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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Wichita, KS

June 15, 2009Butler County, Elk County, Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2009, 9:59 PM CDT for Butler County, Elk County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2009, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2009-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3415 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2009-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3415 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.0

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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, 9:35 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 9:35 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 4:33 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
433 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-161000-
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-
433 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...DAMAGING
WINDS AND POSSIBLY A COUPLE OF TORNADOES. LATER TONIGHT A CLUSTER OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
WESTERN KANSAS AND MOVE EAST THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HIGH
RAINFALL RATES WHICH MAY YIELD TO FLASH FLOODING. SEE THE LATEST
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DIME SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. THE CHANCES ARE INCREASING THAT STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO KANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
SURGES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE. THEREFORE...ONE SHOULD MONITOR
LATER FORECASTS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

HOT & VERY HUMID WEATHER WILL PESTER THE REGION THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WHEN AFTERNOON HEAT
INDICES ARE LIKELY TO REACH 100 TO 105.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.

&&

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(LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

COX/ES

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningICTReno59 min
Jun 15, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion16 min
Jun 15, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler, Greenwood54 min
Jun 15, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChase63 min
Jun 15, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno50 min
Jun 15, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Marion31 min
Jun 15, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno, Sedgwick54 min
Jun 15, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Sedgwick, Sumner66 min
Jun 15, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Rice, Saline64 min
Jun 15, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningICTGreenwood45 min
Jun 15, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman56 min
Jun 15, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno and 2 more55 min
Jun 15, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner63 min
Jun 15, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningICTGreenwood23 min
Jun 15, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner47 min
Jun 15, 9:23 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick8 hr
Jun 15, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner64 min
Jun 15, 10:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler12 hr
Jun 15, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson62 min
Jun 15, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, Marion45 min
Jun 15, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick41 min
Jun 15, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Reno, Rice44 min
Jun 16, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Greenwood26 min
Jun 16, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Reno62 min
Jun 16, 12:44 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton, Rice9 hr
Jun 16, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion31 min
Jun 16, 12:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton, Rice9 hr
Jun 16, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice22 min
Jun 16, 1:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTBarton, Rice8 hr
Jun 16, 1:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMcPherson8 hr
Jun 16, 2:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMarion6 hr
Jun 16, 2:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTChase13 hr
Jun 16, 2:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTChase, Lyon31 hr
Jun 16, 2:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen36 hr
Jun 16, 2:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho54 hr
Jun 16, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase47 min
Jun 16, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Greenwood48 min
Jun 16, 3:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChase, Marion7 hr
Jun 16, 3:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarvey7 hr
Jun 16, 3:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTReno7 hr
Jun 16, 4:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen37 min
Jun 16, 4:26 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Greenwood, Woodson6 hr
Jun 16, 8:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTNeosho54 hr
Jun 16, 8:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho3 days
Jun 16, 8:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLabette3 days
Jun 16, 8:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTRice6 hr
Jun 16, 9:34 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton, Rice12 hr
Jun 16, 9:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTHarvey, Reno23 hr
Jun 16, 9:56 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChase, Marion12 hr
Jun 16, 10:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen12 hr
Jun 16, 10:45 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTReno7 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.