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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2010, 5:04 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 12 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
- Apr 24, 2010, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2010, 5:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Apr 24, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 147 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-251900- 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- 147 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. A BRIEF FUNNEL OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO VERY COLD AIR ALOFT IN THE ATMOSPHERE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PUSH THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX INTO THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON FOR A FEW COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. STRONG SOUTH WINDS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL ONCE AGAIN ELEVATED THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX INTO THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. ANOTHER DEEP UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE END OF THE WORK WEEK PROVIDING CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS. AT THIS POINT IT IS DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN THE EXACT TIMING AND LOCATION SO IT IS ADVISED TO CONTINUE TO CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP LAWSON/JMC
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 4:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Russell | 16 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 15 min |
| Apr 24, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 23 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.