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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Wichita, KS

May 24, 2011Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2011, 6:53 PM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2011, 7:52 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 24, 7:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	3 E Andover, KS
May 24, 7:12 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	4 Sw Augusta, KS	PUBLIC REPORTS VIA ESPOTTER PENNY SIZED HAIL.

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

532 
WUUS53 KICT 242353
SVRICT
KSC015-035-250115-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0137.110524T2353Z-110525T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR UDALL...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINFIELD...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EL DORADO...ROSE HILL...DOUGLASS...ANDOVER...AUGUSTA...TOWANDA...
  LEON...POTWIN...CASSODAY...ROCK...BENTON...ELBING...EL DORADO LAKE
  AND ROSALIA.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3808 9715 3808 9652 3761 9653 3732 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 222DEG 37KT 3746 9710
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

COOK

5 follow-up statements

064 
WWUS53 KICT 250006
SVSICT

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

KSC035-250016-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-110525T0115Z/
COWLEY KS-
706 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3755 9674 3748 9715 3808 9715 3808 9652
      3761 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 210DEG 50KT 3769 9698

$$

KSC015-250115-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-110525T0115Z/
BUTLER KS-
706 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BUTLER COUNTY
UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR AUGUSTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BENTON...LEON...TOWANDA...EL DORADO...POTWIN...ELBING...EL DORADO
  LAKE AND CASSODAY.

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 3755 9674 3748 9715 3808 9715 3808 9652
      3761 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 210DEG 50KT 3769 9698
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

MCGUIRE

406 
WWUS53 KICT 250019
SVSICT

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

KSC015-250115-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-110525T0115Z/
BUTLER KS-
719 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR EL DORADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  POTWIN...ELBING...EL DORADO LAKE AND CASSODAY.

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 3755 9674 3771 9696 3808 9715 3808 9652
      3761 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 210DEG 50KT 3785 9687
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

MCGUIRE

455 
WWUS53 KICT 250029
SVSICT

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

KSC015-250115-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-110525T0115Z/
BUTLER KS-
729 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN BUTLER
COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF EL DORADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CASSODAY.

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 3761 9654 3756 9675 3781 9689 3808 9700
      3808 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 210DEG 50KT 3797 9678
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

MCGUIRE

748 
WWUS53 KICT 250045
SVSICT

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

KSC015-250115-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-110525T0115Z/
BUTLER KS-
745 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 743 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 13 MILES
EAST OF BURNS...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLORENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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 3776 9666 3808 9681 3808 9652 3761 9654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 210DEG 50KT 3816 9664
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MCGUIRE

935 
WWUS53 KICT 250052
SVSICT

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

KSC015-250102-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-110525T0115Z/
BUTLER KS-
752 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

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

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

LAT...LON 3776 9666 3808 9681 3808 9652 3761 9654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 210DEG 50KT 3824 9658

$$

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, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 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, 6:33 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
633 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-
633 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS ACROSS THE AREA. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL ALONG WITH 70 MPH WINDS. TORNADOES
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING ALONG A WARM
FRONT OVER CENTRAL KANSAS.

.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, 6:24 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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

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

0617 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LINDSBORG               38.57N 97.67W
05/24/2011                   MCPHERSON          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 8 TO 10 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS
            DOWN ON 3RD STREET.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 6:27 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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

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

0626 PM     TSTM WND GST     FLORENCE                38.24N 96.93W
05/24/2011  E60 MPH          MARION             KS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FLORENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS WINDS OF 60 MPH AND
            HEAVY RAIN.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 6:32 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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

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

0620 PM     HAIL             4 WNW GALATIA           38.67N 99.02W
05/24/2011  E1.00 INCH       BARTON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER AND NICKEL SIZED HAIL.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 6:36 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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

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

0628 PM     HAIL             8 S GORHAM              38.77N 99.01W
05/24/2011  E1.00 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 6:47 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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

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

0645 PM     TSTM WND GST     PAWNEE ROCK             38.27N 98.98W
05/24/2011  E70 MPH          BARTON             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATES 70 MPH WINDS.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 6:53 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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

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

0650 PM     FLOOD            4 E GREAT BEND          38.36N 98.74W
05/24/2011                   BARTON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS EXTENSIVE FLOODING.

&&

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, 5:39 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

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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.