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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Wichita, KS

May 24, 2011Chautauqua County, Elk County, Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2011, 7:24 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Elk County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 min. 6 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, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Elk County, KS, Montgomery County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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, 7:44 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Chautauqua, KS	AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS A 12 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB DOWN.
May 24, 7:57 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Caney, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH.
May 24, 8:17 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Chautauqua, KS	SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY OF CHAUTAUQUA.
May 24, 8:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sedan, KS	AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS AN 18 INCH TREE DOWN ON CHAUTAUQUA STREET.
May 24, 8:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 82	Coffeyville Airport, KS
May 24, 8:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	10 N Lenapah, OK	POWERLINES DOWNED IN SOUTH COFFEYVILLE.

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 5 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 20 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 1213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 6.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

684 
WUUS53 KICT 250024
SVRICT
KSC019-049-125-250130-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0142.110525T0024Z-110525T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 721 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 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  CEDAR VALE TO 28 MILES SOUTH OF HULAH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...CHAUTAUQUA...PERU...CANEY...HAVANA...HALE...
  TYRO...DEARING...ELK CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LIBERTY...CHERRYVALE...
  NIOTAZE...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT...BOLTON...COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT AND
  SYCAMORE.

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.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9627 3758 9596 3739 9596 3739 9553
      3738 9552 3700 9553 3699 9572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 210DEG 44KT 3705 9642 3656 9593
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

COOK

3 follow-up statements

989 
WWUS53 KICT 250038
SVSICT

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

KSC019-049-125-250130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-110525T0130Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-
738 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ELK...EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF CEDAR VALE TO 18
MILES SOUTH OF WANN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEDAN...CANEY...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...CHERRYVALE...PERU...
  HAVANA...TYRO...DEARING...ELK CITY...LIBERTY...NIOTAZE...HALE...
  INDEPDENCE ARPT...BOLTON...COFFEYVILLE ARPT AND SYCAMORE.

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 3700 9627 3758 9596 3739 9596 3739 9553
      3738 9552 3700 9553 3699 9572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 210DEG 44KT 3720 9631 3671 9582
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

MCGUIRE

806 
WWUS53 KICT 250040
SVSICT

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

KSC019-049-125-250130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-110525T0130Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-
740 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ELK...EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEDAN TO 15
MILES SOUTH OF WANN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEDAN...CANEY...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...CHERRYVALE...PERU...
  HAVANA...TYRO...DEARING...ELK CITY...LIBERTY...NIOTAZE...HALE...
  INDEPDENCE ARPT...BOLTON...COFFEYVILLE ARPT AND SYCAMORE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVETO A 
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9627 3758 9596 3739 9596 3739 9553
      3738 9552 3700 9553 3699 9572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 210DEG 44KT 3721 9630 3672 9581
WIND...HAIL 80MPH 1.00IN

$$

MCGUIRE

669 
WWUS53 KICT 250126
SVSICT

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

KSC019-049-250136-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-110525T0130Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-
826 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELK AND EASTERN
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3700 9596 3739 9596 3738 9554 3739 9553
      3738 9552 3700 9553 3699 9572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 210DEG 44KT 3770 9595 3721 9546

$$

KSC125-250130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-110525T0130Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-
826 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 822 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 FALL RIVER TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST 
OF MOUND VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3700 9596 3739 9596 3738 9554 3739 9553
      3738 9552 3700 9553 3699 9572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 210DEG 44KT 3770 9595 3721 9546
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

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, 7:00 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 7:00 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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

.AVIATION...00Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU

ONGOING CONVECTION WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE NIGHT WITH
IFR CONDITIONS IN HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION. APPEARS ANOTHER ROUND OF
CONVECTION WILL MOVE THROUGH KHUT/KICT IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS
ASSOCIATED WITH DRYLINE. AFTER ANOTHER SHORT BREAK AND TEMPORARY
CLEARING...APPEARS THAT SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORM WILL
DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF LOW AND ALSO ALONG COLD FRONT LATER
TONIGHT AND MAINLY TOMORROW.  GENERALLY EXPECTING MVFR CEILINGS
WITH PRECIPITATION NEAR UPPER LOW. -HOWERTON

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 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 /  90  70  20   0
NEWTON          60  66  53  69 /  90  60  30   0
ELDORADO        61  70  54  70 /  90  60  30  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   62  73  55  72 /  80  40  30  10
RUSSELL         57  63  51  71 /  90  70  20   0
GREAT BEND      57  63  51  71 /  70  70  20   0
SALINA          59  66  52  71 / 100  70  30  10
MCPHERSON       59  66  53  70 / 100  70  30   0
COFFEYVILLE     65  76  57  69 /  80  50  40  10
CHANUTE         64  73  55  67 / 100  60  50  10
IOLA            63  72  55  66 / 100  60  50  10
PARSONS-KPPF    65  75  56  68 /  90  50  40  10

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 6:33 PM CDT, 51 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, 7:00 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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

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

0624 PM     TSTM WND DMG     9 NE EL DORADO          37.91N 96.74W
05/24/2011                   BUTLER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS THAT A SEMI TRAILER WAS BLOWN
            OVER BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 83 ON THE KANSAS
            TURNPIKE.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 7:01 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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

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

0655 PM     TSTM WND GST     GREAT BEND AIRPORT      38.35N 98.85W
05/24/2011  M62 MPH          BARTON             KS   ASOS

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 7:10 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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

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

0710 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 E HOISINGTON          38.52N 98.74W
05/24/2011                   BARTON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 7:15 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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

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

0711 PM     TSTM WND GST     SUSANK                  38.64N 98.77W
05/24/2011  E60 MPH          BARTON             KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS SUSTAINED 60 MPH WINDS.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 7:16 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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

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

0715 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 W CLAFLIN             38.52N 98.65W
05/24/2011  M75 MPH          BARTON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 24, 7:24 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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

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

0722 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     CLAFLIN                 38.52N 98.54W
05/24/2011                   BARTON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR CLAFLIN AND
            HIGHWAY 4 AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST WITH VERY STRONG
            WINDS UNDERNEATH UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF IT HAS EVER
            TOUCHED THE GROUND.

&&

VJP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Russell	30 min
May 24, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	58 min
May 24, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Reno, Rice	52 min
May 24, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	29 min
May 24, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	59 min
May 24, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	30 min
May 24, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	57 min
May 24, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Rice	24 min
May 24, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	47 min
May 24, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	45 min
May 24, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	25 min
May 24, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	33 min
May 24, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	60 min
May 24, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	63 min
May 24, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	27 min
May 24, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	25 min
May 24, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery	24 min
May 24, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	45 min
May 24, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	47 min
May 24, 9:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	10 hr
May 25, 4:26 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more	15 hr

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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.