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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Wichita, KS

June 9, 2011Harvey County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2011, 5:51 PM CDT for Harvey County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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: Jun 9, 2011, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Harvey County, KS, Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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
Jun 9, 5:57 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Haven, KS
Jun 9, 5:58 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Haven, KS
Jun 9, 6:01 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Haven, KS

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 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
Jun 9, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 600 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -569 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

707 
WUUS53 KICT 092251
SVRICT
KSC079-155-092345-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0181.110609T2251Z-110609T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
551 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 547 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 HAVEN...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWTON...BURRTON...HALSTEAD...NORTH NEWTON AND NEWTON 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 3795 9801 3809 9779 3811 9769 3808 9751
      3809 9725 3798 9727 3791 9763 3791 9770
      3787 9770 3777 9785
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 243DEG 27KT 3792 9777
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

PEARCE

2 follow-up statements

337 
WWUS53 KICT 092316
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
616 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

KSC079-155-092345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-110609T2345Z/
RENO KS-HARVEY KS-
616 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
HARVEY AND EAST CENTRAL RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BURRTON...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE 
FIRST STORM. THIS SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAVEN. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWTON...HALSTEAD...NORTH NEWTON AND NEWTON 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 3795 9801 3809 9779 3811 9769 3808 9751
      3809 9725 3798 9727 3791 9763 3791 9770
      3787 9770 3777 9785
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 243DEG 27KT 3798 9760
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

KETCHAM

473 
WWUS53 KICT 092330
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
630 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

KSC079-155-092345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-110609T2345Z/
RENO KS-HARVEY KS-
630 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
HARVEY AND EAST CENTRAL RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP
TO BASEBALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HALSTEAD...OR 14 MILES WEST OF NEWTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWTON...HALSTEAD...NORTH NEWTON AND NEWTON AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3789 9793 3806 9775 3809 9725 3798 9727
      3791 9763 3791 9770 3787 9770 3777 9785
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 243DEG 27KT 3798 9756
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.75IN

$$

KETCHAM

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 Jun 9, 3:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 3:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
329 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

.DISCUSSION...

THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TONIGHT AND THEN
THE PLACEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT AND SUBSEQUENT TEMPERATURES.

SYNOPSIS:
A TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED DISTURBANCE IS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON.  ALONG THE EDGE OF THIS TROUGH...A FEW
WEAKER DISTURBANCES ARE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS.  THIS WILL
HELP GIVE SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON.  AT
THE SURFACE THE COLD FRONT WAS OVER SALINA DRAPING SOUTHWEST TOWARD
PRATT AT 3PM.  SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS
THE AREA EARLIER TODAY...BUT THEY DIMINISHED LEAVING SOME SCATTERED
CLOUDS OVER EASTERN KANSAS.  NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT
TEMPERATURES HAVE REACHED INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S...WHILE BEHIND
THE FRONT 80S ARE WIDESPREAD.

TONIGHT - EARLY FRIDAY:
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY
EVENING.  WITH THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FROM THE WAVE MOVING THROUGH
AND PLENTIFUL CAPE (~2000 J/KG) AND SHEAR (~50 KTS).  THE HIGH
RESOLUTION MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT BETWEEN 22-01Z.  THE MAIN CONCERN WILL
BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

AS ANOTHER WAVE MOVES THROUGH THIS LATE TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY
MORNING...MOISTURE TRANSPORT INCREASES...AND THERE IS A HINT THAT
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.

FRIDAY - SATURDAY:
THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MAKE FURTHER SOUTHWESTWARD PROGRESS DURING
THE FRIDAY...BRINGING SOME RELIEF TO THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
THE TRICKY PART OF THE TEMPERATURES IS THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT DURING THE DAY.  CLOUD COVER AND RAIN
COULD KEEP TEMPERATURES EVEN COOLER.  BY FRIDAY NIGHT THE FRONT WILL
HAVE PUSHED INTO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...MOVING THE MAIN PRECIPITATION
AREA WITH IT.

BY SATURDAY THE FRONT WILL RETURN BACK TO THE NORTH OVER WESTERN
KANSAS.  THE RESIDUAL BOUNDARY WILL KEEP THE PLENTIFUL MOISTURE TO
THE NORTH AND EAST AND THE WARMER TEMPERATURES TO THE SOUTH AND
EAST.  THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING
HOURS OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS AS ISENTROPIC LIFT/MOISTURE TRANSPORT
INTERACTS WITH THE BOUNDARY.  THIS AREA WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH
DURING THE DAY...WITH SOME SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBILITIES DURING THE
AFTERNOON NEAR THE BOUNDARY.

SUNDAY - THURSDAY:
WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO THE REGION BY SUNDAY...AS WARM
AIR ADVECTION INCREASES AND THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHWARD.
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS INDICATE THAT A RIDGE WILL BUILD IN
SUNDAY/MONDAY...BUT THEN SHOW A DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH BY MONDAY
NIGHT/TUESDAY.  THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DISCREPANCIES WITH THE MEDIUM
RANGE MODELS BY MID WEEK...BUT THE LATEST 12Z ECMWF HAS COME INTO
BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH THE 12Z GFS.  THIS SHOWS A WAVE MOVING THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY BRINGING ANOTHER FRONT THROUGH.  THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT LOOKS TO STAY NORTH OF THE REGION...AND HAVE KEPT MUCH
OF THE FORECAST DRY AT THIS TIME.

BILLINGS

&&
KCNU
.AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
THUNDERSTORMS IS THE MAIN PROBLEM THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. A
FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEAR KDDC-KSLN. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT BETWEEN 22Z AND 00Z. THIS CONVECTION
SHOULD MOVE EAST AS THE FRONT STARTS TO HEAD THAT WAY THIS
EVENING. INVERTED V SOUNDINGS SUGGEST A LARGE HIGH WIND THREAT
WITH STORMS THIS EVENING.

THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL FRIDAY MORNING...AROUND 15Z...AND
EXTEND ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE
FRONT...CIGS WILL BE VFR...WHICH WILL INCLUDE KRSL. LIKELIHOOD OF
THIS AT KHUT AND KRSL IS LOWER. MORE STORMS EXPECTED ALONG THE
FRONT FRIDAY EVENING.

COOK

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    67  87  65  82 /  40  20  30  50
HUTCHINSON      63  85  62  79 /  40  20  20  40
NEWTON          65  84  62  79 /  40  30  20  40
ELDORADO        65  86  64  81 /  40  30  30  40
WINFIELD-KWLD   69  92  66  84 /  40  20  30  50
RUSSELL         56  79  58  78 /  30  20  10  30
GREAT BEND      58  82  59  79 /  30  20  10  40
SALINA          61  80  60  79 /  40  30  10  20
MCPHERSON       62  83  62  79 /  40  20  10  40
COFFEYVILLE     70  90  68  85 /  40  30  40  40
CHANUTE         69  89  66  81 /  40  40  40  30
IOLA            68  86  65  80 /  40  40  40  30
PARSONS-KPPF    70  90  67  83 /  40  30  40  40

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 3:51 PM CDT, 2 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
351 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-102100-
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-
351 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A STALLED FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR PRATT TO SALINA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY
EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STORMS...THOUGH MOVING NORTHEAST...WILL
GRADUALLY REACH THE FLINT HILLS TONIGHT.

LARGE HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL POSSIBLY RESULTING IN MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...WITH THE
BETTER CHANCES AND POSSIBLY A FEW SEVERE STORMS FOR AREAS EAST
OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN
IN THE FORECAST INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH STRONG
OR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE SATURDAY. CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY BEFORE
RETURNING FOR THURSDAY.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE EVENING...FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF CHANUTE TO
SEDAN LINE AND EAST OF A SALINA TO SYLVIA LINE.

&&

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

BILLINGS/COOK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:11 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
511 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

KSZ051-067-068-092245-
HARVEY-MCPHERSON-RENO-
511 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

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

AT 510 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...OR NEAR HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

PEARCE

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:18 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
518 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2011

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

0518 PM     HAIL             7 SE HUTCHINSON         37.99N 97.82W
06/09/2011  E1.00 INCH       RENO               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:23 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
523 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2011

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

0522 PM     HAIL             9 SE HUTCHINSON         37.97N 97.80W
06/09/2011  E0.88 INCH       RENO               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:35 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
535 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2011

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

0535 PM     HAIL             BURRTON                 38.02N 97.67W
06/09/2011  E1.00 INCH       HARVEY             KS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

SGS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	56 min
Jun 8, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	47 min
Jun 8, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	51 min
Jun 9, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno	58 min
Jun 9, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	38 min
Jun 9, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick	44 min
Jun 9, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	65 min
Jun 9, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	44 min
Jun 9, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	54 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.