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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Wichita, KS

May 6, 2010Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2010, 9:14 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 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
May 6, 2010, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2010, 9:33 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2010-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2010-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
522 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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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 May 6, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 4:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
425 PM CDT THU MAY 6 2010

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-072130-
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-
425 PM CDT THU MAY 6 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. THE PRIMARY RISKS WILL BE LARGE HAIL UP
TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. A FEW STRONG
STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL COULD AFFECT AREAS AS FAR
SOUTH AS HIGHWAY 400.

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BEHIND A COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT. PLEASE
REFER TO LATEST WIND ADVISORY FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY FOR MORE DETAILS.

PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE AREA FROM
SUNDAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA.
THERE IS POTENTIAL THAT SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER COULD IMPACT
SOME OF THE AREA...PLEASE CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS FOR
UPDATES AND FURTHER DETAILS ON THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER NEXT
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS
THIS EVENING...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50.

&&

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

KED

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 8:37 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
837 PM CDT THU MAY 6 2010

KSZ049-051-070215-
MCPHERSON-SALINE-
837 PM CDT THU MAY 6 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES...

AT 837 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
NEAR LINDSBORG...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL 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.

BILLINGS
Local storm report, May 6, 9:10 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline28 min
May 7, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln26 min
May 7, 3:35 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell, Saline16 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.