:01 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 14, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado 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 15, 12:29 AM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 12:29 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1247 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 KSZ047-048-050-150630- BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- 1247 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BARTON...ELLSWORTH AND RICE COUNTIES... AT 1247 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUSHTON...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CARUSO
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 14, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 15 min |
| Jun 14, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 1:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 2:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 2:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 18 min |
| Jun 15, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 16 min |
| Jun 15, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2009Every 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.