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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

May 29, 2012Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2012, 7:43 PM CDT for Butler County, 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: May 29, 2012, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Butler County, KS

The radar

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 7:29 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
729 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

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

0728 PM     HAIL             2 S CALDWELL            37.01N 97.61W
05/29/2012  E1.00 INCH       SUMNER             KS   STORM CHASER

&&

SGS

Special weather statement, May 29, 7:43 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
743 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

KSZ069-300115-
BUTLER-
743 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

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

AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF LEON...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
EL DORADO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3766 9679 3783 9670 3779 9652 3764 9652
      3756 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 293DEG 9KT 3771 9664

BILLINGS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	24 min
May 29, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	28 min
May 29, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	29 min
May 29, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	30 min
May 29, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	26 min
May 29, 10:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	36 min
May 29, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	30 min
May 29, 11:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	27 min
May 29, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	24 min
May 29, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	26 min
May 29, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	28 min
May 30, 1:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	24 min
May 30, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	32 min
May 30, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	44 min
May 30, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	45 min
May 30, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	65 min
May 30, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	46 min
May 30, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	65 min
May 30, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	64 min
May 30, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	56 min
May 30, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Russell	48 min
May 30, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	54 min
May 30, 5:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	6 hr
May 30, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	43 min
May 30, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	28 min
May 30, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	64 min
May 30, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	51 min
May 30, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	59 min
May 30, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	34 min
May 30, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	57 min
May 30, 6:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	3 hr
May 30, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	34 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.