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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

September 7, 2012Elk County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2012, 4:22 PM CDT for Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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: Sep 7, 2012, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Elk County, KS

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 7, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
318 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

.DISCUSSION...

FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH EARLY EVENING
OVER SOUTHEAST KS...COOL DOWN OVER THE WEEKEND...WARMING
TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK...AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES MID-LATE WEEK.

STRONG/DEEP LARGE SCALE ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH POTENT MID/UPPER
TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH...IN CONJUNCTION WITH MODEST
ELEVATED INSTABILITY RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS
SPREADING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. ACTIVITY IS NOW
ENCOUNTERING GREATER INSTABILITY OVER SOUTHEAST KS...ALLOWING
ACTIVITY TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS...ALSO BEING AIDED BY STRONG
EFFECTIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR. MAIN THREATS WILL BE 60-70 MPH WINDS AND
HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO EXIT SOUTHEAST KS
INTO MISSOURI/OKLAHOMA BY EARLY EVENING...AS STRONG SUBSIDENCE
OVERSPREADS THE AREA IN WAKE OF THE MID-LEVEL TROUGH.
ADDITIONALLY...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH.

WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION...SUNNY
SKIES...COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE
WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT BREEZY NORTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL
SATURDAY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S/LOW 80S SEEMS REASONABLE
SATURDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES ABOUT 5 DEGREES WARMER SUNDAY.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE RATHER CHILLY IN THE 40S AND 50S. NORMAL
HIGHS THIS TIME OF YEAR ARE IN THE MID-UPPER 80S AND NORMAL LOWS ARE
IN THE LOW-MID 60S.

SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ENTER THE FORECAST BY
TUESDAY NIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE WEEK...AS GFS/ECMWF
PROGRESS AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTHEAST AND STALL IT ACROSS THE
REGION. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD BE LACKING WITH THIS NEXT
SYSTEM...SO WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION AND/OR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS
UNLIKELY. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 80S TO LOW
90S NEXT WEEK.

ADK

&&

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

A COMPLEX OF ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CEN
KS AT THIS TIME. EXPECT THIS COMPLEX TO MAKE ITS WAY EAST-SOUTHEAST
AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES....MAINLY TREKKING ALONG A LINE FROM
NEAR KHUT TO NEAR KAAO TO KCNU BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  SO PLAN ON
GOING WITH PREVAILING -RA AND VCTS FOR THE KRSL/KSLN/KHUT TAFS AS
THIS COMPLEX MOVES ALONG...BUT EXPECT CEILINGS/VSBYS TO REMAINS
VFR.  WILL ALSO GO WITH SOME VCTS FOR KCNU AS WELL AFTER 20Z.  THIS
COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA FROM NW TO SE AS THE
LATE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES WITH CLEARING SKIES...BEHIND THIS SYSTEM
WITH DRIER AIR MOVING ACROSS THE AREA.

KETCHAM

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    52  82  53  86 /  10   0   0   0
HUTCHINSON      50  81  53  86 /   0   0   0   0
NEWTON          50  81  52  83 /  10   0   0   0
ELDORADO        50  80  52  83 /  10   0   0   0
WINFIELD-KWLD   52  81  53  85 /  20   0   0   0
RUSSELL         48  82  51  85 /   0   0   0   0
GREAT BEND      48  81  51  86 /   0   0   0   0
SALINA          50  83  52  84 /   0   0   0   0
MCPHERSON       49  81  53  85 /   0   0   0   0
COFFEYVILLE     53  80  51  85 /  40   0   0   0
CHANUTE         50  78  51  82 /  30   0   0   0
IOLA            50  78  51  81 /  20   0   0   0
PARSONS-KPPF    51  79  51  84 /  40   0   0   0

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR KSZ067>069-082-
083-091>093.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 4:10 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 7, 3:28 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
328 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2012

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

0327 PM     TSTM WND GST     ALTAMONT                37.19N 95.29W
09/07/2012  E60 MPH          LABETTE            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CDJ

Local storm report, Sep 7, 3:40 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 7, 3:41 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 7, 3:42 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 4:00 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 4:22 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 6, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman, Reno	28 min
Sep 6, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	29 min
Sep 7, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	23 min
Sep 7, 2:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	34 min
Sep 7, 2:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	27 min
Sep 7, 7:26 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 11 more	11 hr
Sep 7, 10:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	40 min
Sep 7, 12:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson, Saline	31 min
Sep 7, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	33 min
Sep 7, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	37 min
Sep 7, 1:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	37 min
Sep 7, 1:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	24 min
Sep 7, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	33 min
Sep 7, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	37 min
Sep 7, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	29 min
Sep 7, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	25 min
Sep 7, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	35 min
Sep 7, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	28 min
Sep 7, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	35 min
Sep 7, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	48 min
Sep 7, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	41 min
Sep 7, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	36 min
Sep 7, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery	16 min
Sep 7, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	28 min
Sep 7, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	24 min
Sep 7, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	30 min

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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.