Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Wichita, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1028 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

.UPDATE...

LATEST WATER VAPOR LOOP WAS SHOWING THE POTENTIAL VORTICITY ANOMALY
MOVING THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO. AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...THE LOW
LEVEL JET WAS INCREASING TO NEAR 50KTS. LATEST PROFILERS WERE STILL
1-6KM SHEAR PROFILES AROUND 40KTS WITH MOST UNSTABLE CAPES STILL
NEAR 1000J/KG ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. AT THE SURFACE...THE COLD
FRONT CONTINUES TO SAG SOUTHEAST AND NOW EXTENDS FROM SOUTHEAST
CHASE COUNTY DOWN TO WELLINGTON. NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...WE ARE
EXPECTING MORE SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WITH
LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT...ESPECIALLY WITH THE COLDER AIR
NEAR THE SURFACE HELPING MAINTAIN LARGER HAIL SIZES. THE BULK OF
THESE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST AS THE WAVE MOVES IN
TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...CENTRAL KANSAS MAY SEE A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW WITH POTENTIAL VORTICITY ANOMALY MOVING INTO
THE PICTURE. NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

COX

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 614 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009/

UPDATE...

MESOSCALE UPDATE...

KICT/TICH RADARS SHOWING WELL DEFINED OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER STORMS
LOOPING FROM E OF EWK-NORTHWEST SEDGWICK COUNTY TO CENTRAL KINGMAN
COUNTY. LATEST RUC SUGGEST SURFACE FRONT WILL CONTINUE A SLOW TREK
TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. WITH FRONT MOVING AND THE RAPID CELL
MOVEMENT...COMBO SHOULD LIMIT FLOODING THREAT FROM TRAINING
ECHOES. CURRENT EVOLUTION SUGGEST SEVERE HAIL WILL LIKELY REQUIRE
AT LEAST SOME MID LEVEL ROTATION TO AVOID MELTING ON WAY TO THE
GROUND. SUSPECT TORNADO THREAT MAY NOW BE LIMITED UNLESS STORMS
DEVIATE ENOUGH TO INTERSECT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OR ELSE DEVELOP IN
WARM SECTOR WITH BACKED SURFACE FLOW. -HOWERTON

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 550 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009/

AVIATION...00Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS TAF ISSUANCE IS THE TIMING OF THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. LATEST RADAR LOOP WAS
SHOWING THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NEAR THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO NEAR MARION. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST FAIRLY RAPIDLY
AROUND 40 MPH. A FEW OF THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS IN MARION AND CHASE
COUNTIES. THESE STORMS COULD AFFECT THE WICHITA TAF SITE DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. WE MAY PUT A TEMPO GROUP AT ICT TAF SITE
TO ACCOUNT FOR THE STORMS OUT WEST SHORTLY. MEANWHILE...THE COLD
FRONT WILL CONTINUE SLIDE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA WITH CEILINGS
DROPPING INTO THE IFR CATEGORY (800-1000FT) A COUPLE OF HOURS
AFTER ITS PASSAGE.

COX

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 322 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009/

DISCUSSION...

TONIGHT:
FRONT AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THE MAIN CONCERN THIS EVENING.
IMPRESSIVE SHEAR...WHICH SHOULD MAKE UP FOR MODEST INSTABILITY.
SUSPECT PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE HAIL EARLY ON WITH THE MORE
DISCRETE/ROTATING CELLS. LESS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SEVERE CHANCES LATER
ON. WITH WIDESPREAD DIFFLUENCE AND UPPER FLOW MORE PARALLEL TO
FRONT...SUSPECT STORMS WILL GO LINEAR THEN TURN INTO AREA AS THEY
PROGRESS EWD. ADJUSTED HOURLY TEMPERATURES TO REFLECT COLD AIR
ADVECTION ALREADY EVIDENT IN NEBRASKA AND INCREASING DEW
POINTS AND BRISK WINDS AHEAD OF FRONT IN SOUTHEAST KS THIS
EVENING.

SUN:
RELATIVELY QUIET DAY IN STORE WITH DRIER AIR BEHIND FRONT. SOME
INCREASE IN CIRRUS ACROSS THE SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT NO
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON MAXES ANTICIPATED.

SUN NIGHT-MON:
LAST COUPLE OF MODEL RUNS HAVE STARTED A TREND FOR MORE RAPID
RETURN OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THIS WILL RESULT IN MORE CLOUDS/
WARMER MINIMUMS NEAR THE OK BORDER SUN NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ALSO
WILL BE TRICKY ON MON WITH FAIRLY WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT BUT
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CLOUDS EAST OF I-35 THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
GIVEN MAGNITUDE OF MOISTURE RETURN...SMALL PROBABILITY OF
PRECIPITATION APPEAR JUSTIFIED FOR SOUTHEAST KS. MOISTURE CONTINUES
TO SURGE NORTH MON NIGHT AND HAVE KEPT PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION
GOING AND RAISED MINIMUMS SUN NIGHT AS WELL.

TUE:
OUTSIDE CHANCE PRECIPITATION COULD STILL BE ONGOING AT 1200 UTC
IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KS...BUT CHANCES SHOULD QUICKLY WANE DURING
THE MORNING. TEMPERATURES EXTREMELY TRICKY WITH GLOBAL FORECAST
SYSTEM MODEL/EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS
MODEL OUT OF PHASE WITH EACH OTHER AND FLIP-FLOPPING FROM RUN TO
RUN. CURRENTLY THE EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER
FORECASTS MODEL IS NOW COLDER WITH FRONT PUSHING THROUGH CENTRAL
KS AT THE ONSET...WITH GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM MODEL LAGGING
SEVERAL HOURS BEHIND. POTENTIAL FOR QUASI-STEADY OR FALLING
TEMPERATURES IN CENTRAL KS. IF COLD AIR IS SHUNTED MORE EAST THAN
SOUTH...TEMPERATURES COULD SOAR IN THE DRY/DOWNSLOPE REGIME.
LARGE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE ERRORS THIS PERIOD.
-HOWERTON

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY:
THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN A COOL DOWN FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS THE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO
THE AREA. WHILE EARLIER SOLUTIONS OF THE ECMWF WERE BRINGING
PRECIPITATION INTO THE CWA...THE 12Z SOLUTION HAS TRENDED TOWARD
THE GFS...KEEPING THE CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION SOUTH OF THE
KANSAS/OKLAHOMA STATE LINE. THE GFS HAS MAINTAINED A FAIRLY STEADY
SOLUTION THROUGHOUT THE PREVIOUS FEW RUNS...SO HAVE KEPT POPS OUT OF
THE AREA AT THIS TIME.  BOTH MODELS ARE ALSO INCREASING THE STRENGTH
OF THE CANADIAN HIGH...AND ITS EXPANSE SOUTHWARD IS PUSHING TEMPS
DOWN...FORECAST REFLECTS THIS WITH COOLER TEMPS FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY:
WHILE THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR
MID-WEEK...THEY DO NOT CONTINUE THAT TREND FOR THE END OF THE
WEEK. THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE SO DIFFERENT AT THIS POINT...THAT
DECIDED TO GO WITH HPC FOR THE PERIOD. TEMPS REMAIN NEAR NORMALS...
WITH NO SERIOUS CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

BILLINGS

AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
A WARM FRONT THAT STRETCHES FROM NEAR KGBD TO KSLN WILL SLOWLY
MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD AS A COLD FRONT LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...HOWEVER LOCATION OF INITIATION WILL DEPEND WHERE THE
FRONT IS AT THE TIME. KCNU HAS THE BEST CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS...AND WITH GREATER UNCERTAINTY AT KHUT AND KICT
WILL KEEP VCTS RATHER THAN TSRA...AND ONLY CB MENTIONED AT KSLN.
SKIES WILL BECOME CLEAR SUNDAY MORNING.

SCHRECK

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    41  63  45  69 /  50  10   0  10
HUTCHINSON      37  62  42  71 /  30  10   0  10
NEWTON          38  61  41  67 /  40  10   0  10
ELDORADO        42  62  42  67 /  40  10   0  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   46  64  48  71 /  40  10   0  20
RUSSELL         31  61  35  70 /  20  10   0  10
GREAT BEND      33  62  38  70 /  20  10   0  10
SALINA          36  61  41  69 /  20  10   0  10
MCPHERSON       37  61  41  69 /  30  10   0  10
COFFEYVILLE     54  64  44  69 /  60  10   0  30
CHANUTE         50  61  41  67 /  60  10   0  30
IOLA            48  60  40  67 /  60  10   0  30
PARSONS-KPPF    52  63  43  68 /  60  10   0  30

&&

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1037 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-082230-
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-
1037 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL GENERALLY BE LOCATED SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM HILLSBORO TO HUTCHINSON TO ANTHONY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE UP
TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
FOR AREAS EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE.

FIRE DANGER WILL BE HIGH TO VERY HIGH OVER THE ENTIRE AREA FROM
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
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COX/HOWERTON

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1016 PM CST SAT MAR 07 2009

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

1010 PM     HAIL             BURRTON                 38.02N 97.67W
03/07/2009  E0.88 INCH       HARVEY             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BDK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1035 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

KSZ067-082-083-080500-
KINGMAN-RENO-SEDGWICK-
1035 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEAST KINGMAN...SOUTHEAST RENO AND NORTHWEST
SEDGWICK COUNTIES...

AT 1034 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF CHENEY...OR 11 MILES
EAST OF KINGMAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE 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.

KLEINSASSER