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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Wichita, KS

June 16, 2011Butler County, Cowley County, Elk County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 12:05 PM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 16, 2011, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2011, 12:36 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 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
Jun 16, 12:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 E Atlanta, KS	POWER POLE DOWN
Jun 16, 12:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ne Atlanta, KS	POWER POLL DOWN
Jun 16, 12:21 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND DMG	5 Ne Atlanta, KS	POWER POLL DOWN

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 16 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 nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 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.

928 
WUUS53 KICT 161705
SVRICT
KSC015-035-049-161800-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0214.110616T1705Z-110616T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1205 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR ATLANTA...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINFIELD...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LATHAM.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR 
SOUTHERN BUTLER AND NORTHWEST COWLEY COUNTIES. 

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. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3756 9642 3730 9648 3736 9688 3758 9684
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 272DEG 27KT 3746 9674
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

CARUSO

3 follow-up statements

998 
WWUS53 KICT 161716
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1216 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSC015-035-049-161800-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0214.000000T0000Z-110616T1800Z/
BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-ELK KS-
1216 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ELK...
NORTHEASTERN COWLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM
CDT...

AT 1213 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 ATLANTA...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINFIELD...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN COWLEY...SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER AND
  WESTERN ELK COUNTIES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. 

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3757 9670 3756 9642 3730 9648 3735 9678
TIME...MOT...LOC 1716Z 272DEG 27KT 3742 9666
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

CARUSO

387 
WWUS53 KICT 161729
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1229 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSC015-161739-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0214.000000T0000Z-110616T1800Z/
BUTLER KS-
1229 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

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

LAT...LON 3735 9678 3747 9671 3748 9668 3748 9644
      3746 9644 3730 9648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 272DEG 27KT 3739 9654

$$

KSC035-049-161800-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0214.000000T0000Z-110616T1800Z/
COWLEY KS-ELK KS-
1229 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ELK AND NORTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 1228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GRENOLA...OR 24 MILES EAST OF WINFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN COWLEY AND EXTREME
  WESTERN ELK COUNTIES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. 

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3735 9678 3747 9671 3748 9668 3748 9644
      3746 9644 3730 9648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 272DEG 27KT 3739 9654
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$

CARUSO

004 
WWUS53 KICT 161736
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1236 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSC035-049-161747-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0214.000000T0000Z-110616T1800Z/
COWLEY KS-ELK KS-
1236 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ELK AND
NORTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3735 9678 3747 9671 3748 9668 3748 9644
      3746 9644 3730 9648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 272DEG 27KT 3739 9646

$$

CARUSO

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 16, 6:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
633 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

.AVIATION...12Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
NUMEROUS TSRA GRADUALLY INCREASING FROM SRN NEBRASKA SE ACROSS NRN &
CNTRL KS TO SC KS IN ALIGNMENT WITH FAIRLY WELL-DEFINED SFC-850MB
MOISTURE AXIS. EXPECT TSRA TO PERSIST OVER MUCH OF CNTRL 1/3 OF KS TIL
~15Z WITH CB TOPS WARMING BY THAT TIME. GRADUALLY DIMINISHING CLOUD
COVER WILL INDUCE SE 9-13KT WINDS TO BECOME SLY & INCREASE TO 17-22KTS
OVER MOST AREAS BY 18Z WITH FURTHER INCREASING VELOCITIES LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS HOWEVER WILL DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS & WITH SLOW SE
MOVING COLD FRONT PROGGED TO APPROACH KS TURNPIKE EARLY THIS EVENING
TOWARD MOISTURE-RICH LWR AIRMASS SCT TSRA SHOULD REDEVELOP OVER ERN
1/2 OF KS LATE THIS AFETRNOON & CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. HAVE
LEFT SUCH MENTION OUT OF TAFS FOR NOW SO AS TO ALLOW SUCCESSOR CHANCE
TO EVALUATE SE PROGRESS OF FRONT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 250 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011/

DISCUSSION...
A SUBTLE SHORTWAVE TROUGH EVIDENT ON THE 1.5 POTENTIAL VORTICITY
UNIT (PVU) SURFACE OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO IS PROGGED TO TRANSLATE
EASTWARD TODAY ARRIVING OVER THE GREAT PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD
OF THIS FEATURE...LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE OVER SOUTHEAST
COLORADO IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN ALLOWING A WARM FRONT OVER PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL KANSAS TO BECOME BETTER DEFINED. THIS FRONT MAY PROVIDE A FOCUS
FOR DEEP MOIST CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND THE HIGHEST POPS WILL
REMAIN TIED TO THE EXPECTED POSITION OF THIS SUBTLE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY. FURTHER SOUTH...IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO RULE OUT AN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WITHIN A DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER
HOWEVER THE STRENGTH OF THE CAP MAY FOIL OR THWART OUR CHANCES FOR DEEP
MOIST CONVECTION. IN ADDITION...EARLY MORNING CONVECTION MAY BE
ONGOING OR FESTERING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS WITHIN AREA
OF LOW-MID LVL WAA/H9-H8 MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND ANY LINGERING
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...THEREFORE WILL BUMP POPS UP SLIGHTLY
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WHERE AN ISOLATED STORM OR
TWO WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE EML IS PROGGED TO ADVECT
EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT PROVIDING A CAPPING
INVERSION FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEASTERN MOST COUNTIES.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF DEEP MOIST CONVECTION IS
ANTICIPATED ALONG THE COLD FRONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE PRIMARY CHANGE FROM THE
PREVIOUS FORECAST WAS TO LOWER MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS WHERE EARLY AFTERNOON FROPA IS ANTICIPATED AND BUMP UP POPS
ALONG THE COLD FRONT WHERE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 21Z. MAINTAINED POPS THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS ALONG THE ANTICIPATED FRONTAL LOCATION AS IT BECOMES
STATIONARY WITHIN AREA OF OF H7 WAA/310K ISENTROPIC ASCENT
DOWNSTREAM OF H85 THETA-E AXIS. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER
ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. TRYING TO PINPOINT THE LOCATION OF THE FRONT WILL
REMAIN A CHALLENGE AND WILL KEEP LOW POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AS
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS PROGGED TO MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND
INTO THE PLAINS.

SUN-WED...AN H5 TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PERIOD WILL TRANSLATE EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS EARLY IN THE WEEK
BRINGING INCREASING CHANCES OF DEEP MOIST CONVECTION AND MORE
SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES TO THE GREAT PLAINS.

MWM

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    99  75  98  72 /  30  20  30  20
HUTCHINSON      98  73  92  70 /  30  20  20  20
NEWTON          96  74  96  71 /  40  20  30  20
ELDORADO        96  73 101  71 /  40  20  20  30
WINFIELD-KWLD   98  76 103  74 /  20  20  20  30
RUSSELL         93  70  87  64 /  30  20  10  10
GREAT BEND      97  72  88  66 /  20  20  10  10
SALINA          91  73  90  68 /  50  20  20  10
MCPHERSON       95  73  90  69 /  40  20  20  20
COFFEYVILLE     94  75  98  75 /  40  20  10  20
CHANUTE         92  72  97  74 /  50  30  10  20
IOLA            91  71  96  73 /  50  30  10  20
PARSONS-KPPF    93  74  97  75 /  40  30  10  20

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 4:33 AM CDT, 7 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
433 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-171200-
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-
433 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING
WITH THE BEST COVERAGE EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
RUSSELL TO HUTCHINSON TO WINFIELD. A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH HAIL
UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREATS THIS MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG A
DRYLINE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AND SPREAD EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A STATIONARY FRONT WILL MEANDER OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING POSSIBLE. MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS APPEAR
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...HEAT INDICES MAY EXCEED 100 ACROSS MAINLY
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

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, Jun 16, 10:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1012 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSZ051-052-068-069-161545-
BUTLER-HARVEY-MARION-MCPHERSON-
1012 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

AT 1010 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DURHAM TO
NEWTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

CARUSO

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 10:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1050 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSZ068-069-083-161615-
BUTLER-HARVEY-SEDGWICK-
1050 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

AT 1044 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEWTON TO
MAIZE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

CARUSO

Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1102 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

1053 AM     TSTM WND GST     MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BAS 37.62N 97.27W
06/16/2011  M52 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   ASOS

&&

JMB

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:14 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1114 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSZ068-069-083-161645-
BUTLER-HARVEY-SEDGWICK-
1114 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

AT 1109 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORTHEAST WICHITA...OR 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

CARUSO

Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:49 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1149 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

1142 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE ROSE HILL          37.60N 97.09W
06/16/2011                   BUTLER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER POLL DOWN.

&&

COOK

Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:53 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1153 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

1118 AM     LIGHTNING        3 S BEL AIRE            37.72N 97.27W
06/16/2011                   SEDGWICK           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 1 INJ *** WOMAN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHEN IT CAME IN
            THROUGH THE WINDOW AND STRUCK HER. TREATED AT THE SCENE
            AND REFUSED TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL.

&&

COOK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	19 min
Jun 16, 8:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Saline	29 min
Jun 16, 11:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	56 min
Jun 16, 12:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	55 min
Jun 16, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	45 min
Jun 16, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2011 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.