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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 395, NWS Wichita, KS

August 9, 2011Barton County, Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2011, 8:38 PM CDT for Barton County, Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 14 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 9, 2011, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.5 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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 9, 9:02 PM CDT	HAIL 0.25	4 Wnw Galatia, KS
Aug 9, 9:10 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Holyrood, KS	CORRECTED FOR TIME. BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR HOLYROOD.
Aug 9, 9:11 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Holyrood, KS
Aug 9, 9:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Holyrood, KS
Aug 9, 9:19 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	8 Se Claflin, KS
Aug 9, 9:20 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Holyrood, KS	BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR HOLYROOD.
Aug 9, 9:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Holyrood, KS
Aug 9, 9:23 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Holyrood, KS
Aug 9, 9:23 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Holyrood, KS
Aug 9, 9:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Bushton, KS	THE CITY OF BUSTON IS WITHOUT POWER.
Aug 9, 9:31 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sw Bushton, KS	NUMEROUS LIMBS DOWN.
Aug 9, 9:31 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Bushton, KS	NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN.
Aug 9, 9:31 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sw Bushton, KS	NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN.
Aug 9, 9:31 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND DMG	5 Sw Bushton, KS	NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN.

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 7 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 33 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
Aug 9, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 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.

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: 548 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

316 
WUUS53 KICT 100138
SVRICT
KSC009-053-159-100230-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0395.110810T0138Z-110810T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
838 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 833 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
  DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS    
  IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH!  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF      
  BUNKER HILL...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELL...AND MOVING        
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...HOISINGTON...WILSON...CLAFLIN...
  HOLYROOD...BUSHTON...LORRAINE...GREAT BEND AIRPORT...ELLSWORTH
  AIRPORT AND FREDERICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... 
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3869 9904 3870 9849 3887 9848 3887 9821
      3848 9818 3826 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 305DEG 30KT 3875 9868
WIND...HAIL 80MPH 2.50IN

$$

ES

3 follow-up statements

303 
WWUS53 KICT 100218
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
918 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

KSC009-053-159-100230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0395.000000T0000Z-110810T0230Z/
RICE KS-BARTON KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
918 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
ELLSWORTH...BARTON AND NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 917 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CLAFLIN...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREAT BEND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELLSWORTH...CLAFLIN...HOLYROOD...BUSHTON...LORRAINE...ELLSWORTH
  AIRPORT AND FREDERICK.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3869 9904 3870 9849 3887 9848 3887 9821
      3848 9818 3826 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 308DEG 34KT 3854 9858
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN

$$

LAWSON

822 
WWUS53 KICT 100225
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
925 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

KSC009-053-159-100230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0395.000000T0000Z-110810T0230Z/
RICE KS-BARTON KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
925 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
ELLSWORTH...BARTON AND NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 921 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LORRAINE TO CLAFLIN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FREDERICK.

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 DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN WICHITA.

&&

LAT...LON 3869 9904 3870 9849 3887 9848 3887 9821
      3848 9818 3826 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 320DEG 33KT 3857 9827 3845 9854
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN

$$

LAWSON

447 
WWUS53 KICT 100230
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
930 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

KSC009-053-159-100240-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0395.000000T0000Z-110810T0230Z/
RICE KS-BARTON KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
930 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN ELLSWORTH...BARTON AND
NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN WICHITA.

LAT...LON 3869 9904 3870 9849 3887 9848 3887 9821
      3848 9818 3826 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 320DEG 33KT 3853 9823 3841 9850

$$

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 9, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
627 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

.UPDATE...

WEAKED GRIDS TO INCREASE POPS SOONER. STORMS ALREADY GOING IN
NORTHWEST KS AND SIMPLE EXTRAPOLATION WOULD PUT THEM ENTERING
NORTHWEST CORNER OF FORECAST AREA AROUND 0100 UTC. HRRR SEEMS TO
HAVE THE RIGHT IDEA...ALTHOUGH STORMS ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 2 HOURS
AHEAD OF ITS SCHEDULE. MORE UPDATES PROBABLE AFTER PERUSING 0000
UTC DATA. OF NOTE...RUC/NAM AND TO LESSER EXTENT GFS APPEAR TO
HAVE BOGUS DRY 850MB BULLSEYE OVER FORECAST AREA OUT OF THE BOX
WHICH LIKELY AFFECTED THEIR SUBSEQUENT FORECAST OF THE BAROCLINIC
ZONE OVER THE AREA. BASED ON VISIBLE SATELLITE...BAROCLINIC ZONE
IS EVIDENT WITH EXPANDING ALTOCUMULUS CASTELLANUS. -HOWERTON

&&

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

MODELS OF LIMITED USE SO FAR...WITH HRRR ONLY MODEL CLOSE TO
ADDRESSING ONGOING CONVECTION. HAVE USED CONCEPTUAL MODEL WITH
STORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK DOWN BAROCLINIC ZONE. SUSPECT AFTER VERY
BRIEF LULL...INCREASING LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL ALLOW ADDITION
RAIN SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP BEHIND MCS AND THESE COULD
LINGER WELL INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON WED. WILL TREND FOR A BREAK
IN PRECIPITATION TOWARD THE END OF FORECAST. UNCERTAIN ON
CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES DURING THE LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING. IF
PRECIPITATION IS WIDESPREAD...COULD SEE MVFR CONDITIONS OVER MUCH
OF THE AREA. -HOWERTON

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 305 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011/

DISCUSSION...

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE CONVECTIVE INTENSITY AND TRENDS
TONIGHT THROUGH WED AFTERNOON.

SYNOPSIS:
IN THE UPPER LEVELS CURRENTLY HAVE A NUMBER OF WAVES AFFECTING THE
CONUS. ONE IS SLIDING THROUGH THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION WITH
ANOTHER APPROACHING THE PACIFIC NW. MEANWHILE ANOTHER PIECE OF
ENERGY IS EJECTING OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND IS MOVING OUT
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS SITUATED
OVER NORTHEAST CO WITH ANOTHER SHOT OF COOLER AIR PUSHING SOUTH
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

TONIGHT-WED:
STORMS HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOPED OVER SW NEBRASKA ALONG THE
SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. THIS IS ALSO IN AN AREA OF STRONG LOW
LEVEL CONVERGENCE JUST NORTHEAST OF THE SURFACE LOW. STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS IN COVERAGE EARLY THIS EVENING OVER
SW NEBRASKA/NW KS AS ISENTROPIC LIFT/MOISTURE TRANSPORT IN THE
310-315K LAYERS RAPIDLY INCREASES. IT IS LIKELY BY 03Z THERE WILL BE
A LARGE MCS TRACKING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL KS. EVEN THOUGH
ELEVATED INSTABILITY IS NOT THAT GREAT...UNSEASONABLY STRONG MID AND
UPPER WINDS SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS WITH
WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. THE MAIN QUESTION IS GOING TO BE THE
TRACK OF THIS MCS AND RIGHT NOW AM KEEPING WITH THE THINKING THAT
THE NE PORTION OF OUR FORECAST AREA WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR
DECENT STORM COVERAGE WITH ICT ON THE SW FRINGES. BOTH THE GFS AND
NAM ARE ALSO HINTING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AFTER 09Z FOR AREAS SOUTH OF HWY 400 AS STRONG INSTABILITY SURGES
INTO THE AREA. FEEL THE BEST THREAT FOR VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE WITH
THIS SECONDARY AREA OF DEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT DUE TO THE PRESENCE
OF MORE INSTABILITY.

BY SUNRISE WED THIS MCS WILL BE ONGOING OVER EAST-CENTRAL KS WITH AN
OVERALL DECREASE IN COVERAGE EXPECTED AS THE AFTERNOON HOURS
APPROACH.

THE OTHER MAIN STORY FOR WED WILL BE THE COOL MAXES. HIGHS ON WED
WILL LIKELY BE THE COOLEST HIGHS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN OVER TWO
MONTHS.

WED NIGHT-FRI NIGHT:
SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION MAY LINGER ACROSS SE KS WED NIGHT AS SOME
WEAK 850-700MB THETA-E ADVECTION MOVES SOUTHEAST. HOWEVER CONFIDENCE
IN THIS OCCURRING IS LOW. BY THU AFTERNOON THE SURFACE HIGH WILL BE
SITUATED OVER CENTRAL MO AS MOISTURE STARTS TO WORK BACK ACROSS THE
HIGH PLAINS. WITH SOME WEAK SUBSIDENCE OVER THE AREA AND THE BEST
RETURN MOISTURE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS...WENT AHEAD AND TOOK OUT POPS
DURING THE DAY THU. 850-700MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND THETA-E
ADVECTION WILL GET CRANKED UP THU NIGHT AS THE SURFACE HIGH
CONTINUES TO SLIDE EAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
SCT CONVECTION. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
STORMS WILL BE FOR THE FRI-FRI NIGHT TIME PERIOD. THIS IS WHEN BOTH
THE GFS AND NAM ARE FORECASTING STRONG SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO DIVE OUT
OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND ACROSS THE MISSOURI VALLEY DURING THE
DAY FRI.

SAT-TUE:
THIS STRONG SHORTWAVE WILL PULL DOWN SOME MORE COOLER AIR WHICH WILL
SETUP A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND ACROSS THE AREA WITH NEAR OR SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL TEMPS. A SLOW WARMUP WILL OCCUR AS WE HEAD INTO THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...BUT NOTHING LIKE HAVE EXPERIENCED FOR MUCH OF
THE SUMMER. PRECIP WILL ENTER BACK INTO THE FORECAST FOR SUN NIGHT
AS THE SURFACE HIGH SLIDES EAST...GETTING US BACK INTO A WARM
ADVECTION PATTERN.

LAWSON

AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU

QUIET/VFR AVIATION WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE
EVENING. BY LATE EVENING...A COMPLEX OR TWO OF THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO TRACK SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN/CENTRAL KS...LIKELY
AFFECTING KRSL-KSLN BY 04-07Z...IN RESPONSE TO STRONG 850-700MB
WARM/MOIST ADVECTION. THIS ACTIVITY...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT...WILL THEN LIKELY AFFECT KHUT-KICT-KCNU
AFTER 07-08Z. STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALL
AREAS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY
RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
SHOULD LINGER WELL PAST DAYBREAK.

ADK

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    70  81  65  84 /  60  50  20  10
HUTCHINSON      67  78  64  84 /  70  50  20  10
NEWTON          66  77  63  84 /  80  60  20  10
ELDORADO        66  80  63  84 /  70  60  30  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   70  85  66  85 /  50  50  30  10
RUSSELL         64  75  62  83 /  70  40  10  10
GREAT BEND      65  77  63  84 /  50  40  10  10
SALINA          66  75  63  83 /  80  50  10  10
MCPHERSON       66  77  63  84 /  80  60  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     70  84  66  84 /  50  70  40  10
CHANUTE         67  79  63  84 /  50  80  40  10
IOLA            66  76  62  83 /  40  80  30  10
PARSONS-KPPF    69  82  65  84 /  50  70  40  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 3:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
344 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-101000-
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-
344 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A COMPLEX OR TWO OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS
MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING
OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS WHERE WINDS TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REENTER THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS
THAT OCCUR THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER ANY REPORTS
OF HAIL OR HIGH WINDS TONIGHT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

&&

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

BILLINGS/LAWSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 9, 8:29 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
829 PM CDT TUE AUG 09 2011

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

0829 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RUSSELL                 38.89N 98.85W
08/09/2011                   RUSSELL            KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            20 INCH TREE BRANCH DOWN

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Aug 9, 8:30 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
830 PM CDT TUE AUG 09 2011

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

0829 PM     HAIL             RUSSELL                 38.89N 98.85W
08/09/2011  E0.50 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL WAS COVERING THE GROUND AND THE POWER WAS KNOCKED
            OUT AT THE DOLLAR GENERAL STORE.

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Aug 9, 8:33 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
833 PM CDT TUE AUG 09 2011

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

0833 PM     HAIL             2 S RUSSELL             38.86N 98.85W
08/09/2011  E1.75 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT MILE MARKER 189 ON INTERSTATE 70.

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Aug 9, 8:34 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
834 PM CDT TUE AUG 09 2011

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

0833 PM     HAIL             1 S BUNKER HILL         38.86N 98.70W
08/09/2011  E1.75 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Aug 9, 8:37 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
837 PM CDT TUE AUG 09 2011

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

0833 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SSE RUSSELL           38.87N 98.85W
08/09/2011  E80 MPH          RUSSELL            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREE BRANCHES DOWN AND POWER IS OUT FOR MOST OF
            THE TOWN.

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Aug 9, 8:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
838 PM CDT TUE AUG 09 2011

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

0833 PM     HAIL             1 SSE RUSSELL           38.87N 98.85W
08/09/2011  E1.25 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY HAIL REPORTED RANGING IN SIZE FROM NICKELS TO HALF
            DOLLAR.

&&

SGS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	67 min
Aug 9, 8:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Russell	24 min
Aug 9, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	40 min
Aug 9, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	51 min
Aug 9, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice	60 min
Aug 9, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Reno, Sedgwick	55 min
Aug 9, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	52 min
Aug 9, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	53 min
Aug 9, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	64 min
Aug 10, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	63 min
Aug 10, 3:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	51 min
Aug 10, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice	62 min
Aug 10, 4:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	40 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.