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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Wichita, KS

May 24, 20114 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2011, 4:27 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. 12 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: May 24, 2011, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2011, 5:02 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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
May 24, 4:27 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 63	Kingman, KS
May 24, 4:37 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Kingman, KS
May 24, 4:41 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Arlington, KS	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS TREE LIMBS DOWN IN ARLINGTON BUT NO SIZE WAS SPECIFIED.
May 24, 4:41 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 59	1 Sw Yoder, KS	KSN WEATHER LAB SITE MEASURES 59 MPH WIND GUST.
May 24, 4:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hutchinson, KS	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS A 6 INCH TREE LIMB THROUGH A ROOF IN WEST CENTRAL HUTCHINSON.
May 24, 4:51 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 69	Hutchinson, KS	ASOS MEASURES 69 MPH WIND GUST.
May 24, 4:56 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hutchinson, KS	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS 12 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN IN HUTCHINSON.
May 24, 5:02 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Nickerson, KS	POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN VIA EMERGENCY MANAGER AT 82ND AND RIVERTON.
May 24, 5:04 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Abbyville, KS	RAILROAD CROSSING ARM DAMAGED ACCORDING TO EMERGENCY MANAGER AT K14 AND US 50.
May 24, 5:06 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Garden Plain, KS	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS 6 TO 8 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN AS WELL AS SQUARE HAY BALES THROWN 30 FEET AND AN UNOCCUPIED PORTA POTTY THROWN 50 YARDS.
May 24, 5:11 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Andale, KS	KWCH STORM CHASER REPORTS 60 MPH WINDS IN ANDALE.
May 24, 5:12 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Nickerson, KS	POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN VIA EMERGENCY MANAGER AT 82ND AND RIVERTON.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 8 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 0 minutes after it went out.

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
May 24, 3:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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: 434 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -401 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 375 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 420 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

105 
WUUS53 KICT 242127
SVRICT
KSC079-095-155-173-242215-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0125.110524T2127Z-110524T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
427 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GODDARD...OR 18 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN
  WICHITA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...GODDARD...PRETTY PRAIRIE...WEST WICHITA...
  ARLINGTON...ANDALE...COLWICH...MAIZE...MOUNT HOPE...ABBYVILLE...
  HAVEN...PARTRIDGE...SEDGWICK...SOUTH HUTCHINSON...BURRTON...
  HALSTEAD...NICKERSON...BUHLER AND HESSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9846 3818 9822 3816 9821 3816 9815
      3818 9813 3817 9726 3748 9751 3748 9763
      3760 9785 3767 9823
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 194DEG 54KT 3763 9765
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

COOK

4 follow-up statements

794 
WWUS53 KICT 242141
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
441 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

KSC079-095-155-173-242215-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-110524T2215Z/
SEDGWICK KS-RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-HARVEY KS-
441 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HARVEY...
NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN...RENO AND WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL 515
PM CDT...

AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ANDALE...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GODDARD...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 437 PM A WIND GUST TO  60 MPH WAS REPORTED NEAR 
KINGMAN WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOUNT HOPE...HAVEN...SEDGWICK...SOUTH HUTCHINSON...HUTCHINSON...
  BURRTON...HALSTEAD...NICKERSON...NEWTON...BUHLER...NORTH NEWTON...
  HESSTON...PLEVNA...ABBYVILLE...PARTRIDGE...BENTLEY...YODER...
  (HUT)HUTCHINSON MUNI ARPT...HUTCHINSON AIRPORT AND WILLOWBROOK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9846 3818 9822 3816 9821 3816 9815
      3818 9813 3817 9726 3748 9751 3748 9763
      3760 9785 3767 9823
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 194DEG 54KT 3781 9759
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MCGUIRE

310 
WWUS53 KICT 242144
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
444 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

KSC095-242154-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-110524T2215Z/
KINGMAN KS-
444 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3817 9822 3816 9821 3816 9815 3818 9813
      3817 9726 3768 9744 3773 9781 3774 9781
      3773 9785 3787 9829 3817 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 194DEG 54KT 3788 9757

$$

KSC079-155-173-242215-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-110524T2215Z/
SEDGWICK KS-RENO KS-HARVEY KS-
444 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HARVEY...RENO
AND NORTHWESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BENTLEY...OR 5 MILES EAST OF MOUNT HOPE...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEDGWICK...SOUTH HUTCHINSON...HUTCHINSON...BURRTON...HALSTEAD...
  NICKERSON...NEWTON...BUHLER...NORTH NEWTON...HESSTON...
  (HUT)HUTCHINSON MUNI ARPT...HUTCHINSON AIRPORT AND WILLOWBROOK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9822 3816 9821 3816 9815 3818 9813
      3817 9726 3768 9744 3773 9781 3774 9781
      3773 9785 3787 9829 3817 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 194DEG 54KT 3788 9757
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MCGUIRE

442 
WWUS53 KICT 242155
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
455 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

KSC079-155-173-242215-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-110524T2215Z/
SEDGWICK KS-RENO KS-HARVEY KS-
455 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HARVEY...
NORTHERN RENO AND NORTH CENTRAL SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HALSTEAD...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWTON...BUHLER...NORTH NEWTON AND HESSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9822 3816 9821 3816 9815 3818 9813
      3817 9726 3786 9738 3805 9836 3817 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 194DEG 54KT 3804 9752
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MCGUIRE

211 
WWUS53 KICT 242202
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
502 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

KSC079-155-173-242212-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-110524T2215Z/
SEDGWICK KS-RENO KS-HARVEY KS-
502 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HARVEY...NORTHERN RENO AND
NORTH CENTRAL SEDGWICK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM.

LAT...LON 3817 9822 3816 9821 3816 9815 3818 9813
      3817 9726 3786 9738 3805 9836 3817 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 194DEG 54KT 3814 9749

$$

MCGUIRE

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 24, 1:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
125 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

.DISCUSSION...

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE MAIN UPPER WAVE
APPROACHING THE OK PANHANDLE/WESTERN KS WITH SOME MID LEVEL COOLING
CU NOW SHOWING UP OVER FAR SW KS. THIS IS LIKELY THE LEADING EDGE OF
THE COOLER MID LEVEL AIR NEEDED TO ERODE CAP. THEREFORE FEEL THAT
INITIATION ALONG THE DRYLINE COULD OCCUR AS EARLY AS 2 PM WEST OF
THE FORECAST AREA.

DUE TO PLENTY OF INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR...HIGH END SEVERE
WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY STORM THIS AFTERNOON. WITH LACK OF SYNOPTIC
LOW LEVEL TURNING...FEEL THE BEST LONGER TRACK TORNADO THREAT SHOULD
INITIALLY BE FOR STORMS THAT CAN RIDE ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
WHICH EXTENDS FROM MCPHERSON TO NEAR HUTCHINSON. AFTER 22Z THE LOW
LEVEL WINDS BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR LONGER TRACK TORS ACROSS MORE
OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR ANY STORM THAT CAN AVOID BEING CONTAMINATED
BY OTHER STORMS. WITH THIS STRONG OF A WAVE COMING OUT LIKELY
GENERATING NUMEROUS STORMS...FEEL STORM INTERACTION SHOULD BE THE
BIGGEST LIMITING FACTOR FOR LONGER TRACK TORS. HOWEVER HOW THIS
PLAYS OUT WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN QUESTION UNTIL THE STORMS ACTUALLY
INITIATE. -LAWSON

TONIGHT...AN ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER EVENING IS ANTICIPATED AS A
PROGRESSIVE MID/UPPER TROUGH TRANSLATES EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES AND INTO THE GREAT PLAINS. AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER
IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AS LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR
ASCENT SPREADS OVER THE AREA. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH INSTABILITY
AND SHEAR SUPPORTS THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH A WIDESPREAD
OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING VERY LARGE HAIL AND A FEW
STRONG TORNADOES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. DUE TO ANTICIPATED
STORM MOTIONS OF 35-50 KNOTS...THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING
APPEARS TO BE LIMITED ALTHOUGH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

MODEL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS/NAM CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BUT THE
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD WITH A
LULL POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE
TONIGHT/EARLY WED BEFORE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE MID/UPPER
TROUGH. LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR SUBSIDENCE WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA
WED NIGHT BRINGING DIMINISHING CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION.

THU-FRI...SHORTWAVE RIDGING IS PROGGED TO RETURN TO THE CENTRAL
PLAINS ON THU WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER
ANTICIPATED. EXPECT RISING TEMPERATURES ON FRI AND WILL MAINTAIN
LOW POPS AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND
OVER NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS. A SUBTLE RISE IN TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED WITH SEASONABLE VALUES IN THE 70S/AROUND 80.

SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SUPPORT A SIMILAR LARGE-SCALE PATTERN WITH A
MID/UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WEST COAST AND MID/UPPER RIDGING OVER THE
OHIO VALLEY AREA LEADING TO SOUTHWEST MID/UPPER FLOW ACROSS THE
GREAT PLAINS. THIS SHOULD BRING MINIMAL CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS
WITH MILD TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD.

MWM

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    61  71  54  72 /  80  60  30   0
HUTCHINSON      59  65  53  71 /  80  70  20   0
NEWTON          60  66  53  69 /  80  60  30   0
ELDORADO        61  70  54  70 /  80  60  30  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   62  73  55  72 /  80  40  30  10
RUSSELL         57  63  51  71 /  70  70  20   0
GREAT BEND      57  63  51  71 /  60  70  20   0
SALINA          59  66  52  71 /  90  70  30  10
MCPHERSON       59  66  53  70 /  90  70  30   0
COFFEYVILLE     65  76  57  69 /  80  50  40  10
CHANUTE         64  73  55  67 /  80  60  50  10
IOLA            63  72  55  66 /  80  60  50  10
PARSONS-KPPF    65  75  56  68 /  80  50  40  10

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 2:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
215 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-251915-
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-
215 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

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

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IS EXPECTED
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH AND
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. THE AREA OF GREATEST
CONCERN FOR POSSIBLE LONG TRACK STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES WILL
AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...MAINLY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 50 THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS, INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
WICHITA, HUTCHINSON, KINGMAN, EL DORADO, WELLINGTON, AND WINFIELD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS
ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY BUT THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS LOW.

A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES ON FRIDAY
MAY BRING INCREASING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

&&

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

MWM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 4:03 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
403 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

KSZ091-092-242300-
HARPER-SUMNER-
403 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARPER AND SUMNER COUNTIES...

AT 357 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 39 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON...OR 61 MILES
SOUTH OF ANTHONY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PEOPLE IN HARPER AND SUMNER COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF THE STORM MAINTAINS
INTENSITY AND MOVES INTO THE AREA. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE
WEATHER THREATENS.

COOK

Special weather statement, May 24, 4:14 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
414 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

KSZ067-082-083-242145-
KINGMAN-RENO-SEDGWICK-
414 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KINGMAN...RENO AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES...

AT 411 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
NEAR CONWAY SPRINGS...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF WELLINGTON...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

COOK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	67 min
May 24, 7:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	60 min
May 24, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	63 min
May 24, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	60 min
May 24, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	50 min
May 24, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton	31 min
May 24, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	57 min
May 24, 5:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	3 hr
May 24, 5:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	4 hr
May 24, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	45 min
May 24, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	41 min
May 24, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Saline	37 min
May 24, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno, Rice	66 min
May 24, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	60 min
May 24, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	64 min
May 24, 6:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	52 hr
May 24, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Marion	63 min
May 24, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Greenwood, Woodson	61 min
May 24, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	31 min
May 24, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton	32 min
May 24, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.