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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2010, 4:47 PM CDT for Reno County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Sep 15, 2010, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2010, 5:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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 Sep 15, 3:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 3:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 15, 3:49 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 349 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 KSZ067-152115- RENO- 349 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RENO COUNTY... AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARLINGTON...OR 13 MILES WEST OF PRETTY PRAIRIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BILLINGS
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 4:01 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 53 min |
| Sep 15, 2:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Russell | 6 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 62 min |
| Sep 15, 3:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Russell | 5 hr |
| Sep 15, 5:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Saline | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 31 min |
| Sep 15, 10:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 5 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 55 min |
| Sep 15, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick | 63 min |
| Sep 15, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 56 min |
| Sep 15, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 33 min |
| Sep 15, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 66 min |
| Sep 15, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 46 min |
| Sep 15, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 67 min |
| Sep 15, 5:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 2 hr |
| Sep 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Marion | 49 min |
| Sep 15, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 53 min |
| Sep 15, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 55 min |
| Sep 15, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 54 min |
| Sep 15, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 49 min |
| Sep 15, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 35 min |
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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.