Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Wichita, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
623 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009

.AVIATION...00Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST KANSAS
THIS EVENING...AS COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. BRIEF
IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...WITH MAIN SEVERE RISK BEING
MICROBURST WIND GUSTS UNTIL DARK. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THRU THE FORECAST VALID PERIOD AS DRIER
NORTHERLY FLOW PREVAILS BEHIND THE FRONT.

KED

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009/

DISCUSSION...

TONIGHT:

FRONT CONTINUE TO MAKE SLOW STEADY PROGRESS ACROSS THE AREA. LOOKS
LIKE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL WAIT UNTIL THIS EVENING WITH
RATHER BROAD/WEAK CONVERGENCE ON FRONT AS EVIDENCED BY BOTH SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR DATA. MAIN RISK FOR STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WILL
MOST LIKELY BE THROUGH SUNSET...WITH LOW LEVEL DRY AIR PROVIDING
MICROBURST POTENTIAL. THIS THREAT SHOULD WANE AFTER SUNSET GIVEN
RELATIVELY WEAK DEEP LAYER SHEAR TO SUPPORT STORMS OVERNIGHT.

SUN-TUE:

SLIGHTLY COOLER/MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AND DRIER AIR
ANTICIPATED IN WAKE OF THE FRONT. MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS NUMBERS
GENERALLY CLOSE AND WERE FOLLOWED.

WED-SAT:

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SEEM A BIT CLOSER RESOLVING THE LONGWAVE
RIDGE/TROUGH AXIS BUT AMPLITUDE OF PATTERN STILL PROBLEMATIC. THE
KEY OBSERVATION IS THAT THE 500MB HEIGHTS DO NOT APPRECIABLY
CHANGE DURING THIS PERIOD...DESPITE A TRANITION TO MORE NORTHWEST
FLOW. ONCE HEAT BUILDS IN...TYPICALLY MODELS ARE FAR TOO QUICK
BREAKING DOWN RIDGE AND WOULD SIDE TOWARD A SLOWER EVOLUTION. AND
SINCE MOST OF LOW LEVEL COOLING CURRENTLY SHOWN BY LATEST MODELS
IS A FUNCTION OF CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION AND BACKDOOR FRONT...WILL
OPT TO KEEP TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO STATUS QUO THROUGHOUT
PERIOD...AND ADJUST TEMPERATURES DOWN AND ADD PRECIPITATION/CLOUDS
IF NEEDED WHEN THE SITUATION SHOWS MUCH MORE PREDICTABILITY.
-HOWERTON

AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU

SURFACE FRONT IS SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD...CURRENTLY IT HAS
PUSHED THROUGH THE KRSL AND KSLN TAF SITES AND IS ON THE DOOR STEP
OF KHUT. THE FRONT HAS SHIFTED THE WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST. KICT
AND KCNU WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS THROUGH THE
EARLY AFTERNOON...AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH KICT AROUND 20Z AND
THROUGH KCNU AROUND 00-01Z. PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE NOT LOOKING
GREAT AT THIS TIME. HAVE KEPT VCTS IN THE TAFS FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF SCATTERED STORMS...WITH BEST CHANCES AT KICT...KHUT AND KCNU
AROUND OR JUST AFTER 00Z.

BILLINGS

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    68  89  65  93 /  30   0   0  10
HUTCHINSON      66  90  65  95 /  20   0   0  10
NEWTON          65  89  65  94 /  20   0   0  10
ELDORADO        67  88  65  93 /  30   0   0  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   70  89  66  92 /  40   0   0  10
RUSSELL         63  90  65  96 /  10   0   0  10
GREAT BEND      65  89  64  95 /  10   0   0  10
SALINA          67  91  67  97 /  10   0  10  10
MCPHERSON       66  90  66  95 /  20   0   0  10
COFFEYVILLE     70  90  62  93 /  40  10   0  10
CHANUTE         68  88  63  93 /  40  10  10  10
IOLA            67  88  63  94 /  40  10  10  10
PARSONS-KPPF    69  89  63  93 /  40  10   0  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ052-
053-068>072-083-092>096-098>100.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
804 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-290115-
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-
804 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY
SEVERE RISKS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS TO 65 MPH AND UP TO QUARTER
SIZE HAIL. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

HEAT WILL RETURN TO THE AREA BY LATE IN THE WEEK...WITH HEAT
INDICES AROUND THE CENTURY MARK STARTING THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT DUE TO THE
ISOLATED NATURE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER.

&&

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

KED/HOWERTON

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
829 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009

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

0755 PM     HAIL             8 NNE YATES CENTER      37.98N 95.69W
06/27/2009  E1.25 INCH       WOODSON            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LFW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
829 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009

KSZ069-093-280200-
BUTLER-COWLEY-
829 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR BUTLER AND COWLEY COUNTIES...

AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ATLANTA...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WINFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

LAWSON