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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Wichita, KS

April 8, 20114 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2011, 8:52 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2011, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2011, 9:24 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 8, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

574 
WUUS53 KICT 090152
SVRICT
KSC077-095-155-173-090245-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0049.110409T0152Z-110409T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
852 PM CDT FRI APR 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 850 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 NORWICH...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANTHONY...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORWICH...CHENEY...ANDALE...COLWICH...MURDOCK...MT VERNON...GARDEN
  PLAIN AND CHENEY LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3738 9802 3787 9783 3780 9746 3746 9775
      3746 9780 3740 9780 3731 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 211DEG 26KT 3741 9788
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MCGUIRE
2 follow-up statements
476 
WWUS53 KICT 090159
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
859 PM CDT FRI APR 8 2011

KSC077-090209-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110409T0245Z/
HARPER KS-
859 PM CDT FRI APR 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARPER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT SOUTHERN HARPER 
COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

LAT...LON 3742 9800 3787 9783 3780 9746 3746 9775
      3746 9780 3740 9780 3739 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 211DEG 26KT 3745 9785

$$

KSC095-155-173-090245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110409T0245Z/
RENO KS-SEDGWICK KS-KINGMAN KS-
859 PM CDT FRI APR 8 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
KINGMAN...WESTERN SEDGWICK AND SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 945
PM CDT...

AT 855 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED...PRODUCING  PING
PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORWICH...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINGMAN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHENEY...ANDALE...COLWICH...MURDOCK...MT VERNON...GARDEN PLAIN AND
  CHENEY LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3742 9800 3787 9783 3780 9746 3746 9775
      3746 9780 3740 9780 3739 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 211DEG 26KT 3745 9785
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

MCGUIRE
670 
WWUS53 KICT 090224
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
924 PM CDT FRI APR 8 2011

KSC095-155-173-090234-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110409T0245Z/
RENO KS-SEDGWICK KS-KINGMAN KS-
924 PM CDT FRI APR 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KINGMAN...WESTERN
SEDGWICK AND SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
EASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3742 9800 3787 9783 3780 9746 3746 9775
      3746 9780 3740 9780 3739 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 211DEG 26KT 3760 9773

$$

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler58 min
Apr 8, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner39 min
Apr 8, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner53 min
Apr 8, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick60 min
Apr 8, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick26 min
Apr 8, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley34 min
Apr 8, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Sumner35 min
Apr 8, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Marion53 min
Apr 8, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner65 min
Apr 8, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner57 min
Apr 8, 9:30 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Sedgwick2 hr
Apr 8, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner42 min
Apr 8, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley20 min
Apr 8, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChase25 min
Apr 8, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson25 min
Apr 8, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood54 min
Apr 8, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler27 min
Apr 8, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson47 min
Apr 9, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho39 min
Apr 9, 4:10 AM CDTRed Flag WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell15 hr
Apr 9, 3:55 PM CDTRed Flag WarningICTBarton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 17 more29 hr
Apr 9, 4:28 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICTAllen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.