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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Wichita, KS

May 16, 2010Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2010, 9:27 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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 16, 2010, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2010, 10:20 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 731 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 16, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 5:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
558 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-172200-
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-
558 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS
EVENING. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY WITH
HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE FOR AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 135 LATE
TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1 MILE IN LOW
LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE FOR AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 135 EARLY ON
MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1 MILE IN
LOW LYING AREAS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FROM TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A FEW STRONG STORMS AND SOME WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 50 FROM EMPORIA TO HUTCHINSON.

.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

COX/KED/LAWSON/KETCHAM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 8:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
801 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

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

0756 PM     HAIL             3 W CHETOPA             37.04N 95.15W
05/16/2010  E0.75 INCH       LABETTE            KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            KJRH OUT OF TULSA...SPOTTER REPORTS DIME HAIL

&&

JMB

Local storm report, May 16, 8:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
807 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

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

0806 PM     HAIL             CHETOPA                 37.04N 95.09W
05/16/2010  E1.50 INCH       LABETTE            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

REC

Local storm report, May 16, 8:30 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
830 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

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

0802 PM     HAIL             2 S CHETOPA             37.01N 95.09W
05/16/2010  E2.75 INCH       LABETTE            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTERS OUT FOR COUNTY REPORT BASEBALL HAIL ALONG THE
            KANSAS/OKLAHOMA STATE LINE. HAIL RANGED FROM 1 WEST OF
            HIGHWAY 59 TO 3 EAST OF HIGHWAY 59 AND ABOUT 2-3 MILES
            INTO OKLAHOMA.

&&

JMB

Special weather statement, May 16, 8:44 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
844 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

KSZ047-050-170215-
BARTON-RICE-
844 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST BARTON AND SOUTHWEST RICE COUNTIES...

AT 841 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELLINWOOD...OR 10 MILES EAST OF GREAT
BEND...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

KLEINSASSER

Special weather statement, May 16, 9:05 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
905 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

KSZ047-050-067-170230-
BARTON-RENO-RICE-
905 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST BARTON...NORTHWEST RENO AND SOUTHWEST
RICE COUNTIES...

AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ELLINWOOD...TO 9 MILES WEST OF RAYMOND...TO HUDSON...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
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.

KLEINSASSER

Special weather statement, May 16, 9:16 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
916 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

KSZ050-067-170245-
RENO-RICE-
916 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST RENO AND SOUTHWEST RICE COUNTIES...

AT 913 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RAYMOND...TO 8
MILES SOUTH OF RAYMOND...TO 5 MILES EAST OF HUDSON...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
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.

KLEINSASSER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	28 min
May 16, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	49 min
May 16, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman	32 min
May 16, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	52 min
May 16, 10:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman	24 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.