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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2011Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2011, 7:29 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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: May 19, 2011, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2011, 7:55 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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
May 19, 7:37 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	9 Se Lincoln, KS	BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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
May 19, 1:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 202 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: 36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -338 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 355 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

316 
WUUS53 KICT 200029
SVRICT
KSC105-200115-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0097.110520T0029Z-110520T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
729 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 726 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 BEVERLY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9793 3913 9792 3888 9793 3887 9795
      3893 9815 3923 9806 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 212DEG 34KT 3900 9795
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

DUNTEN

4 follow-up statements

982 
WWUS53 KICT 200038
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
738 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSC105-200115-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110520T0115Z/
LINCOLN KS-
738 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BEVERLY...OR 10 MILES EAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9793 3913 9792 3888 9793 3887 9795
      3893 9815 3923 9806 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 214DEG 24KT 3907 9796
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

BILLINGS

760 
WWUS53 KICT 200044
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
744 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSC105-200115-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110520T0115Z/
LINCOLN KS-
744 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BEVERLY...OR 11 MILES EAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9793 3913 9792 3888 9793 3887 9795
      3893 9815 3923 9806 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 214DEG 24KT 3910 9793
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

BILLINGS

135 
WWUS53 KICT 200046
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
746 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSC105-200115-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110520T0115Z/
LINCOLN KS-
746 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP
TO TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ADA...OR 13 MILES EAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY.

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 3922 9793 3913 9792 3888 9793 3887 9795
      3893 9815 3923 9806 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 214DEG 24KT 3912 9791
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.50IN

$$

BILLINGS

931 
WWUS53 KICT 200055
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
755 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSC105-200106-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110520T0115Z/
LINCOLN KS-
755 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

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

LAT...LON 3922 9793 3913 9792 3888 9793 3887 9795
      3893 9815 3923 9806 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 214DEG 24KT 3917 9787

$$

BILLINGS

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 May 19, 7:15 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 7:15 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
715 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

.UPDATE...

.SHORT TERM...

TONIGHT:
GREATEST SVR POTENTIAL IS SHIFTING N/NE FOCUSING ON NC KS WHERE MLCAPES
OF 500-1000J/KG RESIDE. HOWEVER...SLIGHTLY GREATER MLCAPES ~1,500 J/KG
EXIST OVER WC/CNTRL KS. TRENDS OVER PAST 3 HRS HAS DECREASED SO FOR NOW
WOULD EXPECT TOR #309 TO EXPIRE CLOSE TO SCHEDULE. HAVE REALIGNED POPS
OBVIOUSLY REFLECT MOST RECENT DOPPLER TRENDS WITH GREATEST POPS (50-70%)
SITUATED OVER CNTRL & SC KS (THE LATTER CASE WHERE ANOTHER ROUND OF TSRA
COVERING MOST OF CNTRL/SRN OK WILL SPREADN/NE LATER THIS EVENING. REST
OF FORECAST KEPT INTACT FOR TIME BEING.

&&

.AVIATION...00Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON TSRA POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY OVER CNTRL & SC KS WHERE
TOR #309 REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 02Z. PER DOPPLER TRENDS +TSRA HAVE
SHIFTED N/NE OVER CNTRL/NC KS & AS SUCH HAVE ASSIGNED "TSRA" TO KRSL &
KSLN FOR 1ST 3-4 HOURS OF FORECAST. EXPECT DRY LINE TO RESIDE W AS NIGHT
PROGRESSES...HOWEVER TSRA SHOULD VENTURE SLOWLY E TOWARD SE KS EARLY FRI
MORNING. CONFIDENCE LACKING AS TO EWD EXTENT OF TSRA AS SUCH "VCTS" IS
ASSIGNED TO KCNU TAF THRU 20/12Z. A 2ND FOCUS IS ON CIGS THAT MAY FLIRT
WITH IFR CATEGORY. SUCH CIGS CERTAINLY TO BE EXPECTED IN VICINITY OF
TSRA WHERE 2-4SM VSBYS ARE LIKELY. LIMITED IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED FOR THE
20/12Z-20/18Z PERIOD AS BROAD...RICH LWR-DECK MOISTURE WILL KEEP MOST
TERMINALS IN NO GREATER THAN MVFR CIG STATUS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 258 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011/

DISCUSSION...
THE FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL THROUGH FRIDAY FOLLOWED BY CONTINUED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

AN H3 JET ROUNDING THE BASE OF A MID/UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES WILL HELP TO SHARPEN A DRYLINE OVER THE WESTERN PERIPHERY
OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR
DEEP MOIST CONVECTION/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS WITH
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DRIFT NORTH AND EASTWARD THROUGH THE
NIGHT WITH SUFFICIENT BUOYANCY TO SUPPORT A CONTINUED RISK OF
LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS.

THE MID/UPPER TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES WILL MOVE LITTLE THROUGH
FRIDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALONG THE
DRYLINE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING EARLY IN
THE PERIOD GIVEN WEAK CINH LEADING TO A LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST FOR
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT GIVEN CONTINUED LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR
ASCENT/DIFFLUENT MID-UPPER FLOW DOWNSTREAM OF MID/UPPER TROUGH WILL
MAINTAIN MID POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY...THE MID/UPPER TROUGH IS PROGGED TO TRANSLATE
EAST-NORTHEAST AND EMERGE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS STATES ON
SATURDAY. LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR SUBSIDENCE IS EXPECTED TO
OVERSPREAD MUCH OF KANSAS LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF DEEP MOIST
CONVECTION...HOWEVER THE GFS/NAM BOTH INDICATE A MODEST AMOUNT OF
INSTABILITY ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA WEIGHTED IN THE EAST.
WILL MAINTAIN LOW POPS GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY...HOWEVER WITH MARGINAL
DEEP LAYER SHEAR THE SEVERE POTENTIAL APPEARS TO BE LIMITED AT THIS
TIME. ANOTHER SURGE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS PROGGED ON SUNDAY AS A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIGS INTO THE SOUTHWEST AND LOW PRESSURE AT THE
SURFACE DEEPENS OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

MONDAY-THURSDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS
EJECT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES. A STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY/EARLY WEDNESDAY BRINGING A
DRIER/CONTINENTAL AIRMASS TO THE REGION AND DIMINISHING CHANCES FOR
DEEP MOIST CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO
MODERATE TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD AS A MID/UPPER RIDGE RETURNS
TO THE ROCKIES.

MWM

AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
WITH SOUTHEAST FLOW AT THE SURFACE HAVE A CLASSIC UPSLOPE
SITUATION. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS RESULTING IN IFR
CONDITIONS AT THE KRSL AND KSLN TAF SITES...THEN MVFR CONDITIONS
ELSWEHERE. DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
TO THE WEST A SURFACE DRYLINE IS SETTING UP BETWEEN GREAT BEND AND
DODGE CITY THEN SOUTHWARD ALONG THE TEXAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER. THIS
WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON. STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE KRSL AND KHUT AREAS BY
2200Z THEN INTO KICT AND KSLN BY 0000Z. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
COULD BE SEVERE UNTIL ABOUT 0300Z. THE AREA OF STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE
NORTHEAST AND INTO THE KCNU BY 0400Z. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL
DIMINISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH IFR
CONDITIONS REFORMING OVER MOST OF THE AREA AFTER 0900Z.
/ELDER

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    67  79  62  83 /  70  60  50  20
HUTCHINSON      66  79  60  83 /  60  60  50  20
NEWTON          66  79  62  83 /  70  60  50  20
ELDORADO        67  78  63  82 /  70  60  60  20
WINFIELD-KWLD   68  79  63  83 /  50  60  50  20
RUSSELL         62  79  56  82 /  60  60  50  10
GREAT BEND      63  80  56  83 /  50  60  50  10
SALINA          66  79  61  83 /  80  60  50  20
MCPHERSON       66  79  60  83 /  70  60  50  20
COFFEYVILLE     68  79  66  82 /  50  60  60  30
CHANUTE         68  78  65  81 /  60  60  60  30
IOLA            67  78  64  81 /  60  60  60  30
PARSONS-KPPF    68  78  65  81 /  50  60  60  30

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 3:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
356 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-202100-
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-
356 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS MAINLY ALONG
AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS. THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN WEST OF INTERSTATE 135 WHERE HAIL UP TO
3 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
AROUND 9 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MERGE INTO A LARGE COMPLEX OVERNIGHT MOVING
NORTH AND EAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. WHILE 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS AND HAIL AS
LARGE AS GOLFBALLS ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS...A FEW TORNADOES ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVER THE WEEKEND
BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK. WHILE STRONG TO ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...CONFIDENCE ON THE EXACT TIMING
AND AREAL EXTENT OF ANY ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS LOW AT
THIS TIME. LISTEN FOR THOSE FORECASTS ISSUED THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...GENERALLY WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS...BUT ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM WELLINGTON TO HUTCHINSON
TO ELLSWORTH.

&&

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

MWM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
539 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

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

0535 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 WSW GREAT BEND        38.33N 98.89W
05/19/2011  M60 MPH          BARTON             KS   ASOS

&&

MWM

Local storm report, May 19, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
615 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

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

0557 PM     HAIL             2 NW CHASE              38.38N 98.37W
05/19/2011  E0.25 INCH       RICE               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

Local storm report, May 19, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
627 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

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

0620 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 SW LINCOLN            39.03N 98.16W
05/19/2011                   LINCOLN            KS   STORM CHASER

            HEAVY STREET FLOODING REPORTED ON SR14

&&

MWM

Local storm report, May 19, 6:36 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
636 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

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

0622 PM     HAIL             3 ESE BUSHTON           38.49N 98.35W
05/19/2011  M0.88 INCH       RICE               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

MWM

Local storm report, May 19, 7:06 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
706 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

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

0705 PM     HEAVY RAIN       SYLVAN GROVE            39.01N 98.39W
05/19/2011  M3.25 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAIN FELL IN A TWO HOUR WINDOW FROM 430 PM CDT TO 630 PM
            CDT

&&

MWM

Special weather statement, May 19, 7:21 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
721 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSZ033-200045-
LINCOLN-
721 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

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

AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WESTFALL...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LINCOLN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	32 min
May 19, 9:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	4 days
May 19, 9:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	24 hr
May 19, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	44 min
May 19, 11:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	39 min
May 19, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	61 min
May 20, 12:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	6 hr
May 20, 5:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	25 hr
May 20, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	62 min

Nearby

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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.