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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Wichita, KS

August 3, 2011Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2011, 8:16 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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: Aug 3, 2011, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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
Aug 3, 8:17 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 90	12 W Pretty Prairie, KS	SIGNS BLOWN DOWN. OTHER UNSPECIFIED DAMAGE REPORTED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 951 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

002 
WUUS53 KICT 040116
SVRICT
KSC095-155-040200-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0366.110804T0116Z-110804T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
816 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 812 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 8 MILES WEST OF PRETTY
  PRAIRIE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF KINGMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
  PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PRETTY PRAIRIE...HAVEN...MT VERNON...CHENEY LAKE AND YODER.

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 3787 9827 3801 9771 3774 9770 3774 9781
      3771 9781 3769 9821
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 258DEG 15KT 3777 9815
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$

LAWSON

2 follow-up statements

649 
WWUS53 KICT 040124
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
824 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

KSC095-155-040200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0366.000000T0000Z-110804T0200Z/
RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-
824 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
KINGMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF PRETTY
PRAIRIE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF KINGMAN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PENNY
SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PRETTY PRAIRIE...HAVEN...MT VERNON...CHENEY LAKE AND YODER.

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 WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS AN 
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY 
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3787 9827 3801 9771 3774 9770 3774 9781
      3771 9781 3769 9821
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 258DEG 15KT 3778 9811
WIND...HAIL 80MPH 0.75IN

$$

LAWSON

109 
WWUS53 KICT 040154
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
854 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

KSC095-155-040204-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0366.000000T0000Z-110804T0200Z/
RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-
854 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3787 9827 3801 9771 3774 9770 3774 9781
      3771 9781 3769 9821
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 258DEG 15KT 3781 9796

$$

LAWSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	51 min
Aug 3, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	39 min
Aug 3, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	35 min
Aug 3, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice	38 min
Aug 3, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	39 min
Aug 3, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	49 min
Aug 3, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	34 min
Aug 3, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	38 min
Aug 3, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	48 min
Aug 3, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion	42 min
Aug 3, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	46 min
Aug 3, 10:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	9 hr
Aug 3, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion	47 min
Aug 4, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	35 min
Aug 4, 3:54 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 11 more	48 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.