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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Wichita, KS

June 20, 2011McPherson County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2011, 3:10 PM CDT for McPherson County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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 20, 2011, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties McPherson County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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 20, 3:23 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 Se Brookville, 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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 13 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 20, 3:08 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 1300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -726 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 473 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 559 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.

701 
WUUS53 KICT 202010
SVRICT
KSC113-169-202100-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0281.110620T2010Z-110620T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
310 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 306 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 MARQUETTE...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCPHERSON...AND
  MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALINA...BROOKVILLE...SMOLAN...NEW CAMBRIA...SALINA AIRPORT AND
  GLENDALE.

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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3896 9743 3859 9766 3859 9792 3896 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 202DEG 36KT 3863 9784
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

COOK

7 follow-up statements

663 
WWUS53 KICT 202023
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
323 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSC113-169-202100-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-110620T2100Z/
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-
323 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 320 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROOKVILLE...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SALINA...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALINA...SMOLAN...NEW CAMBRIA...SALINA AIRPORT AND GLENDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3896 9743 3859 9766 3859 9792 3896 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 202DEG 36KT 3875 9778
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

COOK

744 
WWUS53 KICT 202027
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
327 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSC113-202037-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-110620T2100Z/
MCPHERSON KS-
327 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3896 9743 3882 9751 3861 9765 3861 9792
      3896 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 202DEG 36KT 3879 9776

$$

KSC169-202100-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-110620T2100Z/
SALINE KS-
327 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SALINE COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 324 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
WEST OF SMOLAN...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA...MOVING NORTH AT 40
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALINA...NEW CAMBRIA...SALINA AIRPORT AND GLENDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9743 3882 9751 3861 9765 3861 9792
      3896 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 202DEG 36KT 3879 9776
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

COOK

762 
WWUS53 KICT 202040
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
340 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSC169-202100-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-110620T2100Z/
SALINE KS-
340 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SALINE COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 338 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 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CULVER...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA...MOVING NORTH
AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW CAMBRIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9743 3882 9751 3861 9765 3861 9792
      3896 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 202DEG 36KT 3892 9769
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

COOK

343 
WWUS53 KICT 202049
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
349 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSC169-202100-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-110620T2100Z/
SALINE KS-
349 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SALINE COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 347 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
SALINA...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW CAMBRIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9743 3882 9751 3861 9765 3861 9792
      3896 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 200DEG 57KT 3884 9763
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

COOK

032 
WWUS53 KICT 202049 RRA
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
349 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSC169-202100-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-110620T2100Z/
SALINE KS-
349 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SALINE COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 347 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED...PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SALINA...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW CAMBRIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9743 3882 9751 3861 9765 3861 9792
      3896 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 200DEG 57KT 3886 9763
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

448 
WWUS53 KICT 202051
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
351 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSC169-202100-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-110620T2100Z/
SALINE KS-
351 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SALINE
COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 347 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED...PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SALINA...MOVING NORTH AT 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN SALINE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9764 3871 9773 3896 9780 3896 9748
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 199DEG 60KT 3889 9762
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

684 
WWUS53 KICT 202100
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
400 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSC169-202110-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-110620T2100Z/
SALINE KS-
400 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SALINE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

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

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3870 9764 3871 9773 3896 9780 3896 9748
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 199DEG 60KT 3889 9761

$$

COOK

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 20, 2:31 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:31 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
231 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN: SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT.

TONIGHT:
STRONGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING
AHEAD OF DRYLINE WITH MLCAPES OF 2,500-4,000 J/KG. PACIFIC FRONT
SHOULD BE CATCHING UP TO THE DRYLINE ALONG THE I-135 CORRIDOR
TOWARD 4PM-5PM. MID-LEVEL COOLING CATCHING UP TO THE FRONT/DRYLINE
AND DECENT THETA-E CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY SHOULD PROMOTE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THE DRYLINE/FRONT.
STRENGTHENING DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE MAINLY PARALLEL TO THE
FRONT WITH A SLIGHTLY GREATER ANGLE NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER.
THEREFORE WE EXPECT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AN AXIS
ROUGHLY ALONG OR JUST EAST OF I-135 BY LATE AFTERNOON...WITH THIS
STORM ACTIVITY EVENTUALLY CONGEALING INTO A BROKEN-SOLID QUASI-
LINEAR BAND...TRANSLATING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS
AND SOUTHEAST KS THIS EVENING. VERY LARGE HAIL AND SIGNIFICANT
WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS BAND
OF STORMS. LOW-LEVEL WINDS BACK TO SOUTHEASTERLY EARLY THIS
EVENING IN SOUTHEAST KS AS LCL HEIGHTS LOWER...SO THERE WILL BE AT
LEAST A SMALL POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO THERE. THE BULK OF THE
MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM SHOULD SHIFT EASTWARD OUT OF
SOUTHEASTERN KS AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE 850 FLOW/MOISTURE TRANSPORT
VEERS OUT. CURRENT WIND ADVISORY REASONABLE WITH LITTLE ADJUSTMENT
NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

TUESDAY-THURSDAY:
THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT OF THE UPPER
MIDWEST TO THE GREAT LAKES DURING THIS PERIOD. THERE WILL BE A
LINGERING SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST
COUNTIES UNTIL THE FRONT MOVES OUT TUESDAY EVENING...AND IN THE
WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE AREA OVER OUR NORTHWESTERN-MOST COUNTIES.
OTHERWISE...LINGERING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
BEHIND THE DEPARTING STRONG STORM SYSTEM. A RETURN TO MORE SEASONAL
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED DURING THIS 3 DAY PERIOD.

FRIDAY-MONDAY:
UPPER RIDGING WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER STATES INTO THIS
WEEKEND...WITH THE FASTER WESTERLIES ALOFT OVER THE NORTHERN STATES.
THIS WILL LEAVE OUR AREA IN A MAINLY WEAK ZONAL FLOW ALOFT PATTERN
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WEAK EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES. THE RESULTANT LEE
TROUGHING WILL DRAW LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE/INSTABILITY NORTHWARD INTO
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AT LEAST LOW THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO
THE FORECAST INTO THIS WEEKEND...WITH RELATIVELY HIGHER
PROBABILITIES IN OUR NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES GIVEN THE NW-SE ORIENTED
MID-LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE.

JMC

&&

.AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM REMAINS CONVECTION. DRYLINE HAS MADE IT TO
K9K7 TO P28. WINDS AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE ARE 18030G40KTS...WEST OF
IT THEY ARE 24020G30KTS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE BETWEEN
21Z AND 22Z. THIS WILL AFFECT KCNU LATER THIS EVENING BY 6 TO 8
PM. THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY WHETHER KICT...KHUT...AND
KSLN WILL GET INTO ANY OF THE ACTIVITY. LOOKS LIKE NOW THEY MAY
DEVELOP JUST ALONG OR EAST OF THOSE SITES.

THE STORMS SHOULD EXIT KANSAS BY 5Z. WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT.

CIGS SHOULD BE VFR EXCEPT IN THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

COOK

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    65  85  61  88 /  30  10  10  10
HUTCHINSON      63  84  60  89 /  30  10  10  10
NEWTON          64  83  60  86 /  40  10  10  10
ELDORADO        63  83  59  86 /  60  10  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   66  87  62  90 /  50  10  10  10
RUSSELL         59  81  58  86 /  30  20  20   0
GREAT BEND      60  82  57  88 /  20  10  10   0
SALINA          63  82  60  85 /  30  20  20  10
MCPHERSON       63  83  60  86 /  30  10  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     69  87  64  87 /  70  20  20  10
CHANUTE         67  85  61  84 /  70  20  20  10
IOLA            67  85  61  83 /  70  20  20  10
PARSONS-KPPF    67  85  61  86 /  70  20  20  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ050>053-067>072-
082-083-091>096-098>100.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 11:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1119 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-211630-
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-
1119 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR LOCATIONS
ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 135. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR STORM
DEVELOPMENT IS AFTER 2 PM. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 80 MPH. A FEW BRIEF
TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND EASTERN KANSAS. SEE THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY FOR ADDITIONAL
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY FOR SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL KANSAS. A
FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

THE AREA LOOKS TO GET BACK INTO A PATTERN CONDUCIVE FOR DAILY
STORM DEVELOPMENT BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. STRONG STORMS LOOK POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY FOR
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 135.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:07 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
307 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSZ049-202030-
SALINE-
307 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SALINE COUNTY...

AT 306 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
NEAR MARQUETTE...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

DIME 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.

COOK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 3:47 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 16 more	15 hr
Jun 20, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	32 min
Jun 20, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	60 min
Jun 20, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	36 min
Jun 20, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick	62 min
Jun 20, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	66 min
Jun 20, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion	62 min
Jun 20, 6:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	4 hr
Jun 20, 6:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	4 hr
Jun 20, 6:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	4 hr
Jun 20, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	64 min

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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.