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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Wichita, KS

May 24, 20116 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2011, 5:39 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 66 min. 3 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, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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, 5:53 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Elbing, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATES WIND GUSTS TO 60 TO 65 MPH.
May 24, 6:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 Se Peabody, KS	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS 60 MPH WINDS AT TIMBER SOUTH OF 40TH.
May 24, 6:26 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Florence, KS	FLORENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS WINDS OF 60 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN.

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 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 5 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.

689 
WUUS53 KICT 242239
SVRICT
KSC015-079-113-115-155-159-242345-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0132.110524T2239Z-110524T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 535 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 HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWTON...MCPHERSON...MARION...HALSTEAD...BUHLER...WHITEWATER...
  POTWIN...INMAN...HESSTON...MOUNDRIDGE...WALTON...LITTLE RIVER...
  WINDOM...BURNS...GOESSEL...PEABODY...GALVA...CANTON...FLORENCE AND
  LEHIGH.

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 3851 9760 3836 9682 3788 9694 3803 9809
      3853 9808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 202DEG 38KT 3809 9790
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

COOK

3 follow-up statements

776 
WWUS53 KICT 242304
SVSICT

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

KSC155-159-242314-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-110524T2345Z/
RICE KS-RENO KS-
604 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RENO AND EASTERN
RICE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3836 9682 3834 9684 3831 9683 3788 9694
      3798 9764 3851 9775 3851 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 202DEG 38KT 3804 9748

$$

KSC015-079-113-115-242345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-110524T2345Z/
MARION KS-MCPHERSON KS-HARVEY KS-BUTLER KS-
604 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
BUTLER...HARVEY...EASTERN MCPHERSON AND SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 600 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 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITEWATER...NEWTON...NORTH NEWTON...HESSTON...MOUNDRIDGE...
  PEABODY...MCPHERSON...GALVA...CANTON...FLORENCE...HILLSBORO...
  MARION...POTWIN...ELBING...WALTON...BURNS...GOESSEL...LEHIGH...
  NEWTON AIRPORT AND MCPHERSON AIRPORT.

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 3836 9682 3834 9684 3831 9683 3788 9694
      3798 9764 3851 9775 3851 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 202DEG 38KT 3804 9748
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MCGUIRE

867 
WWUS53 KICT 242327
SVSICT

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

KSC113-242337-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-110524T2345Z/
MCPHERSON KS-
627 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3836 9682 3834 9684 3829 9683 3788 9694
      3797 9748 3844 9722 3851 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 212DEG 45KT 3807 9732

$$

KSC015-079-115-242345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-110524T2345Z/
MARION KS-HARVEY KS-BUTLER KS-
627 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
BUTLER...EASTERN HARVEY AND SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...

AT 622 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
NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PEABODY...HILLSBORO...MARION...FLORENCE...ELBING...WALTON...BURNS
  AND MARION LAKE.

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 3836 9682 3834 9684 3829 9683 3788 9694
      3797 9748 3844 9722 3851 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 212DEG 45KT 3807 9732
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MCGUIRE

588 
WWUS53 KICT 242342
SVSICT

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

KSC015-079-115-242353-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-110524T2345Z/
MARION KS-HARVEY KS-BUTLER KS-
642 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BUTLER...EASTERN
HARVEY AND SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3836 9682 3834 9684 3829 9683 3788 9694
      3797 9748 3844 9722 3851 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 212DEG 45KT 3824 9718

$$

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, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 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, 3 hours 24 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

Local storm report, May 24, 5:24 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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

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

0519 PM     HAIL             WEST WICHITA            37.69N 97.46W
05/24/2011  M0.88 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE MEASURES NICKEL SIZED HAIL.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 5:26 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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

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

0524 PM     TSTM WND GST     CALDWELL                37.04N 97.61W
05/24/2011  E60 MPH          SUMNER             KS   STORM CHASER

            KWCH STORM CHASER REPORTS 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS NEAR
            CALDWELL.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 5:29 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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

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

0522 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S GREAT BEND          38.29N 98.81W
05/24/2011                   BARTON             KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS 18 TO 20 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN
            NORTH OF K19 AND 281.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 5:30 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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

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

0517 PM     TSTM WND GST     WELLINGTON              37.27N 97.40W
05/24/2011  E60 MPH          SUMNER             KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS HEAVY RAIN AND 60 MPH WINDS.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 5:33 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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

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

0525 PM     TORNADO          7 N ELLINWOOD           38.46N 98.58W
05/24/2011                   BARTON             KS   PUBLIC

            HOUSES DAMAGED

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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

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

0534 PM     TSTM WND GST     HUTCHINSON AIRPORT      38.07N 97.87W
05/24/2011  M59 MPH          RENO               KS   ASOS

&&

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, 4:45 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, 5:45 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.