Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2011, 7:49 PM CDT for Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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
- Jul 24, 2011, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Neosho County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Galesburg, KS | SHINGLES BLOWN OFF A FEW HOMES. |
| Jul 24, 8:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Galesburg, KS | RANGED FROM 50-60 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
823 WUUS53 KICT 250049 SVRICT KSC133-250130- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0340.110725T0049Z-110725T0130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 749 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 746 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 NEAR GALESBURG...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ERIE...ST. PAUL AND SOUTH MOUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA. && LAT...LON 3739 9545 3761 9540 3763 9508 3738 9508 TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 266DEG 21KT 3751 9528 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN $$ DUNTEN
2 follow-up statements
138 WWUS53 KICT 250106 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 806 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 KSC133-250130- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-110725T0130Z/ NEOSHO KS- 806 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 805 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GALESBURG...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF PARSONS... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ERIE...ST. PAUL AND SOUTH MOUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3739 9545 3761 9540 3763 9508 3738 9508 TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 276DEG 9KT 3750 9528 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN $$ DUNTEN
867 WWUS53 KICT 250129 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 829 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 KSC133-250137- /O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-110725T0130Z/ NEOSHO KS- 829 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY IS BEING REISSUED... PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA. LAT...LON 3739 9545 3761 9540 3763 9508 3738 9508 TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 276DEG 9KT 3749 9521 $$ DUNTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 45 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.