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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Wichita, KS

March 23, 20094 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2009, 2:54 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2009, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2009, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 23, 3:35 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 57	Goessel, KS	MEASURED BY KSN WEATHERLAB EQUIPMENT AT GOESSEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 23, 1:03 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -604 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 848 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 422 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 606 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KICT 231954
SVRICT
KSC079-113-115-155-232030-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0032.090323T1954Z-090323T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
254 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.

* AT 253 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR BURRTON...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BUHLER...BURRTON...CANTON...GALVA...GOESSEL...HALSTEAD...HESSTON...
  HILLSBORO...LEHIGH...MOUNDRIDGE...NEWTON...NORTH NEWTON...
  PEABODY...WALTON...NEWTON AIRPORT.

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS:

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE
AREA.


A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 3813 9694 3808 9712 3808 9715 3807 9715
      3790 9766 3791 9769 3789 9770 3805 9787
      3855 9740
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 217DEG 40KT 3800 9771

$$

LAWSON

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 232002
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
302 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

KSC155-232013-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-090323T2030Z/
RENO KS-
302 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 302 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE
OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3855 9740 3813 9694 3808 9712 3808 9715
      3807 9715 3790 9765 3791 9769 3789 9770
      3816 9770
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 217DEG 40KT 3808 9763

$$

KSC079-113-115-232030-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-090323T2030Z/
MCPHERSON KS-MARION KS-HARVEY KS-
302 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HARVEY...
SOUTHWESTERN MARION AND SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
CDT...

AT 302 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR BURRTON...OR 15 MILES EAST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR MOUNDRIDGE BY 315 PM CDT.
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOESSEL BY 325 PM CDT.
  5 MILES SOUTH OF CANTON BY 330 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3855 9740 3813 9694 3808 9712 3808 9715
      3807 9715 3790 9765 3791 9769 3789 9770
      3816 9770
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 217DEG 40KT 3808 9763

$$

COX

000 
WWUS53 KICT 232010
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
310 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

KSC079-113-115-232030-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-090323T2030Z/
MCPHERSON KS-MARION KS-HARVEY KS-
310 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HARVEY...
SOUTHWESTERN MARION AND SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
CDT...

AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNDRIDGE...OR 14 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORM HAS 
WEAKENENED CONSIDERABLY...BUT THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF WIND SPEEDS 
UP TO 60 MPH WITH THIS STORM.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOESSEL BY 320 PM CDT.
  NEAR LEHIGH BY 330 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3855 9740 3813 9694 3808 9712 3808 9715
      3807 9715 3790 9765 3791 9769 3789 9770
      3816 9770
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 216DEG 40KT 3817 9753

$$

COX

000 
WWUS53 KICT 232018
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
318 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

KSC079-232028-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-090323T2030Z/
HARVEY KS-
318 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HARVEY COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 318 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE
OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3855 9740 3813 9694 3808 9712 3808 9715
      3817 9715 3817 9753 3816 9769 3819 9769
      3826 9762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 222DEG 45KT 3824 9746

$$

KSC113-115-232030-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-090323T2030Z/
MCPHERSON KS-MARION KS-
318 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MARION AND SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNDRIDGE...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MCPHERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR GOESSEL BY 325 PM CDT.
  NEAR LEHIGH BY 330 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3855 9740 3813 9694 3808 9712 3808 9715
      3817 9715 3817 9753 3816 9769 3819 9769
      3826 9762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 222DEG 45KT 3824 9746

$$

COX

000 
WWUS53 KICT 232024
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
324 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

KSC113-115-232034-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-090323T2030Z/
MCPHERSON KS-MARION KS-
324 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MARION AND
SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM CDT...

AT 323 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3855 9740 3813 9694 3808 9712 3808 9715
      3817 9715 3817 9753 3816 9769 3819 9769
      3826 9762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 222DEG 45KT 3829 9740

$$

COX

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 Mar 23, 2:20 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 2:20 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
220 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER LOW /500MB/ WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON AT 18Z.  A STRONG JET WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF THIS
FEATURE...ABOUT 80-90 KNOTS ACROSS THE STATE.  THIS IS SIGNIFICANT
DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF THIS MID LAYER WIND ON LONG TRACK TORNADO
POTENTIAL.

SURFACE DATA SHOWING VERY STRONG SURFACE WINDS...GUSTING TO ABOUT 50
KNOTS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.  SEVERAL REPORTS OF TRUCKS BLOWN OVER
ON INTERSTATE 70 HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.  ADDITIONALLY...POWER POLLS
DOWN AND POWER OUT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SALINA.  THESE WINDS ARE
MAKING THEIR WAY SOUTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  UPGRADED TO A
HIGH WIND WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

DRYLINE WAS LOCATED FROM K9K7 SOUTH TO P28.  STORMS WERE DEVELOPING
ALONG THIS LINE.  18Z MLCAPES ALREADY AROUND 1000 J/KG WITH VERY
STRONG DEEP LAYER /0-6KM/ SHEAR.  HEATING GREATER THAN MODELS HAVE
SUGGESTED THUS FAR.  LAPS SOUNDING/HODOGRAPH AND SOUNDING/HODOGRAPH
FORECASTS SHOW AN ENVIRONMENT VERY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS.  LATER
THIS EVENING...THE HODOGRAPH SHOWS A NICE FISH HOOK
SHAPE...FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES.

&&

KRC

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES TONIGHT AND
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS FROM THE NEXT SYSTEM LATER IN THE WEEK.

TONIGHT:
FAVORABLE SHEAR/BUOYANCY COMBINATIONS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT FOR
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.  DUE TO THE LOWER
CAPES...EXPECT THESE TO BE LOWER TOPPED CONVECTION.  STRONG 0-8KM
SHEAR /105 KNOTS/ SUGGESTS THE LIKELIHOOD OF LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS
ARE EXPECTED...AND 5KM AGL WINDS OF 70 KNOTS SUGGESTS THE
POSSIBILITY OF LONG TRACK TORNADOES.

STORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHERN KANSAS DUE TO THE MORE THAN ANTICIPATED HEATING /BY THE
MODELS/.  THE ACTIVITY SHOULD GROW AND EVOLVE THROUGH THE EVENING.
STORM MOTIONS SHOULD APPROACH 60 KNOTS.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST.  AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...EXPECT
THE COLD FRONT TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE CWA AND OVERTAKE THE DRYLINE
TONIGHT /AROUND 6Z/.  ONCE THIS OCCURS...STORMS SHOULD BE MORE
MULTICELLULAR AND COULD POSE A FLOOD THREAT OVER SOUTHEAST
KANSAS.

CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT SUPERCELLS WILL DEVELOP...CONFIDENCE IN
TORNADOES NOT AS HIGH DUE TO THE DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS AT THIS
TIME...THOUGH EXPECT THIS TO BECOME MORE FAVORABLE DURING THE
EVENING AS THESE DROP.

TUESDAY-THURSDAY:
THERE COULD BE SOME CONVECTION REMAINING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON
TUESDAY MORNING...SO WILL LEAVE SOME CHANCES IN THE FORECAST. THE
MAIN SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION...WITH SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN BRIEFLY FOR WEDNESDAY. NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THURSDAY NIGHT-MONDAY:
NEXT SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.  A
GREAT AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH THIS SYSTEM.  DPROG/DT
SHOWING A TREND OF COOLING DURING THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS.  MREF PLUME
DIAGRAMS SHOWING THAT MOST OF THE MEMBERS PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA.  ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...SOME OF THESE MEMBERS
PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT.

AT THIS TIME...WILL INCREASE PRECIPITATION CHANCES GIVEN THAT
CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR.  IT IS THE TYPE
THAT IS OF CONCERN.  WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT ADVERTISEMENT OF
PRECIPITATION TYPE WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW ENCROACHING FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST.

KRC

&&

.AVIATION...18Z TAFS...KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS A COLD FRONT/DRYLINE APPROACHES
FROM THE WEST. CHANCES WILL LINGER LONGEST OVER SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...WITH CHANCES WANING QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON FOR RSL. SEVERE
STORMS WITH HAIL...WIND AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

ADK

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    45  60  36  64 / 100  10  10  10
HUTCHINSON      44  59  35  62 /  60  10  10  10
NEWTON          46  59  35  62 /  90  10  10  10
ELDORADO        47  60  36  63 / 100  10  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   48  62  37  66 / 100  10  10  10
RUSSELL         37  53  32  61 /  20  10  10  10
GREAT BEND      38  55  33  61 /  20  10  10  10
SALINA          43  55  36  61 /  50  10  10  10
MCPHERSON       44  57  34  61 /  60  10  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     51  64  36  65 / 100  40  10  10
CHANUTE         51  61  36  61 /  90  30  10  10
IOLA            50  60  36  61 /  90  30  10  10
PARSONS-KPPF    52  63  36  63 / 100  40  10  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ070>072-094>096-
098>100.

HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-
047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093.

RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-
047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 11:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1109 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-241615-
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-
1109 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND
ASSOCIATED DRY LINE AND COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A DRYLINE
BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...GENERALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 135
CORRIDOR. MOISTURE AND ASSOCIATED INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY BE
SOMEWHAT MARGINAL...AND CONVERGENCE ALONG THE DRYLINE COULD BE
LACKING AS WELL. HOWEVER...APPROACHING COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT
IN CONCERT WITH SOME INSTABILITY IN PLACE SHOULD ALLOW AT LEAST A
FEW STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE. IN SPITE OF SOMEWHAT
MARGINAL INSTABILITY...WIND SHEAR WILL BE VERY STRONG...WHICH WILL
ALLOW ANY STORMS TO DEVELOP TO BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS
WILL BE LARGE HAIL...HIGH WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. IF
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASE A BIT MORE THAN EXPECTED...A FEW
STRONG AND LONG-LIVED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE GIVEN THE VERY
STRONG WIND SHEAR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS
AS THE OVERNIGHT PROGRESSES...BUT THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD WANE
OVER TIME. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO
TRAINING STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY FOR
DETAILS.

DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY. SEE THE LATEST RED FLAG WARNING FOR MORE
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON TUESDAY
MORNING.

HIGH OR VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED FOR MOST AREAS TUESDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT
ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS AS WELL AS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

&&

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

ADK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 23, 2:36 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
236 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

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

0220 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 5 E SYLVIA              37.97N 98.31W
03/23/2009  E70 MPH          RENO               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROOF AND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF

&&

REC

Local storm report, Mar 23, 2:37 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
237 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

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

1245 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG HUTCHINSON              38.07N 97.91W
03/23/2009                   RENO               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STRONG WINDS INFLICTED SOME ROOF DAMAGE TO THE WILEY
            BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN HUTCHINSON. MAIN STREET IS BLOCKED
            OFF BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Mar 23, 2:41 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
241 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

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

1230 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST BENTON                  37.79N 97.11W
03/23/2009  M57 MPH          BUTLER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Mar 23, 2:48 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
248 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

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

0156 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 W GREAT BEND          38.36N 98.83W
03/23/2009                   BARTON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MINOR SHINGLE AND TRIM DAMAGE.

&&

ADK

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 2:50 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

KSZ068-241200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
150 PM CST MON MAR 23 2009

...BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR HARVEY COUNTY HAS EXTENDED THE
BURN BAN UNTIL MARCH 30TH...

PROLONGED DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS HARVEY COUNTY HAS ALLOWED
GRASSES AND OTHER VEGETATION TO BECOME FULLY CURED...MAKING IT QUITE
CONDUCIVE TO CATCHING FIRE. ANY FIRE THAT IGNITES WILL SPREAD
RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY DURING WARM AND BREEZY CONDITIONS.
THEREFORE...A COMPLETE BURN BAN HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR HARVEY COUNTY
UNTIL MARCH 30TH. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE BURN
BAN...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER.

SPURGEON

Local storm report, Mar 23, 2:52 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
252 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

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

0207 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST HUTCHINSON AIRPORT      38.07N 97.87W
03/23/2009  M62.00 MPH       RENO               KS   ASOS

&&

ADK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 3:34 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more	16 hr
Mar 23, 10:32 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	ICT	Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 11 more	8 hr
Mar 23, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno	49 min
Mar 23, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	17 min
Mar 23, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	45 min
Mar 23, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	41 min
Mar 23, 5:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	32 min
Mar 23, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	37 min
Mar 23, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	23 min
Mar 23, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	38 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.