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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 317, NWS Wichita, KS

August 10, 2009Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2009, 10:02 AM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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: Aug 10, 2009, 10:02 AM CDT (15:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2009, 10:44 AM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 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
Aug 10, 9:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 Aug 9, 6:47 PM CDT, 15 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 6:47 PM CDT, 15 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 3:34 PM CDT, 18 hours 28 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 9:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	66 min
Aug 10, 10:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	67 min
Aug 10, 10:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Saline	62 min
Aug 10, 11:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion	56 min
Aug 10, 11:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	2 hr
Aug 10, 12:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	36 min
Aug 10, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Woodson	67 min
Aug 10, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	26 min
Aug 10, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	47 min
Aug 10, 2:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	3 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.