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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Wichita, KS

April 14, 2011Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2011, 4:29 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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: Apr 14, 2011, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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
Apr 14, 4:31 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	8 Ne Ellsworth, KS
Apr 14, 4:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1	10 Ne Ellsworth, KS	AT I-70/HIGHWAY 156 INTERCHANGE.

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 2 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
Apr 14, 2:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

857 
WUUS53 KICT 142129
SVRICT
KSC053-105-169-142230-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0063.110414T2129Z-110414T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
429 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 426 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 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LINCOLN...BEVERLY...BARNARD...GLENDALE AND WESTFALL.

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 3921 9791 3897 9792 3897 9783 3895 9782
      3875 9793 3876 9819 3922 9830 3922 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 192DEG 28KT 3886 9813
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JAKUB

3 follow-up statements

112 
WWUS53 KICT 142151
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
451 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

KSC053-105-169-142230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110414T2230Z/
LINCOLN KS-SALINE KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
451 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ELLSWORTH...NORTHWESTERN SALINE AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL
530 PM CDT...

AT 449 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTFALL...OR 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LINCOLN...BEVERLY AND BARNARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER 
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...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 3921 9791 3897 9792 3897 9783 3895 9782
      3875 9793 3876 9819 3922 9830 3922 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 177DEG 35KT 3899 9807
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

DUNTEN

570 
WWUS53 KICT 142201
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
501 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

KSC053-169-142211-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110414T2230Z/
SALINE KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
501 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH AND
NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3921 9791 3897 9792 3897 9824 3922 9830
      3922 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 183DEG 36KT 3907 9804

$$

KSC105-142230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110414T2230Z/
LINCOLN KS-
501 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 458 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEVERLY...OR 6 MILES
EAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BARNARD.

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 3921 9791 3897 9792 3897 9824 3922 9830
      3922 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 183DEG 36KT 3907 9804
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

DUNTEN

247 
WWUS53 KICT 142230
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
530 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

KSC105-142240-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110414T2230Z/
LINCOLN KS-
530 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...

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

LAT...LON 3921 9791 3897 9792 3897 9824 3922 9830
      3922 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 183DEG 36KT 3907 9804

$$

DUNTEN

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 Apr 14, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
300 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

.DISCUSSION...

FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS/CONCERNS FOCUS AROUND SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK
THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FRIDAY

THINKING HAS CHANGED LITTLE SURROUNDING SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK
THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. THINKING SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY
GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST/NORTHEAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM
WELLINGTON TO WICHITA TO HUTCHINSON TO RUSSELL...AS STRONG
SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. DESPITE DEWPOINTS
STRUGGLING TO REACH 60 DEGREES...STRONG FORCING...AMPLE
SHEAR...STEEP LAPSE RATES AND MODEST INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN SEVERE STORMS. LOCATIONS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE
TURNPIKE...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER...LIKELY HAVE
THE GREATEST POTENTIAL TO SEE HIGHER END SEVERE WEATHER DUE TO
BETTER SHEAR AND INSTABILITY...INCLUDING THE RISK FOR STRONG/LONG
TRACKED TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WOULD LIKE
TO SEE HIGHER DEWPOINTS FOR STRONG TORNADOES...BUT THINK THE
THREAT IS STILL THERE GIVEN FORCING AND SHEAR. THE BEST CHANCES
FOR STRONG/LONG TRACKED TORNADOES WILL LIKELY BE OVER
EASTERN/NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHERE BEST SHEAR/INSTABILITY COMBO WILL
BE LOCATED. LOCATIONS GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF THE TURNPIKE SHOULD
ALSO SEE STRONG/SEVERE STORMS DESPITE LOWER INSTABILITY...DUE TO
STRONG FORCING AND SHEAR. DESPITE MARGINAL DEWPOINTS...STEEP LAPSE
RATES IN CONJUNCTION WITH STRONGLY BACKED LOW-LEVEL FLOW MAY
RESULT IN A FEW SHORT-LIVED/WEAKER TORNADOES...ALONG WITH THE
THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS. SEVERE THREAT SHOULD WANE
THROUGH THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST...EXITING SOUTHEAST KANSAS
BY MIDNIGHT.

AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUED TO STACK/BOMB OUT...AREAS OF RAIN SHOWERS
WILL EXPAND/INCREASE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA AFTER
MIDNIGHT...WITH POTENTIALLY A RAIN/SNOW MIX LATE TONIGHT-EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING OVER CENTRAL KS. MARGINAL TEMPERATURES WILL PRECLUDE
ANY ACCUMULATIONS. THE BIG STORY WILL BE THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS OVERSPREADING THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH EVENING. CONCERNED THAT EXTENSIVE CLOUDS WILL INHIBIT MIXING
SOME. HOWEVER...VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND AT LEAST SOME
MIXING SHOULD ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE 35-45 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF
50-60 MPH...STRONGEST WEST OF I-135. CONSEQUENTLY...HOISTED A HIGH
WIND WARNING WEST OF I-135...NOT INCLUDING WICHITA. NIGHT SHIFT MAY
NEED TO EXPAND ANOTHER ROW OF COUNTIES EAST TO INCLUDE THE I-135
CORRIDOR IF CONFIDENCE INCREASES. WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FARTHER
EAST TO INCLUDE MUCH OF SOUTHEAST/EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS.

LOOKING AT RATHER CHILLY TEMPERATURES EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WHICH
COULD APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK GENERALLY WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS.
HOWEVER...FROST POTENTIAL MAY BE MITIGATED DUE TO CONTINUED
NORTHWEST WINDS.

GFS/ECMWF CONSENSUS WOULD SUGGEST THE MONDAY/TUESDAY TIMEFRAME COULD
BE ESPECIALLY ACTIVE...AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY APPROACHES FROM THE WEST
INTERACTING WITH RETURNING GULF MOISTURE. CONSENSUS WOULD SUGGEST
WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES NORTH OF THE FRONT OVER CENTRAL
KANSAS TUESDAY...WITH CONTINUED BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AREAWIDE
WEDNESDAY. THINKING THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AT LEAST MID 30S
TEMPERATURES OVER MAINLY CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

ADK

&&

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

MAIN HAZARDS: THUNDERSTORMS AND STRATUS...THEN STRONG WINDS FRIDAY.

UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT EMERGES FROM CO/NM
TO OVER KS THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO
GET DRAWN RAPIDLY NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL/EASTERN KS AHEAD OF THE
STORM SYSTEM. SCATTERED CONVECTION PROGGED TO DEVELOP INITIALLY
OVER CENTRAL KS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY AFFECTING
RSL/SLN/HUT. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP JUST
EAST OF DRYLINE LATE THIS PM/EVE...ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS AND SERN
KS. CNU WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THIS ACTIVITY...WHILE ICT WILL
BE ON THE WESTERN EDGE AND MAY NOT GET THUNDERSTORMS. STRATUS OVER
EASTERN CO/WESTERN KS/SWRN NE WILL WRAP SOUTHEASTWARD AROUND THE
UPPER LOW INTO CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL KS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
STRONG/GUSTY NW WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY WITH GUSTS OF 40-45 KT
EXPECTED ALONG/W OF I-135...AFFECTING RSL/SLN/HUT/ICT.

JMC

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 50-60
MPH SHOULD SEND THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INTO THE VERY HIGH TO
EXTREME CATEGORY MAINLY ALONG/WEST OF I-135 FRIDAY. DID NOT ISSUE
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH THOUGH DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF NUMEROUS RAIN
SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA...ALONG WITH WELL BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES...WHICH WOULD TEND TO GREATLY LESSEN THE FIRE DANGER.

ADK

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    41  50  34  66 /  40  60  10  10
HUTCHINSON      40  48  32  66 /  50  70  10  10
NEWTON          42  48  33  64 /  50  60  10  10
ELDORADO        43  49  33  64 /  30  60  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   42  52  34  67 /  30  40  10  10
RUSSELL         36  46  30  66 /  70  70  10  10
GREAT BEND      36  47  30  67 /  70  70  10  10
SALINA          44  47  32  65 /  60  70  20  10
MCPHERSON       41  47  32  65 /  60  70  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     45  54  37  65 /  90  60  20  10
CHANUTE         45  53  36  64 /  90  70  20  10
IOLA            45  53  35  63 /  90  70  20  10
PARSONS-KPPF    45  54  36  64 /  90  60  20  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR KSZ049-051>053-
068-069-083-092-093.

HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR KSZ032-033-
047-048-050-067-082-091.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 3:34 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
334 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-152045-
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-
334 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS FOR MOST OF
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...GENERALLY EAST OF A
LINE EXTENDING FROM ARKANSAS CITY TO WICHITA...TO HUTCHINSON TO
RUSSELL. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS...MAINLY EAST OF THE TURNPIKE. BASEBALL SIZE
HAIL AND WINDS TO 75 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE HERE...ALONG WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG...LONG TRACKED TORNADOES. THE SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL WANE DRAMATICALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL
KANSAS. ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW MAY LINGER OVER CENTRAL KANSAS FRIDAY
MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.

VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ON FRIDAY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 35
AND 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY. CONSEQUENTLY...A
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATE
135...ALONG WITH A WIND ADVISORY FURTHER EAST TO INCLUDE MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

THESE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ON FRIDAY WILL ELEVATE THE GRASSLAND
FIRE DANGER INTO THE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME CATEGORY FOR LOCATIONS
GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 135. HOWEVER...THE
POSSIBILITY FOR NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS MAY TEND TO LESSEN THE FIRE
DANGER. STAY TUNED.

TEMPERATURES EARLY SATURDAY MORNING COULD DROP TO NEAR FREEZING
OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...MAINLY ALONG
AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS. ANYONE WITH SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS
SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR SUBSEQUENT OUTLOOKS AND FORECASTS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...WITH LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF THE TURNPIKE HAVING THE
GREATEST RISK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM
ARKANSAS CITY TO WICHITA...TO HUTCHINSON TO RUSSELL.

&&

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

LAWSON/ADK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 4:02 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
402 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

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

0355 PM     HAIL             4 E HOLYROOD            38.59N 98.34W
04/14/2011  E1.00 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Apr 14, 4:12 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
412 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

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

0409 PM     HAIL             1 S ELLSWORTH           38.72N 98.23W
04/14/2011  E1.00 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL A LITTLE BIGGER THAN
            QUARTER SIZED.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Apr 14, 4:17 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
417 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

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

0414 PM     HAIL             ELLSWORTH               38.74N 98.23W
04/14/2011  E1.25 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Apr 14, 4:20 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
420 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

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

0408 PM     HAIL             1 E MCPHERSON           38.37N 97.65W
04/14/2011  E1.00 INCH       MCPHERSON          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATED HAIL A LITTLE BIGGER THAN
            QUARTER SIZED.

&&

VJP

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 4:20 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
420 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

KSZ069-142145-
BUTLER-
420 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

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

AT 416 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
NEAR AUGUSTA...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EL DORADO...AND MOVING NORTH
AT 35 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND 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.

DUNTEN

Local storm report, Apr 14, 4:24 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
424 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

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

0422 PM     HAIL             ATLANTA                 37.44N 96.77W
04/14/2011  E1.00 INCH       COWLEY             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

VJP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 3:11 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more	37 hr
Apr 14, 3:11 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 6 more	37 hr
Apr 14, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	50 min
Apr 14, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	56 min
Apr 14, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	53 min
Apr 14, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	33 min
Apr 14, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	64 min
Apr 14, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	65 min
Apr 14, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	35 min
Apr 14, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	33 min
Apr 14, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	40 min
Apr 14, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Saline	19 min
Apr 14, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	51 min
Apr 14, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	34 min
Apr 14, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	59 min
Apr 14, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Greenwood	29 min
Apr 14, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho	45 min
Apr 14, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	26 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.