Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Wichita, KS

947 
WWUS53 KICT 280041
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
741 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

KSC169-280100-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-110728T0100Z/
SALINE KS-
741 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SALINE
COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 740 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
GYPSUM...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GYPSUM AND NEW CAMBRIA.

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 3897 9737 3861 9737 3861 9765 3867 9765
      3896 9759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 233DEG 15KT 3870 9751
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

BILLINGS

513 
WWUS53 KICT 280057
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
757 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

KSC169-280107-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-110728T0100Z/
SALINE KS-
757 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SALINE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3897 9737 3861 9737 3861 9765 3867 9765
      3896 9759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 233DEG 15KT 3874 9745

$$

BILLINGS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
649 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

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

MAIN AVIATION CONCERN WILL BE CONVECTIVE CHANCES THIS EVENING AND
THEN AGAIN LATE THU AFTERNOON-THU EVENING.

A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NORTH OF KMCI TO NEAR KGBD TO
JUST NORTH OF KDDC. STORMS DEVELOPED AROUND THIS FRONT A COUPLE
HOURS AGO WITH THE EXTREME HEATING WITH THESE STORMS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND 05Z-06Z. STORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ON THU AFTERNOON AS THIS FRONT REMAINS NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF
I-70. CURRENTLY EXPECTING STORMS TO BE A BIT MORE NUMEROUS ON THU
AFTERNOON-THU EVENING DUE TO LESS CAPPING THAN IS IN PLACE NOW.
KRSL-KSLN-KHUT WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THESE STORMS.

LAWSON

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 315 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011/

DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CONCERNS...PROLIFIC HEAT ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA
INTO THURSDAY...THEN CONVECTIVE CHANCES/TRENDS FOR THE END OF
THE WEEK.

TONIGHT-FRIDAY
NEW RECORDS CONTINUE TO BE BLISTERED TODAY AS THE LATEST INTENSE
SURGE OF HEAT BLASTS THE AREA. THE COMPRESSED SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW
JUST AHEAD OF THE SURFACE TROF/FRONT HAS RESULTED IN TEMPS AROUND
110F ALONG/JUST WEST OF I-135 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOME
ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED HIGH BASED CONVECTION TO INITIATE
ALONG THE BOUNDARY TOWARD 22Z WHICH WILL AFFECT AREAS GENERALLY
WEST OF A SALINA TO KINGMAN LINE. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NEBRASKA THIS EVENING...WITH PERHAPS
SOME FESTERING AND/OR DEVELOPMENT FURTHER SOUTH INTO NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS INTO THE NIGHT AIDED BY A MODEST LOW LEVEL JET.

THE SOUTHWARD MOVE AND POSITION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE
FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS AND IMPACT OF THE SHORT TERM FORECAST
THROUGH FRIDAY. DUE TO THE RATHER WEAK AND MORE REMOVED NATURE OF
THE TRANSIENT SHORTWAVES THAT INITIALLY MOVED THIS FRONT
SOUTH...MESOSCALE INFLUENCES WILL BECOME MORE DOMINANT IN PUSHING
THIS BOUNDARY SOUTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL LIKELY BECOME QUASI-STATIONARY DURING
THE DAY THURSDAY ACROSS THE MID-PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA
ROUGHLY CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR. THE RELATIVELY BETTER
CONVECTIVE CHANCES SHOULD RESIDE ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE
BOUNDARY...WITH MORE ROBUST DEVELOPMENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ON THURSDAY. THIS SHOULD HELP PUSH THE EFFECTIVE BOUNDARY
SOUTH TO ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE CURRENT
HEAT HEADLINE LOOKS GOOD...MAINTAINING EXCESSIVE HEAT FOR ONE MORE
DAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS ON THURSDAY.

THE WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ON FRIDAY SHOULD RESIDE ALONG OR
JUST SOUTH OF THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY TRAP SOME
MOISTURE UNDER THE WEAK FLOW/RIDGE ALOFT RESULTING IN A WEAKLY
CAPPED AIRMASS NORTH OF THE FRONT. THEREFORE WILL KEEP SLIGHT
CHANCES FOR MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION. THIS LOOKS TO BE THE
RELATIVELY (LESS HOT) DAY OF THE NEXT SEVEN...WITH HIGHS ONLY IN
THE 90S ACROSS THE AREA.

SATURDAY-WEDNESDAY
THE UPPER RIDGE IS PROGGED TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS IT BUILDS NORTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
CANADA BY SUNDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW ROUGE
STORMS...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY...THE CHANCES FOR CONVECTION LOOK
MUCH MORE ISOLATED UNDER THE BUILDING UPPER RIDGE.

ANOTHER ROUND OF MORE INTENSE HEAT LOOKS ON TAP FOR EARLY NEXT
WEEK WITH HIGHS BACK AROUND 105F ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY
TUESDAY. THERE IS SOME HOPE FOR ANOTHER NORTHERN STREAM UPPER TROF
TO FLATTEN AND RE-ORIENT THE RIDGE BY WEDNESDAY...THOUGH WILL EASE
INTO THIS SCENARIO BY ONLY MOVING THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT
INTO CENTRAL KANSAS.

DARMOFAL

AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
FOCUS IS ON SE PROGRESS OF COLD FRONT THAT HAS CREPT SE OVER NW & WC
KS THIS MORNING. AT 18Z THE FRONT WAS ENCROACHING UPON KRSL BUT THE
BOUNDARY HAS BEEN DECELERATING. AS SUCH HAVE ONLY MOVED ARRIVAL TIME
OF THE WINDSHIFT TO NLY COMPONENT TO 28/00Z...BUT WILL CERTAINLY KEEP
CLOSE WATCH ON IT'S BEHAVIOR. STILL ANTICIPATE SCT TSRA TO DEVELOP
THIS EVENING OVER CNTRL KS AS FRONT STALLS NEAR I-70 CORRIDOR. WOULD
STILL ANTICIPATE LOCALIZED 50-60KT GUSTS FROM A FEW OF THE TSRA. FOR
NOW HAVE ONLY ASSIGNED "VCTS" TO KRSL & KSLN. OTHERWISE ALL 5
TERMINALS TO REMAIN IN VFR STATUS FOR DURATION OF THE 27/18Z TAF
CYCLE.

ES

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    80 104  77  95 /  10  20  30  30
HUTCHINSON      80 103  76  94 /  20  30  30  30
NEWTON          80 103  77  93 /  20  30  40  30
ELDORADO        80 104  77  93 /  10  20  40  30
WINFIELD-KWLD   81 103  78  96 /  10  10  20  20
RUSSELL         74  96  74  93 /  40  30  40  30
GREAT BEND      77  99  74  94 /  30  30  40  30
SALINA          78 100  75  93 /  40  30  40  30
MCPHERSON       80 102  75  93 /  30  30  40  30
COFFEYVILLE     80 103  78  97 /   0  10  20  20
CHANUTE         79 102  77  94 /  10  10  30  30
IOLA            79 102  77  93 /  10  20  40  30
PARSONS-KPPF    79 103  78  94 /  10  10  20  20

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR KSZ051>053-
067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100.

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-
033-047>050.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
348 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-282100-
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-
348 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA. REFER TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.

VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 56 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 135.

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING...MAINLY WEST OF A SALINA TO KINGMAN LINE. THESE STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG TO LOCALLY DAMAGING DOWN-BURST WINDS OF
55 TO 65 MPH. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT
MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...THOUGH THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BE STRONG OR SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY...GENERALLY ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR DETAILS.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO
FRIDAY...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. WHILE
THE RISK FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW...A FEW STORMS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF STRONG TO LOCALLY DAMAGING DOWN-BURST WINDS. THE
CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL END OR BECOME MORE ISOLATED BY SATURDAY.

INTENSE HEAT IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE AREA BY EARLY NEXT
WEEK...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDICES BACK INTO THE
100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE OR EVEN A BIT HIGHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

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

KED

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
552 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

KSZ049-051-272315-
MCPHERSON-SALINE-
552 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

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

AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW CAMBRIA...OR 9 MILES
EAST OF SALINA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS...ANY OF THESE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY
OF PRODUCING DIME SIZED HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 TO 55 MPH.

BILLINGS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
555 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

KSZ048-272330-
ELLSWORTH-
555 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

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

AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LORRAINE...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

BILLINGS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
624 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

KSZ049-051-280000-
MCPHERSON-SALINE-
624 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

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

AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARQUETTE...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MCPHERSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

BILLINGS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
631 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

KSZ048-280000-
ELLSWORTH-
631 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

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

AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF WILSON...OR 12 MILES WEST OF
ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

BILLINGS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
700 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

KSZ049-051-280030-
MCPHERSON-SALINE-
700 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

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

AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LINDSBORG...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF
MCPHERSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

BILLINGS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
702 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

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

0659 PM     TSTM WND GST     W LINDSBORG             38.57N 97.68W
07/27/2011  E55 MPH          MCPHERSON          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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