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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Wichita, KS

September 3, 2009Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2009, 6:49 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. 4 reports 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: Sep 3, 2009, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2009, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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
Sep 3, 6:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Beverly, KS
Sep 3, 7:14 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 Sse Ash Grove, KS
Sep 3, 7:14 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 Sse Ash Grove, KS
Sep 3, 7:49 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	8 Se Sylvan Grove, KS

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.

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
Sep 3, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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: 46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -414 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 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 032349
SVRICT
KSC105-040045-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0366.090903T2349Z-090904T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
649 PM CDT THU SEP 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

* AT 647 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL
  UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF ASH GROVE...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LINCOLN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ASH GROVE...BEVERLY...LINCOLN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE
AREA. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT 
FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9811 3900 9796 3888 9828 3922 9844
      3922 9843 3922 9832
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 335DEG 24KT 3927 9829

$$

BILLINGS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 040010
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
710 PM CDT THU SEP 3 2009

KSC105-040045-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0366.000000T0000Z-090904T0045Z/
LINCOLN KS-
710 PM CDT THU SEP 3 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ASH GROVE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR LINCOLN BY 730 PM CDT.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS ALSO AFFECTING ASH GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT 
FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9811 3900 9796 3888 9828 3922 9844
      3922 9843 3922 9832
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 333DEG 20KT 3913 9826

$$

BILLINGS

000 
WWUS53 KICT 040017
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
717 PM CDT THU SEP 3 2009

KSC105-040045-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0366.000000T0000Z-090904T0045Z/
LINCOLN KS-
717 PM CDT THU SEP 3 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR LINCOLN BY 730 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HAIL UP TO 1.00 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 5 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF ASH GROVE IN NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY...WITH THIS STORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT 
FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9811 3900 9796 3888 9828 3922 9844
      3922 9843 3922 9832
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 333DEG 20KT 3910 9824

$$

BILLINGS

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 Sep 3, 6:17 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 6:17 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
617 PM CDT THU SEP 3 2009

.AVIATION...00Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU

AVIATION CONCERNS WILL BE STORMS THIS EVENING ALONG WITH LOWER CIGS.

THE STORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL KS DEVELOPED OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN NE
AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW WHICH CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST OVER
EASTERN NE/NORTHEAST KS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST AT
LEAST UNTIL AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER SUNSET. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS
KSLN WILL HAVE THE BEST SHOT TO EXPERIENCE A SEVERE STORM THIS
EVENING WITH SOME LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. WHILE THE SEVERITY OF THE
STORMS WILL LIKELY DECREASE AS THE OVERNIGHT HOURS PROGRESS...THEY
SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE UPPER LOW COUNTIES SOUTHEAST.
WITH THIS LOW NOT MOVING VERY FAST SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRI WITH EASTERN SECTIONS HAVING THE BEST
SHOT AT MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY. SOME LOWER CIGS WILL ALSO DEVELOP
OVERNIGHT AND AT THIS TIME DO NOT HAVE HIGH ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO GO
IFR.

LAWSON

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 254 PM CDT THU SEP 3 2009/

DISCUSSION...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL FOCUS ON PRECIPITATION CHANCES WITH
SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND COOLER
TEMPERATURES...FOLLOWED BY NEXT SECOND WEATHER SYSTEM FOR NEXT
WEEK.

TONIGHT
SATELLITE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS UPPER LEVEL WAVE CURRENTLY OVER
EASTERN NEBRASKA...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD
TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA/NORTHERN KANSAS AS DAYTIME
HEATING WEAKENS THE CAP OVER THE REGION. THIS ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD
SOUTHWARD TONIGHT WITH THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY AFFECTING CENTRAL
AND EASTERN KANSAS. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT ONCE DAYTIME HEATING IS LOST THEN
ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET.

FRI-SUN
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE PLENTIFUL ACROSS THE REGION THIS PERIOD
WHICH SHOULD KEEP OVERNIGHT/MORNING CLOUDS SOCKED IN PLACE FOR MUCH
OF THE AREA. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS COULD OCCUR OVER
CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOONS. DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE DUE TO
CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION LINGERING ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPERATURES
WILL GRADUALLY WARM FOR THE WEEKEND BUT WILL STILL REMAIN BELOW
NORMAL SEPTEMBER VALUES. MEANWHILE...THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL
WOBBLE AROUND IN THE VICINITY OF EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL SUNDAY WHICH
WILL RESULT IN LINGERING SHOWERS/STORMS FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
STATE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO WEAK SHEAR/LOW
INSTABILITY. DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY TO OCCUR DURING THE
WEEKEND WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT MORE WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED
ACTIVITY.

EXTENDED: MON-THU
WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN STORE FOR KANSAS EARLY NEXT WEEK
WITH DECENT PRECIPITATION CHANCES COMING BACK INTO THE PICTURE
AROUND MID-WEEK.

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT ON THE LATEST RUN
WITH TIMING/EVOLUTION OF OUR NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM...AS A RESULT
CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. A DEEP TROUGH AXIS
WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHWEST COAST EARLY IN THE WEEK THEN SLIDE
EASTWARD BY MID-WEEK. THIS WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT SOUTHWARD INTO
CENTRAL KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY. RICH GULF MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO
STREAM NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT WHICH SHOULD SET THE
STAGE FOR DECENT CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DAYTIME
HIGHS WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL VALUES FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOLLOWED
BY A NICE COOL DOWN ONCE THE FRONT PASSES SOUTH OF THE REGION.

JAKUB

AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
DIURNAL CU FIELD EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL FLIRT WITH
HIGH END MVFR CATEGORY. OTHERWISE...UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
CIRCULATION ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL DRIFT SOUTH ACROSS
EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA AS THIS FEATURE
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. WILL KEEP TSRA MENTION TO VCTS FOR NOW
AND LET LATER SHIFTS INSERT TEMPO GROUP AS CONFIDENCE ON WINDOW
OF TIMING INCREASES. ALSO EXPECT BKN-OVC MVFR CIGS ACROSS THE
AREA ON FRIDAY MORNING WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE UNDER
THE UPPER LEVEL FEATURE. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ON THIS OCCURRENCE
WITH IFR POSSIBLE. HOWEVER WILL ONLY SHOW HIGHER CONFIDENCE
FORECAST OF MVFR FOR NOW.

KED

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    62  75  61  80 /  40  40  10  10
HUTCHINSON      61  76  59  81 /  50  30  10  10
NEWTON          62  75  59  80 /  50  40  10  10
ELDORADO        62  75  60  80 /  50  50  10  20
WINFIELD-KWLD   62  77  62  81 /  30  50  20  20
RUSSELL         59  76  58  80 /  50  20  10  10
GREAT BEND      60  76  59  81 /  50  20  10  10
SALINA          60  74  60  79 /  60  30  10  10
MCPHERSON       61  75  59  80 /  60  30  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     62  76  61  80 /  40  70  30  30
CHANUTE         61  75  60  78 /  40  70  30  30
IOLA            61  74  59  78 /  50  60  20  20
PARSONS-KPPF    62  76  61  79 /  40  70  30  30

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
538 PM CDT THU SEP 3 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-042130-
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-
538 PM CDT THU SEP 3 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS...MAINLY FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF A HUTCHINSON TO
MARION LINE. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGER STORMS.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE AREAWIDE OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY DURING
THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...
MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

FOR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS EACH DAY...MAINLY
ALONG AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

A SECOND WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...AND COULD BRING MORE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
ENTIRE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 3, 6:29 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
629 PM CDT THU SEP 03 2009

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

0627 PM     HAIL             BARNARD                 39.19N 98.04W
09/03/2009  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN BARNARD.

&&

RBL

Local storm report, Sep 3, 6:36 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
636 PM CDT THU SEP 03 2009

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

0635 PM     HAIL             4 SE BARNARD            39.15N 97.99W
09/03/2009  E0.75 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

REC

Local storm report, Sep 3, 6:47 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
647 PM CDT THU SEP 03 2009

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

0644 PM     HAIL             6 N BEVERLY             39.10N 97.98W
09/03/2009  E1.75 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

REC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	64 min
Sep 3, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	19 min

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