Tornado Warning 51, NWS Wichita, KS

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WWUS53 KICT 210109
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
809 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

KSC113-210130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-090621T0130Z/
MCPHERSON KS-
809 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 830
PM CDT...

AT 808 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. WEATHER 
SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF 
MCPHERSON. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCPHERSON...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
  6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROXBURY BY 830 PM CDT.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO AFFECT MCPHERSON AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3860 9770 3860 9737 3818 9754 3817 9779
      3840 9784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 233DEG 26KT 3843 9768

$$

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 210123
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
823 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

KSC113-210130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-090621T0130Z/
MCPHERSON KS-
823 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 830
PM CDT...

AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. TRAINED 
SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT THE TORNADO HAS LIFTED AT THIS TIME. THIS 
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GALVA...OR 8 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF MCPHERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
  6 MILES WEST OF ROXBURY BY 830 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3860 9737 3818 9754 3826 9775 3840 9784
      3860 9770
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 233DEG 26KT 3849 9758

$$

KETCHAM

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
647 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

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

AREA OF CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHWEST KS CONTINUES TO MOVE RAPIDLY TO
THE NORTH TOWARDS KRSL AND KSLN TAF SITES AT THIS TIME.  THIS AREA
OF TSRA IS ALONG A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTICITY (MCV) MAX
CURRENTLY MOVING NORTH INTO KS AT THIS TIME OUT OF OK. EXPECT THIS
AREA OF CONVECTION TO AFFECT THE KRSL/KSLN AND KHUT TAF SITES FOR
THE FIRST 4 TO 5 HOURS OF THE TAF TIME FRAME WITH A VCTS GROUP AND A
TEMPO GROUP FOR SOME MVFR VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS AS THIS AREA OF
CONVECTION MOVES ACROSS. MOST OF THE CONVECTION WILL END AFTER
04-05Z/SUN ACROSS CENTRAL KS AS MAIN WARM FRONT AND MCV CONTINUE TO
TREK TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA.

THE REST OF THE AREA WILL SEE GENERALLY IMPROVING TAF CONDITIONS TO
VFR AS THE OVERNIGHT PROGRESSES.

KETCHAM

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 306 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009/

DISCUSSION...

MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE PRECIP CHANCES TONIGHT INTO SUN.

TONIGHT-SUN:
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A PRONOUNCED UPPER WAVE LIFTING NORTH OVER
EASTERN CO WITH ANOTHER PIECE OF ENERGY ROTATING ACROSS SOUTHERN NV.
THE LARGE AREA OF RAIN THIS MORNING/AFTERNOON WAS THE RESULT OF THE
UPPER WAVE LIFTING ACROSS EASTERN CO COMBINED WITH PLENTY OF
DIFFLUENCE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME ADDITIONAL CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KS AS THE AIRMASS SOUTH OF THE PRECIP HAS
QUICKLY RECOVERED AND BECOME UNCAPPED. FEEL THAT AFTER SUNSET ANY
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL BE ON THE DECREASE WITH CENTRAL KS HAVING
THE BEST SHOT AT PRECIP THIS EVENING. ONE OF THE FEW CHANGES TO THE
GOING FORECAST WAS TO INSERT A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR STORMS OVER SE KS
FOR SUN AFTERNOON. NAM...GFS...UKMET AND LOCALLY RUN WRF HAS BEEN
CONSISTENT IN PRODUCING SOME LIGHT PRECIP IN THIS AREA OVER THE LAST
FEW RUNS. THIS AREA LOOKS TO BE UNDER THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF
AN UPPER JET WITH THE NAM SHOWING A NICE AREA OF UPPER DIFFLUENCE.
WITH SURFACE CONVERGENCE BASICALLY NIL...NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE
WAY OF PRECIP COVERAGE.

A WARMING TREND WILL COMMENCE ON SUN WITH 1000-850MB THICKNESSES
SUPPORTING 95-100 DEGREES. HOWEVER WITH SATURATED GROUND WILL STICK
CLOSER TO THE LOWER END OF GUIDANCE.

MON-TUE:
MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS IN
BUILDING-IN AN UPPER RIDGE THROUGH THESE PERIODS AND THIS CONTINUES
TO LOOK LIKE THE CASE. THE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THROUGH
THESE PERIODS WITH AT LEAST THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA
HAVING A DECENT SHOT TO REACH THE CENTURY MARK ON BOTH DAYS.

WED-SAT:
BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS DROP DOWN SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY OVER THE
DESERT SOUTHWEST ON THU WHICH WILL HELP TO WEAKEN THE UPPER RIDGE
SLIGHTLY. THE GFS IS A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THE ECMWF IN
BREAKING DOWN THE RIDGE TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK WHICH IS A RESULT
OF TRACKING A STRONGER SHORTWAVE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. MEDIUM
RANGE MODELS BOTH AGREE ON TRANSITIONING TO MORE OF A NW FLOW
PATTERN BY THE WEEKEND BUT AT THIS POINT DO NOT FEEL CONFIDENT
ENOUGH TO START INSERTING PRECIP CHANCES. CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH
THAT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH AT LEAST FRI.

LAWSON

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    73  94  74  98 /  30  10  10  10
HUTCHINSON      71  95  73  99 /  40  10  10  10
NEWTON          72  94  73  98 /  30  10  10  10
ELDORADO        73  93  73  98 /  20  10  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   74  94  74  98 /  20  10  10  10
RUSSELL         67  95  71 100 /  50  10  10  10
GREAT BEND      68  95  72 100 /  50  10  10  10
SALINA          72  97  73  99 /  40  10  10  10
MCPHERSON       72  95  73  99 /  40  10  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     74  92  74  97 /  20  20  10  10
CHANUTE         73  92  74  96 /  20  20  10  10
IOLA            73  92  73  96 /  20  20  10  10
PARSONS-KPPF    74  92  74  96 /  20  20  10  10

&&

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
555 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-211800-
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-
555 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS
GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 135. NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND
WINDS TO 50 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE
EXTREMELY MOIST LOW LEVELS...A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY
PRODUCE SOME BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO
ACCOMPANY MOST OF THE STORMS THIS EVENING WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. HEAT INDICES AREAWIDE ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES.

HIGHER LEVELS OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL AFFECT MUCH OF REGION FOR
NEXT WEEK...WITH HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 DEGREES FOR SUNDAY AND
MONDAY. THE HEAT INDICES COULD APPROACH 105 DEGREES FOR TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS.

.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

KED/CJ/LAWSON

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
715 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

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

0710 PM     TORNADO          GREAT BEND              38.36N 98.81W
06/20/2009                   BARTON             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            UNCONFIRMED DAMAGE IN GREAT BEND.

&&

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
731 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

KSZ067-210100-
RENO-
731 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

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

AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF
NICKERSON TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRETTY PRAIRIE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

CHANCE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
734 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

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

0725 PM     TSTM WND GST     13 E STERLING           38.21N 97.97W
06/20/2009  E60 MPH          RICE               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN.

&&

LFW

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
752 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

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

0751 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 SW MCPHERSON          38.35N 97.69W
06/20/2009                   MCPHERSON          KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORTED BY KAKE TV CHANNEL 10.

&&

CWH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
756 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

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

0755 PM     TORNADO          8 N INMAN               38.34N 97.77W
06/20/2009                   MCPHERSON          KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO IS RAIN WRAPED.

&&

LFW

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
759 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009

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

0755 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 W MCPHERSON           38.37N 97.77W
06/20/2009  E60 MPH          MCPHERSON          KS   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

LFW