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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 369, NWS Wichita, KS

August 3, 2011Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2011, 9:26 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 15 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: Aug 3, 2011, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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, 9:33 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	4 E Norwich, KS	GUSTS RANGED FROM 50-60 MPH 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONWAY SPRINGS.
Aug 3, 9:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	7 W West Wichita, KS	RANGED FROM 60-70 MPH AT WFO WICHITA.
Aug 3, 9:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Wichita, KS	NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES DOWNED. A 10 INCH DIAMETER TREE WAS SNAPPED AT THE BASE. THE WET MICROBURST LASTED FROM 945 PM TO 1005 PM. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED AT PAWNEE AND SENECA. STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THIS AREA.
Aug 3, 9:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	West Wichita, KS	RANGED FROM 60-70 MPH.
Aug 3, 9:45 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 70	West Wichita, KS	RANGED FROM 60-70 MPH.
Aug 3, 9:48 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	West Wichita, KS	CONSISTENTLY BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH.
Aug 3, 9:53 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Wichita, KS	A LARGE DIAMETER MATURE TREE WAS SNAPPED AT 47TH AND HYDRAULIC. POWERLINES WERE DOWNED.
Aug 3, 9:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	West Wichita, KS	REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE AT 21ST AND MAIZE.
Aug 3, 9:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	South Wichita, KS	OCCURRED AT I-135 SOUTH HYDRAULIC INTERCHANGE.
Aug 3, 9:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	West Wichita, KS	RANGED FROM 60-70 MPH AT CENTRAL AND RIDGE.
Aug 3, 9:58 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	West Wichita, KS	REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE AT CENTRAL AND 119TH STREET.
Aug 3, 10:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 S Wichita, KS	8 TO 9 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED. SIDING WAS RIPPED OFF OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING. DAMAGE OCCURRED AT PAWNEE AND BROADWAY.
Aug 3, 10:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Wichita, KS	CONSTRUCTION FENCE WAS DAMAGED AT CENTRAL AND WEST STREET. ROOF DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE PLAZA WEST SHOPPING CENTER AT CENTRAL AND WEST.
Aug 3, 10:02 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 69	Northeast Wichita And J, KS	JABARRA AIRPORT.
Aug 3, 10:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Se Wichita, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 8 TO 10 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWNED IN HIS YARD AND ESTIMATED 70 TO 80 MPH WIND GUSTS.

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 13 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 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 nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.

354 
WUUS53 KICT 040226
SVRICT
KSC173-191-040300-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0369.110804T0226Z-110804T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VIOLA...OR
  22 MILES NORTHWEST OF WELLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
  NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DOWNTOWN WICHITA...VIOLA...CLEARWATER...GODDARD...WEST WICHITA...
  WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT...COLWICH...MAIZE...ANDALE...
  HAYSVILLE...SOUTH WICHITA...MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...MOUNT
  HOPE...EAST WICHITA...VALLEY CENTER...PARK CITY...NORTHEAST
  WICHITA...LAKE AFTON...GARDEN PLAIN AND OAKLAWN.

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 3774 9773 3774 9770 3791 9769 3783 9715
      3780 9715 3744 9738 3739 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 212DEG 19KT 3749 9769
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.88IN

$$

LAWSON

2 follow-up statements

925 
WWUS53 KICT 040248
SVSICT

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

KSC173-191-040300-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0369.000000T0000Z-110804T0300Z/
SUMNER KS-SEDGWICK KS-
948 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SEDGWICK AND
NORTHWESTERN SUMNER COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 944 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 NEAR WICHITA MID CONTINENT
AIRPORT...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DOWNTOWN WICHITA...WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT...WEST WICHITA...
  MOUNT HOPE...COLWICH...SOUTH WICHITA...MAIZE...MCCONNELL AIR FORCE
  BASE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...EAST WICHITA...NORTHEAST
  WICHITA...OAKLAWN...BEL AIRE...KECHI AND JABARA AIRPORT.

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 3774 9773 3774 9770 3791 9769 3783 9715
      3780 9715 3744 9738 3739 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 226DEG 38KT 3765 9747
WIND...HAIL 80MPH 0.88IN

$$

LAWSON

830 
WWUS53 KICT 040254
SVSICT

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

KSC191-040304-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0369.000000T0000Z-110804T0300Z/
SUMNER KS-
954 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SUMNER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3751 9778 3752 9779 3753 9777 3754 9778
      3756 9777 3774 9773 3774 9770 3791 9769
      3783 9715 3780 9715 3749 9735 3748 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 226DEG 38KT 3770 9740

$$

KSC173-040300-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0369.000000T0000Z-110804T0300Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
954 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SEDGWICK
COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 953 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 NEAR WEST WICHITA...OR NEAR
DOWNTOWN WICHITA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY
ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DOWNTOWN WICHITA...MAIZE...MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...PARK CITY...
  EAST WICHITA...VALLEY CENTER...NORTHEAST WICHITA...BEL AIRE...KECHI
  AND JABARA AIRPORT.

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 3751 9778 3752 9779 3753 9777 3754 9778
      3756 9777 3774 9773 3774 9770 3791 9769
      3783 9715 3780 9715 3749 9735 3748 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 226DEG 38KT 3770 9740
WIND...HAIL 80MPH 0.88IN

$$

LAWSON

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 Aug 3, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
653 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

.AVIATION...00Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
FOCUS IS ON PIN-POINTING LOCATIONS OF TSRA THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AS A
MOIST VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER THE GREAT PLAINS.
THRU 04/06Z THE BETTER CHANCES FOR TSRA SHOULD CONTINUE TO OCCUR OVER
SC & SE KS WHERE CLOSER TO A POORLY-DEFINED W-E ORIENTED STATIONARY
FRONT SITUATED ACROSS NRN OK. THESE CELLS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE 60-70
MPH GUSTS IN THESE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. ONLY TERMINAL FOR
WHICH "TEMPO TSRA" HAS BEEN ASSIGNED IS KHUT 00Z-02Z WHERE A NE-MOVG
CELL ~20KTS IS APPROACHING THE TERMINAL...OTHERWISE "VCTS" HAS BEEN
ASSIGNED TO REMAINING TERMINALS DUE TO SPORADIC PRIMARILY DIURNALLY
CONVECTION.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 304 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011/

DISCUSSION...
THE FORECAST AREA REMAINS ON THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE
SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WHICH REMAINED CONFINED TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
STATES. A STATIONARY FRONT WAS DRAPED ACROSS THE AREA FROM NEAR KCFV
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS TO KBVO TO JUST SOUTH OF KPNC IN NORTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA. ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT...DEWPOINTS WERE HOLDING IN
THE 70S RESULTING IN SBCAPES EXCEEDING 5000 J/KG. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH MORE WIDELY SCATTERED ACTIVITY EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ALONG NOSE OF MODEST H7 WAA ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL
KANSAS. THIS SCENARIO WAS HANDLED WELL IN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH
ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MADE.

THU-SAT...A VERY SIMILAR SETUP IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA THU-FRI AS THE STATIONARY FRONT CONTINUES TO MEANDER NEAR THE
OKLAHOMA STATE LINE LEADING TO NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS...TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S/AROUND 100 WILL
COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S LEADING TO MORE OPPRESSIVE HEAT
INDICES AND A CONTINUATION OF HEAT HEADLINES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ONCE AGAIN WITHIN A POST-FRONTAL UPSLOPE REGIME WITH MLCAPES
EXCEEDING 2500 J/KG/0-6KM AND BULK SHEAR OF 30-40 KTS POSSIBLY
SUPPORTING A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG/IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF
THE STATIONARY FRONT. WILL MAINTAIN MID POPS THU NIGHT AS WEAK
SOUTHERLY LLJ NOSES TOWARD THE OK STATE LINE. THE STATIONARY FRONT
IS PROGGED TO LIFT NORTH ON SAT RESULTING IN RISING TEMPERATURES
AS THE WARM SECTOR EXPANDS NORTHWARD ONCE AGAIN.

SUNDAY-WEDNESDAY...A SERIES OF CLIPPER-LIKE SYSTEMS WILL DIG OVER
THE GREAT LAKES AREA EARLY IN THE WEEK HELPING TO BREAK DOWN THE
PERSISTENT MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WHILE DRIVING A COLD FRONT SOUTH
ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TUE-WED
BRINGING RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WITH CONTINUED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AND HIGHS IN THE 80S ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    78 100  77 100 /  30  40  40  20
HUTCHINSON      76  98  76  98 /  30  40  40  20
NEWTON          76  97  77  98 /  30  30  40  30
ELDORADO        77  98  77  99 /  20  30  30  20
WINFIELD-KWLD   78 102  78 103 /  30  40  30  20
RUSSELL         71  91  70  90 /  50  40  50  30
GREAT BEND      72  93  72  94 /  40  40  50  30
SALINA          74  93  74  92 /  40  40  40  30
MCPHERSON       75  96  75  96 /  30  40  40  30
COFFEYVILLE     80 104  79 103 /  30  30  20  20
CHANUTE         78  99  78  99 /  20  20  20  30
IOLA            78  97  78  97 /  20  30  20  30
PARSONS-KPPF    79 102  79 101 /  30  30  20  20

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR KSZ067>070.

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR KSZ071-072-
082-083-091>096-098>100.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 7:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
720 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-050030-
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-
720 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...SOME
OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING 60-70 MPH WINDS AND 1-INCH
DIAMETER HAIL. MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MPH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS. FURTHER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE GUSTS AROUND
50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT
WARNING FOR DETAILS. THE HIGH HEAT INDICES COULD PERSIST ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH
ADDITIONAL HEAT HEADLINES POSSIBLE.

PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR FROM THURSDAY
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.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

ES/MWM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 8:36 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
836 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

KSZ082-040200-
KINGMAN-
836 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

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

AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORWICH...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF KINGMAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

LAWSON

Local storm report, Aug 3, 8:45 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
845 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2011

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

0830 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E TURON               37.81N 98.37W
08/03/2011                   RENO               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWNED 5 MILES WEST OF K-14 AND 4
            MILES NORTH OF RENO/KINGMAN COUNTY LINE.

&&

EPS

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 8:55 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
855 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

KSZ067-082-083-040230-
KINGMAN-RENO-SEDGWICK-
855 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KINGMAN...RENO AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES...

AT 852 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CUNNINGHAM TO 8
MILES SOUTH OF NORWICH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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.

LAWSON

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 9:00 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
900 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

KSZ092-040230-
SUMNER-
900 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

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

AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ARGONIA TO SOUTH HAVEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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.

LAWSON

Local storm report, Aug 3, 9:20 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
920 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2011

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

0918 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 E ARGONIA             37.26N 97.67W
08/03/2011  E60 MPH          SUMNER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            AT LEAST 60 MPH IN MILAN.

&&

EPS

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 9:21 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
921 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

KSZ083-040245-
SEDGWICK-
921 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

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

AT 918 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHENEY...OR 21 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN
WICHITA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

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, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	44 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, 9:52 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

Nearby

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.