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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Wichita, KS

July 20, 2009Harper County, Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 2009, 7:46 PM CDT for Harper County, Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 7 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: Jul 20, 2009, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2009, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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
Jul 20, 7:50 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	2 S Runnymede, KS	KAKE CHASER HAD TENNIS BALL TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
Jul 20, 8:02 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 W Danville, KS	GOLFBALL HAIL COVERING GROUND. REPORTED BY KAKE STORM CHASER.
Jul 20, 8:04 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	2 W Danville, KS	REPORTED BY KAKE STORM CHASER
Jul 20, 8:09 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 N Danville, KS	4-8 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN
Jul 20, 8:09 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Freeport, KS
Jul 20, 8:18 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Danville, KS	HAIL ALSO COVERING GROUND AT TIME OF REPORT
Jul 20, 8:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 50	3 S Freeport, KS

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 tornado 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
Jul 20, 5:53 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 81 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 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 
WFUS53 KICT 210046
TORICT
KSC077-095-210130-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0057.090721T0046Z-090721T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
746 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 746 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUNNYMEDE...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF
  ANTHONY...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  DANVILLE...FREEPORT...HARPER...RUNNYMEDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3709 9800 3740 9808 3742 9791 3739 9780
      3714 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 342DEG 20KT 3735 9794

$$

CARUSO

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KICT 210053
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
753 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

KSC077-095-210130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-090721T0130Z/
KINGMAN KS-HARPER KS-
753 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HARPER AND
SOUTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUNNYMEDE...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ANTHONY...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HARPER
AND SOUTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING RUNNYMEDE...DANVILLE
AND FREEPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3709 9800 3740 9808 3742 9791 3739 9780
      3714 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 342DEG 20KT 3731 9792

$$

CARUSO

000 
WWUS53 KICT 210102
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
802 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

KSC095-210112-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-090721T0130Z/
KINGMAN KS-
802 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 800 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 TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3734 9802 3738 9790 3738 9780 3714 9780
      3709 9800
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 339DEG 15KT 3728 9789

$$

KSC077-210130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-090721T0130Z/
HARPER KS-
802 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

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

AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DANVILLE...OR
12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANTHONY...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HARPER
COUNTY...INCLUDING DANVILLE AND FREEPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3734 9802 3738 9790 3738 9780 3714 9780
      3709 9800
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 339DEG 15KT 3728 9789

$$

CARUSO

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 20, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
642 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

.AVIATION...00Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
EVENING...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE
NORTHWEST INTERACTS WITH A FEW FRONTAL BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA.
STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. LATER THIS
EVENING/OVERNIGHT...STORMS OVER NORTHWEST KS AND/OR NE MAY
CONSOLIDATE INTO A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OR TWO AND SURGE SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE AREA...INCREASING THE DAMAGING WIND THREAT. WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR RADAR TRENDS AND ADD TEMPO GROUPS FOR
THUNDERSTORMS AS NEEDED. STOUT NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL LATE
TONIGHT-TOMORROW...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CIGS
SPREADING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA.

KLEINSASSER

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 252 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009/

DISCUSSION...
MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES WILL FOCUS ON AN ACTIVE NORTHWEST FLOW
REGIME AND TIMING OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE WORK WEEK.

TONIGHT
CURRENT SATELLITE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A COUPLE SHORT WAVES
MOVING SOUTHEAST VIA UPPER NORTHWEST FLOW WITH ONE WAVE NOW OVER
NEBRASKA...AND A SECOND MORE ROBUST WAVE APPROACHING THE WESTERN
DAKOTAS. THE FIRST WAVE WAS SPARKING OFF SOME ACTIVITY THIS
AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF KANSAS/NEBRASKA...AND COULD
HELP INITIATE MORE STORMS THIS EVENING FURTHER TO THE WEST.
MEANWHILE...THE SECOND MORE ROBUST WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO RACE
SOUTHEAST AND SHOULD GENERATE MORE ACTIVITY TO THE NORTH WHICH WILL
THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO KANSAS TONIGHT. THE STRENGTH OF THE
MID-UPPER LEVEL WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL STORM
RELATIVE INFLOW WINDS COULD RESULT IN A SEVERE FORWARD PROPAGATING
MCS LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS GREATEST AT
RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS. SOME AREAS COULD ALSO SEE SOME HEAVY
RAINFALL TONIGHT BUT DUE TO EXPECTED FORWARD SPEED OF THE MCS THIS
WOULD MAKE HEAVY RAINFALL MORE ISOLATED.

TUE-THUR
PRECIPITATION ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST AND SOUTH OF AREA
TUESDAY MORNING WITH A COOLER SUMMER DAY IN STORE FOR KANSAS.
WEDNESDAY LOOKS TO START OFF WITH PLEASANT WEATHER CONDITIONS
DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS BEFORE THE NEXT WEATHER IMPULSE TRACKS
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WAVE
COULD GENERATE ANOTHER ROUND OF NORTHWEST FLOW PRECIPITATION FOR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...AS MODELS SHOW ISENTROPIC
LIFT INCREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE 310-315K LAYER. THE ACTIVE
PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AS YET ANOTHER WAVE
PROGGED BY THE MODELS TRACKS SOUTHEAST VIA NORTHWEST FLOW.

EXTEND: FRI-MON
LATEST MODEL TRENDS IN GFS ENSEMBLES/ECMWF MODEL SHOW PRONOUNCED
UPPER TROUGH AXIS REMAINING ANCHORED OVER THE GREAT LAKES
REGION...THUS KEEPING THE CENTRAL PLAINS IN A NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME
ALOFT WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE OF TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
CLIMATOLOGICAL JULY VALUES. A COLD FRONT LOOKS TO MOVE SOUTHWARD
ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES TO FOLLOW FOR THE
WEEKEND. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE ON FRIDAY/FRIDAY
NIGHT WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES LOOK LESS
FAVORABLE FOR THE WEEKEND...BUT ANY WEAK IMPULSE DROPPING SOUTHEAST
IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME(WHICH MODELS WOULD HAVE A DIFFICULT
TIME PICKING UP THIS FAR OUT IN TIME) COULD BACK THE MID-LEVEL WINDS
AND CREATE ENOUGH ISENTROPIC LIFT TO SPARK OFF SOME ACTIVITY. WE
WILL HOLD ONTO SMALL PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR SATURDAY BUT KEEP
THINGS DRY FOR SUNDAY-MONDAY.

JAKUB

AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX ACROSS ERN KS CONTINUES TO WANE AT THIS TIME
..BUT CONVECTION NORTHWEST OF KCNU HAS INTENSIFIED SOME.  SO WILL
KEEP A TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA IN THIS TAF FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS
SOME MORE CONVECTION WILL DRIFT SOUTHEAST.  THE REST OF THE TAF
SITES WILL SEE VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS.

AS SUNSET APPROACHES...FOCUS BEGINS TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH OR NW OF
THE KRSL/KSLN TAF SITES.  CONVECTION LOOKS TO REDEVELOP IN THIS AREA
AND DIVE SOUTH TOWARDS CENTRAL KS AFTER 00Z/TUE.  THIS CONVECTION
LOOKS TO PROPAGATE SOUTH DURING THE 04-09Z/TUE TIME FRAME...BUT
TIMING IS UNCERTAIN. WILL CERTAINLY GO WITH A TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA
IN KRSL/KSLN FOR NOW...BUT WILL GO WITH A VCTS IN KHUT/KICT FOR LATE
THIS EVENING TO COVER THIS CHANCE...BUT NOT CERTAIN ENOUGH IN TIMING
TO INCLUDE A TEMPO GROUP FOR KICT/KHUT JUST YET.  WILL EVENTUALLY
SEE CONVECTION DRIFT SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE KCNU TAF AFTER
06Z/TUE...SO WILL INCLUDE A VCTS IN THIS LOCATION LATE TONIGHT.
MODEL SOUNDINGS HINT AT SOME MVFR CEILINGS POSSIBLY HANGING
AROUND CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KS TAF SITES EARLY ON TUE AFTER
CONVECTION MOVES OUT. NOT ALOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THIS
DEVELOPING...BUT WILL AT LEAST INCLUDE A SCATTERED CLOUD MENTION
AROUND 2500 FEET FOR NOW.

KETCHAM

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    66  83  63  87 /  70  20  10  10
HUTCHINSON      65  82  62  87 /  60  10  10  10
NEWTON          65  82  62  86 /  80  20  10  10
ELDORADO        66  81  60  86 /  90  30  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   68  83  63  88 /  70  20  10  10
RUSSELL         64  83  60  88 /  60  10  10  10
GREAT BEND      64  83  61  88 /  60  10  10  10
SALINA          64  82  61  87 /  80  10   0  10
MCPHERSON       65  82  61  87 /  70  20  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     68  82  62  87 /  90  60  10  10
CHANUTE         67  81  61  85 /  90  60  10  10
IOLA            66  81  60  85 /  90  60  10  10
PARSONS-KPPF    67  81  62  86 /  90  60  10  10

&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 4:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
413 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-212115-
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-
413 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NEBRASKA AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD TOWARDS
CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS
THE REGION. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
OVERNIGHT...AND COULD MERGE INTO LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS WHICH
WOULD THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BECOME THE MAIN HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
BE POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY...MAINLY
ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS THE REGION...AS UPPER LEVEL WEATHER
DISTURBANCES SLIDE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. STRONG
TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE BE NEEDED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN KANSAS TONIGHT.

&&

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

CJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 20, 7:22 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
722 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

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

0721 PM     HAIL             WILSON                  38.83N 98.47W
07/20/2009  M1.00 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME TO QUARTER HAIL BETWEEN DORRANCE AND WILSON....SOUTH
            OF I-70

&&

HARDING

Local storm report, Jul 20, 7:25 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
725 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

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

0725 PM     HAIL             WILSON                  38.83N 98.47W
07/20/2009  M1.00 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND

&&

HARDING

Local storm report, Jul 20, 7:26 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
726 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

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

0726 PM     HAIL             3 NE WILSON             38.86N 98.43W
07/20/2009  M1.75 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   PUBLIC

            HAIL ALMOST COVERING GROUND

&&

HARDING

Local storm report, Jul 20, 7:28 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
728 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

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

0726 PM     HAIL             COTTONWOOD FALLS        38.37N 96.54W
07/20/2009  M0.88 INCH       CHASE              KS   PUBLIC

            ALSO FALLING WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN

&&

HARDING

Local storm report, Jul 20, 7:30 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
730 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

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

0720 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 E RAGO                37.45N 97.97W
07/20/2009  E60 MPH          KINGMAN            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Jul 20, 7:43 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
743 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

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

0739 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 E RAGO                37.45N 97.97W
07/20/2009  M60 MPH          KINGMAN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

HARDING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	53 min
Jul 20, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	64 min
Jul 20, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman	32 min
Jul 20, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton	31 min
Jul 20, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	19 min
Jul 20, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton	32 min
Jul 20, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	63 min
Jul 20, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton	16 min
Jul 20, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	37 min
Jul 20, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	41 min
Jul 20, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	67 min
Jul 20, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	45 min
Jul 20, 9:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	9 hr
Jul 20, 9:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	50 min
Jul 20, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	43 min
Jul 20, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	64 min
Jul 20, 10:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	38 min
Jul 20, 10:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	2 hr
Jul 20, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion	37 min
Jul 20, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	41 min
Jul 20, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick, Sumner	63 min
Jul 20, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	56 min
Jul 20, 11:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	116 min
Jul 20, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	66 min
Jul 21, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	55 min
Jul 21, 12:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood, Woodson	8 hr
Jul 21, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	66 min
Jul 21, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	66 min
Jul 21, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Harper, Sumner	60 min
Jul 21, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson	57 min
Jul 21, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	65 min
Jul 21, 1:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Sumner	6 hr
Jul 21, 2:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	7 hr
Jul 21, 2:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	13 hr
Jul 21, 2:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	6 hr
Jul 21, 3:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	9 hr
Jul 21, 4:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 2 more	5 hr
Jul 21, 8:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	3 hr
Jul 21, 9:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Wilson	9 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.