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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Wichita, KS

May 24, 20114 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 2 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, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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, 5:18 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	2 Se Ellsworth, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 70 MPH WINDS 1 EAST OF HIGHWAY 4 AND 156.
May 24, 5:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	3 Ne Hesston, KS	AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS 70 MPH WINDS FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES.

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 33 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 226 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -381 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

016 
WUUS53 KICT 242145
SVRICT
KSC053-113-159-169-242245-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0127.110524T2145Z-110524T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE
  STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF STERLING TO HALSTEAD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCPHERSON...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...STERLING...ALDEN...RAYMOND...
  INMAN...MOUNDRIDGE...LYONS...CHASE...LITTLE RIVER...WINDOM...
  CANTON...GALVA...BUSHTON...GENESEO...LORRAINE...HOLYROOD...
  MARQUETTE AND ROXBURY.

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 3896 9737 3817 9737 3817 9847 3886 9848
      3887 9793 3896 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 179DEG 54KT 3812 9831 3798 9752
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

COOK

5 follow-up statements

643 
WWUS53 KICT 242205
SVSICT

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

KSC053-113-159-169-242245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-110524T2245Z/
SALINE KS-RICE KS-MCPHERSON KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
505 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ELLSWORTH...
MCPHERSON...RICE AND SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUSHTON
TO GALVA...MOVING NORTH AT 75 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LINDSBORG...KANOPOLIS...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...HOLYROOD...
  MARQUETTE...KANOPOLIS STATE PARK...ASSARIA...SMOLAN...BROOKVILLE...
  GYPSUM...NEW CAMBRIA...KANAPOLIS...ROXBURY...BRIDGEPORT...ELLSWORTH
  AIRPORT...(SLN)SALINA MUNI ARPT...SALINA AIRPORT AND GLENDALE.

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 3896 9737 3817 9737 3817 9847 3886 9848
      3887 9793 3896 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 182DEG 66KT 3853 9829 3839 9750
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

MCGUIRE

973 
WWUS53 KICT 242215
SVSICT

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

KSC053-113-159-169-242245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-110524T2245Z/
SALINE KS-RICE KS-MCPHERSON KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
515 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ELLSWORTH...
MCPHERSON...NORTHERN RICE AND SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELLSWORTH TO 10 MILES EAST
OF LINDSBORG...MOVING NORTH AT 75 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...ASSARIA...GYPSUM...SMOLAN...
  BROOKVILLE...NEW CAMBRIA...BRIDGEPORT...ELLSWORTH AIRPORT...
  (SLN)SALINA MUNI ARPT...SALINA AIRPORT AND GLENDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9737 3825 9737 3838 9845 3886 9848
      3887 9793 3896 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 182DEG 66KT 3871 9828 3857 9749
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.50IN

$$

MCGUIRE

380 
WWUS53 KICT 242223
SVSICT

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

KSC053-113-159-169-242245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-110524T2245Z/
SALINE KS-RICE KS-MCPHERSON KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
523 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ELLSWORTH...
NORTHERN MCPHERSON...NORTHERN RICE AND SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM
CDT...

AT 518 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM ELLSWORTH TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF GYPSUM...MOVING NORTH AT 70 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 520 PM...70 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED NEAR ELLSWORTH 
WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALINA...NEW CAMBRIA...(SLN)SALINA MUNI ARPT...SALINA AIRPORT AND
  GLENDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9737 3838 9738 3847 9788 3845 9845
      3886 9848 3887 9793 3896 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 183DEG 62KT 3884 9825 3870 9746
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

MCGUIRE

382 
WWUS53 KICT 242239
SVSICT

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

KSC159-242249-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-110524T2245Z/
RICE KS-
539 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN RICE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3887 9792 3896 9793 3896 9737 3850 9739
      3864 9792 3856 9846 3879 9848 3886 9848
      3887 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 199DEG 53KT 3896 9834 3891 9753

$$

KSC053-113-169-242245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-110524T2245Z/
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
539 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ELLSWORTH...
NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILSON TO
NEW CAMBRIA...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3887 9792 3896 9793 3896 9737 3850 9739
      3864 9792 3856 9846 3879 9848 3886 9848
      3887 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 199DEG 53KT 3896 9834 3891 9753
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MCGUIRE

549 
WWUS53 KICT 242245
SVSICT

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

KSC053-113-169-242256-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-110524T2245Z/
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
545 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ELLSWORTH...NORTHEASTERN
MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3887 9792 3896 9793 3896 9737 3850 9739
      3864 9792 3856 9846 3879 9848 3886 9848
      3887 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 199DEG 53KT 3896 9834 3891 9753

$$

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 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 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 30 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, 42 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, 31 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

Special weather statement, May 24, 4:36 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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

KSZ047-242200-
BARTON-
436 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BARTON COUNTY...

AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SEWARD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.

PEOPLE IN BARTON COUNTY...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.

BILLINGS

Local storm report, May 24, 4:38 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
438 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

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

0437 PM     TSTM WND GST     KINGMAN                 37.65N 98.11W
05/24/2011  M60 MPH          KINGMAN            KS   AWOS

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 4:40 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
440 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

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

0427 PM     TSTM WND GST     KINGMAN                 37.65N 98.11W
05/24/2011  M63.00 MPH       KINGMAN            KS   AWOS

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 4:41 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
441 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

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

0437 PM     TSTM WND GST     KINGMAN                 37.65N 98.11W
05/24/2011  M60 MPH          KINGMAN            KS   AWOS

&&

VJP

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, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	35 min
May 24, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	63 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

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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.