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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 238, NWS Wichita, KS

July 3, 2009Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2009, 5:31 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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: Jul 3, 2009, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2009, 6:03 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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
Jul 3, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 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 Jul 3, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 5:21 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
521 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-042230-
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-
521 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STORMS WILL CONTINUE AND WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVERNIGHT AS A
COLD FRONT SURGES SOUTHWARD. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER
CENTRAL KANSAS WITH LARGE HAIL AND SEVERE WINDS THE MAIN THREATS.
MEANWHILE STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY ACROSS PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

A WARM-UP WILL BE ON TAP AREAWIDE NEXT WEEK WITH HEAT INDICES
LIKELY EXCEEDING 100 TO 105 DEGREES BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT FOR PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

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

SCHRECK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:14 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
514 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2009

KSZ033-032245-
LINCOLN-
514 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 511 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
NEAR HUNTER...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...AND MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.

OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 50 MPH COULD AFFECT NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
LINCOLN COUNTY FROM THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF THE STORM MOVES INTO
THE AREA. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS.

JAKUB

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.