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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

July 25, 2012Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2012, 4:58 PM CDT for Barton 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: Jul 25, 2012, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Barton County, KS

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The text

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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.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 25, 3:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 3:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 3:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
346 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-261000-
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-
346 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT

HEAT INDICES OF 104 TO 107 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HEAT
ADVISORY FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING WITH STORM COVERAGE INCREASING
OVERNIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE
STRONGER STORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WINDS IN THE 50 TO 55 MPH RANGE.

VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS LIKELY THIS EVENING...GENERALLY
WEST OF INTERSTATE I-135.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BE SITUATED
THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH SCATTERED STRONG TO MARGINALLY
SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG IT.

EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO COOL A FEW DEGREES
THURSDAY...HEAT INDICES SHOULD ONCE AGAIN WARM BACK INTO THE 100 TO
105 DEGREE RANGE FOR FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND WITH EVEN HOTTER
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR THE START OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT DUE TO THE
EXPECTED ISOLATED NATURE OF SEVERE STORM CHANCES.

&&

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

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:26 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:41 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
441 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

KSZ069-093-252215-
BUTLER-COWLEY-
441 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BUTLER AND COWLEY COUNTIES...

AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOUGLASS...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF
WINFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3766 9693 3747 9674 3733 9714 3748 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 240DEG 17KT 3746 9700

LAUGEMAN

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:44 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 4:51 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 4:57 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
457 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

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

0442 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S DERBY               37.52N 97.26W
07/25/2012                   SEDGWICK           KS   PUBLIC

            2-3 INCH DIAMTER TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN

&&

MWM

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:58 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
458 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

KSZ047-252230-
BARTON-
458 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

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

AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OTIS...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT
BEND...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3869 9903 3870 9874 3844 9875 3846 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 261DEG 22KT 3856 9898

LAUGEMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	29 min
Jul 25, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	33 min
Jul 25, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	36 min
Jul 25, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	34 min
Jul 25, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	34 min
Jul 25, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	31 min
Jul 25, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	35 min
Jul 25, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	25 min
Jul 25, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Greenwood	36 min
Jul 25, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	32 min
Jul 25, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	32 min
Jul 25, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	27 min
Jul 25, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	36 min
Jul 25, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	27 min
Jul 25, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	33 min
Jul 25, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	30 min
Jul 25, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	26 min
Jul 25, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	40 min
Jul 25, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	24 min
Jul 25, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	47 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.