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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Wichita, KS

June 16, 20114 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 9:12 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 63 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: Jun 16, 2011, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2011, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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, 9:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Kingman, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATES 60 MPH WINDS ALONG CITY LIMITS OF KINGMAN.
Jun 16, 9:45 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Kingman, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATES NICKEL SIZED HAIL AT KINGMAN CITY LIMITS AND 60 MPH WINDS.
Jun 16, 9:46 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 64	Turon, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURES WINDS TO BE 60 TO 64 MPH.
Jun 16, 9:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 S Yoder, KS	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS POWER POLE SNAPPED IN HALF AT THE INTERSECTION OF YODER AND PLEASANT VALLEY ROADS.
Jun 16, 10:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	5 N Cheney, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATES 70 MPH WINDS ON HIGHWAY 54 JUST 1 MILE INSIDE THE COUNTY LINE.
Jun 16, 10:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 57	1 N Garden Plain, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURES 57 MPH WIND GUST ON HIGHWAY 54 BETWEEN GODDARD AND CHENEY.

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 33 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 16, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 2014 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -356 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 280 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 611 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.

101 
WUUS53 KICT 170212
SVRICT
KSC079-095-155-173-170315-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0225.110617T0212Z-110617T0315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 910 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 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARLINGTON...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF      
  KINGMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS SEVERE WARNING REPLACES  
  THE PREVIOUS WARNING IN AFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUTCHINSON...PARTRIDGE...PRETTY PRAIRIE...SOUTH HUTCHINSON...
  CHENEY...HAVEN...BUHLER...MOUNT HOPE...ANDALE...GODDARD...
  BURRTON...COLWICH...WILLOWBROOK...MT VERNON...YODER...CHENEY
  LAKE...HUTCHINSON AIRPORT...GARDEN PLAIN...LAKE AFTON AND BENTLEY.

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 3801 9846 3818 9771 3786 9749 3756 9756
      3767 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 256DEG 24KT 3786 9808
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JAKUB

3 follow-up statements

070 
WWUS53 KICT 170228
SVSICT

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

KSC079-095-155-173-170315-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0225.000000T0000Z-110617T0315Z/
SEDGWICK KS-RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-HARVEY KS-
928 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
HARVEY...NORTHERN KINGMAN...RENO AND WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL
1015 PM CDT...

AT 924 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
PRETTY PRAIRIE...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGMAN...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUTCHINSON...SOUTH HUTCHINSON...CHENEY...HAVEN...BUHLER...MOUNT
  HOPE...BURRTON...ANDALE...GODDARD...COLWICH...MT VERNON...YODER...
  HUTCHINSON AIRPORT...CHENEY LAKE...GARDEN PLAIN...LAKE AFTON AND
  BENTLEY.

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.

STRONG WINDS AND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM MAY OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY 
RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE 
TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND 
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3801 9846 3818 9771 3786 9749 3756 9756
      3767 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 263DEG 25KT 3782 9795
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

BILLINGS

591 
WWUS53 KICT 170254
SVSICT

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

KSC079-095-155-173-170315-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0225.000000T0000Z-110617T0315Z/
SEDGWICK KS-RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-HARVEY KS-
954 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
HARVEY...NORTHERN KINGMAN...RENO AND WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL
1015 PM CDT...

AT 952 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
MOUNT HOPE...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOUNT HOPE...BURRTON...ANDALE...GODDARD...COLWICH...LAKE AFTON AND
  BENTLEY.

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 3801 9846 3818 9771 3786 9749 3756 9756
      3767 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 263DEG 25KT 3784 9771
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

BILLINGS

029 
WWUS53 KICT 170309
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1009 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSC079-095-155-173-170315-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0225.000000T0000Z-110617T0315Z/
SEDGWICK KS-RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-HARVEY KS-
1009 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
HARVEY...NORTHERN KINGMAN...RENO AND WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL
1015 PM CDT...

AT 1006 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 HALSTEAD...OR 13 MILES WEST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3801 9846 3818 9771 3786 9749 3756 9756
      3767 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 260DEG 46KT 3798 9752
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

BILLINGS

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, 6:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
617 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST AGAIN TONIGHT. UNCLEAR WHAT WILL HAPPEN
WHEN HIGH PLAINS CONVECTION ENCOUNTERS DEEPER OUTFLOW FROM THIS
MORNINGS CONVECTION. SO FAR IT APPEARS TO HAVE HAD LITTLE IMPACT.
CONCERN IS THAT 1800 UTC NAM MAY BE CORRECT BRINGING THE STORMS
INTO CENTRAL KS LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...SIMILAR TO THE
PAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS. HAVE OPTED TO KEEP THE VCTS GOING AT
KRSL/KSLN/KHUT AND CB AT KICT. CLEARLY MVFR CONDITIONS WILL BE
LIKELY FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME IF STORMS GO DIRECTLY OVER A
SITE...BUT ODDS/ABILITY TO ACCURATELY TIME THIS PRECLUDE A TEMPO
GROUP AT THIS TIME.  ALSO APPEARS THAT FRONT WILL WORK ABOUT HALF
WAY ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. OF COURSE THIS
WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE EXTENT OF CONVECTION OVERNIGHT.
GUSTY S-SW WINDS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. -HOWERTON

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 334 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011/

DISCUSSION...

FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE EXITING CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MOVING OUT OF
SOUTHEAST KS...THEN RENEWED STORM CHANCES LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
WRN KS AND AGAIN FRI INTO THE WEEKEND.

THIS EVENING-TONIGHT:
CURRENT CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL KEEP MOVING TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF
THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MOST OF ERN SECTIONS REMAINING
UNDER A BUBBLE HIGH PRESSURE AREA.  THE BIGGER CONCERN WILL BE THE
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CREATED BY THE MORNING COMPLEX THAT EXTENDS BACK TO
THE WEST INTO SW KS. INTERSECTION WITH THIS BOUNDARY AND THE DRY
LINE IN WRN KS NEAR DDC...WILL BE THE CONCERN FOR LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...AS THIS AREA REACHES ITS CONVECTIVE
TEMP...WITH STORMS DEVELOPING.  SW KS WILL BE UNDER A FAIRLY STRONG
CAP....SO THINK THE STORMS WILL BE MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE UNTIL A
WEAK SHORTWAVE IN SERN CO MOVES INTO THE WRN KS. BUT AS THIS
CONVECTION DEVELOPS...IT WILL DRIFT EAST-NORTHEAST TOWARDS CENTRAL
KS LATER THIS EVENING. A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXISTS FOR THE STORMS
TO DEVELOP JUST TO THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA...SO CERTAINLY
COULD SEE A LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT AS IT APPROACHES.

FRI:
PLACEMENT OF THE MAIN SYNOPTIC FRONT WILL BE PROBLEMATIC ON FRI...
AS BOTH THE NAM/WRF AND GFS PUSH THE BOUNDARY SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA....FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. GENERALLY ALONG THE KS
TURNPIKE. THE QUESTION WILL BE CONVECTIVE CHANCES FOR THE AFTERNOON
AS WARM TEMPS ALOFT WILL LEAD TO KEEPING MOST AREAS CAPPED UNTIL THE
LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. EVEN WITH THE STRONG CAP...THINK
SOME ISOLATED STORMS MAY DEVELOP DURING MAX HEATING SO THINK A LOW
POP IS AGAIN WARRANTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE TURNPIKE.  DO
NOT EXPECT ANY CONVECTION THAT CAN GET GOING TO LAST INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS FRI NIGHT. BUT GIVEN A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS THINK
STRONG/SEVERE STORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE.

SAT-SUN:
LOTS OF UNCERTAINLY ON HOW THE WEEKEND WILL PLAY OUT...AS THE WEAK
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN DRAPED ACROSS SRN KS FOR SAT...BEFORE
TRYING TO LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH ON SUN.  INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN
HIGH ACROSS SRN KS....WITH ANY WEAK DISTURBANCE LEADING TO AN
AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE CHANCE. SO WILL KEEP POPS GOING ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA.  POPS FOR LATE SAT INTO SUN WILL BE DIFFICULT AS
WELL...AS UPSLOPE FLOW OVER WRN KS COULD LEAD TO A COMPLEX OF STORMS
DEVELOPING OVER WRN KS LATE SAT NIGHT.  THIS COMPLEX COULD DRIFT
INTO CEN KS EARLY ON SUN...SO WILL KEEP POPS IN THIS AREA EARLY ON
SUN. BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT TO THE NORTH FOR THE DAYTIME ON
SUN INTO NRN KS...WARM TEMPS ALOFT WILL LIMIT ANY SUN AFTERNOON
CONVECTIVE CHANCES ACROSS CENTRAL KS CLOSER TO THE BOUNDARY. SOUTH
OF THIS BOUNDARY...THINK CAPPING INVERSION WILL KEEP SOUTHERN KS DRY
FOR SUN AFTN.

MON-WED:
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DIFFER ON THE HOW THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WILL
PLAY OUT...BUT THE GENERAL TREND LOOKS TO BE THAT THE MID LEVEL FLOW
WILL TURN MORE TO THE NW ON WED...WITH SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPS
EXPECTED FOR THE REGION AS THE MAIN SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES
SOUTH OF THE AREA.

KETCHAM

AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU

DIFFICULT AVIATION FORECAST CAME UNFOLDED TODAY AS AREA OF
CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS CONTINUES TO
MOVE ESE INTO OKLAHOMA. BEHIND THIS CONVECTION...CLOUDS DECREASE
RAPIDLY AND VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL. WINDS WILL SWITCH FROM THE
EAST TO THE SOUTH THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVES
EASTWARD TOWARDS CENTRAL KANSAS. CURRENT MODELS HAVE NOT HANDLE THIS
CONVECTION WELL THEREFORE TRENDED TOWARDS CURRENT SATELLITE AND
UPSTREAM OBSERVATIONS. LATER TODAY EXPECT CONVECTION TO OCCUR
ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND MOVE INTO THE AREA BY 00Z. THIS WILL
HAVE A MAIN IMPACT ON KRSL/KHUT AND EVENTUALLY KSLN/KICT. BECAUSE
OF UNCERTAINTY...MENTIONED VCTS FOR THOSE AREAS. VFR CIGS AND
VSBYS WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW AS CONVECTION WANES
AND MOVES OUT OF THE AREA.

DUNTEN

&&

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

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 4:12 PM CDT, 5 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
412 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-172115-
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-
412 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG A DRYLINE ACROSS WESTERN
KANSAS AND SPREAD EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 135 FROM SALINA TO WICHITA.

.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 MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 135.

&&

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

DUNTEN/KETCHAM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:32 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
832 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

0832 PM     HAIL             1 SE TURON              37.80N 98.42W
06/16/2011  E1.00 INCH       RENO               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:37 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
837 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

0837 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 SW ASH GROVE          39.11N 98.40W
06/16/2011  M61 MPH          LINCOLN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:46 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
846 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

0842 PM     TSTM WND GST     ASH GROVE               39.17N 98.35W
06/16/2011  M62 MPH          LINCOLN            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER HAS MULTIPLE REPORTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH
            WINDS WITH ONE MEASURED REPORT OF 62 MPH ACROSS NORTHWEST
            PORTIONS OF LINCOLN COUNTY.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:54 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
854 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

0852 PM     HAIL             TURON                   37.81N 98.43W
06/16/2011  E0.88 INCH       RENO               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:55 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
855 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

0854 PM     HAIL             1 SE TURON              37.80N 98.42W
06/16/2011  E1.00 INCH       RENO               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:08 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
908 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

0902 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S SYLVAN GROVE        38.99N 98.40W
06/16/2011  E70.00 MPH       LINCOLN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 30 TO 45 MINUTES OF WINDS FROM 60
            TO 70 MPH.

&&

VJP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	55 min
Jun 16, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	64 min
Jun 16, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	51 min
Jun 16, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	47 min
Jun 16, 8:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	3 hr
Jun 16, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	66 min
Jun 16, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	50 min
Jun 16, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	60 min
Jun 16, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	66 min
Jun 16, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner	67 min
Jun 16, 9:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	5 hr
Jun 16, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice, Saline	61 min
Jun 16, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	55 min
Jun 16, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey	46 min
Jun 16, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	65 min
Jun 16, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	54 min
Jun 16, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	55 min
Jun 16, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	49 min
Jun 16, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	52 min
Jun 16, 11:15 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Kingman, Lincoln, Reno, Rice and 1 more	2 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.