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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Wichita, KS

July 9, 2013Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2013, 8:28 PM CDT for Lincoln 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2013, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 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 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 9, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2013-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 608 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2013-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3210 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 Jul 9, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
654 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 216 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

THE MAIN ISSUE WITH THIS PACKAGE WILL BE THE CHANCES FOR
PRECIPITATION TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

TONIGHT...
RAIN CHANCES...THE SURFACE COOL FRONT SLOWLY MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST
OVERNIGHT.  THE GFS AND NAM SOLUTIONS ARE VERY DIFFERENT WITH THE
GENERATION OF PRECIPITATION.  WITH THIS BEING JULY...I WILL OPT FOR
THE DRYER NAM SOLUTION BUT MAY HEDGE JUST A BIT TOWARDS THE GFS.
THE BEST FORCING OVERNIGHT SEEMS TO BE RELEGATED TO A SALINA TO
EUREKA CORRIDOR.  THIS FORCING IS ALOFT AND JUST AHEAD OF THE
BOUNDARY.  THE SURFACE CONVERGENCE SEEMS LIMITED AT THIS TIME.  SO I
WILL TREND THE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION TO FOLLOW THIS PVA BULLS
EYE OVERNIGHT. I DID ALSO NOTICE A LITTLE BIT OF ISENTROPIC LIFT
ALONG THIS REGION.

TEMPS...WITH A SLOWER PROGRESSION TO THE SURFACE COOL FRONT...THE
LOWS TONIGHT WILL REMAIN IN THE MIDDLE 70S WITH MUGGY CONDITIONS.  A
SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A REPRIEVE MAY OCCUR TO THE NORTH OF I70 TOWARDS
MORNING.WILL BE THE HEAT ON TUESDAY AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY...
THE COOL FRONT CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DROP SE AND SITUATE ITSELF ALONG
THE KS/OK LINE.  MIGHT BE A BIT TO LATE THOUGH FOR TEMPERATURES...AS
READINGS MAY CREEP INTO THE UPPER 90S OR LOWER 100S BEFORE FROPA.
LATE WEDNESDAY AND OVERNIGHT...MAY POSE THE BEST CHANCE FOR
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA.  DECENT PVA WILL EXIST ALONG WITH
SOME MINOR ISENTROPIC LIFT.  THE NAM IS PAINTING A PRETTY GOOD BLOB
OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA.  THE BEST LOCATION LOOKS TO
BE ALONG A THE SALINA TO INDEPENDENCE TRACK.  I WILL TREND
PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACCORDINGLY.

THURSDAY...
A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS MAY BE AROUND EARLY IN THE MORNING. LATER IN
THE DAY LOOKS TO BE DRY.  THE NICE PART WILL BE THE
TEMPERATURES...AS THEY RETURN TO A MORE SEASONABLE READING IF NOT
JUST BELOW.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 216 PM CDT TUE
JUL 9 2013

DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL OF THE
EASTERN SECTIONS WHILE A BOUNDARY EXTENDS ALONG THE KS/CO BORDER.
THE GRADIENT PACKS DOWN A BIT TIGHTER AND SSW WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH
START TO ADVECT WARMER TEMPS INTO THE AREA.  HIGHS ON BOTH DAYS WILL
CREEP BACK INTO THE LOWER 100S TO THE WEST OF HIGHWAY 14 WITH MIDDLE
90S ELSEWHERE.

SUNDAY...
THE WARMER TEMPERATURES AT H8 SLIDE BACK TO THE WEST A BIT AND WHICH
WILL KEEP OUR SURFACE TEMPS IN CHECK A BIT AND MORE SEASONAL.  ALL
AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER AROUND 95...GIVE OR TAKE A COUPLE
DEGREES.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 644 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

JUST LIKE THE LAST FEW NIGHTS THE MAIN AVIATION CONCERN WILL BE
CONVECTIVE TRENDS.

STORMS DEVELOPED ALONG THE WEAK FRONT THIS AFTERNOON OVER WEST-
CENTRAL KS WITH THIS ACTIVITY TRACKING EAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS. THROUGH 06Z...CENTRAL KS(KRSL-KSLN) WILL HAVE THE BEST
CHANCE TO BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS. CONFIDENCE IN THE AREAL
COVERAGE OF STORMS DECREASES AFTER 06Z AS THE FRONT SLOWLY WORKS
SOUTH. FOR NOW WILL RUN WITH SOME VCTS AT KHUT AND KICT LATER
TONIGHT. WOULD EXPECT AT LEAST SOME ISO ACTIVITY ALONG THE FRONT
OVER SOUTHERN KS WED AFTERNOON. HOWEVER WITH LACK OF STRONG
CONVERGENCE OR UPPER SUPPORT...CURRENTLY HAVE LOW CONFIDENCE IN
HOW WIDESPREAD THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE.

LAWSON

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    75  97  71  92 /  20  20  20  20
HUTCHINSON      74  96  70  92 /  30  20  20  20
NEWTON          75  96  69  91 /  30  30  20  20
ELDORADO        76  96  69  90 /  30  30  20  20
WINFIELD-KWLD   76  98  72  93 /  20  20  20  20
RUSSELL         72  94  68  93 /  30  20  20  10
GREAT BEND      72  95  69  93 /  30  20  20  10
SALINA          73  94  69  92 /  30  20  20  20
MCPHERSON       74  95  69  92 /  30  20  20  20
COFFEYVILLE     74  96  71  91 /  30  30  30  20
CHANUTE         75  95  70  89 /  30  30  30  20
IOLA            74  95  69  88 /  30  30  30  20
PARSONS-KPPF    74  95  71  90 /  30  30  30  20

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-047>053-
067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 8:06 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
806 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-102045-
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-
806 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND
ESPECIALLY CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS AND DIME SIZE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 104 ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS PRIMARILY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 400 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH ONE FINDING THE
SLIGHTLY HIGHER VALUES ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE OVER ALL AREAS WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER
PRIMARILY CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE NEITHER STRONG NOR SEVERE.

HEAT INDICES MAY REACH AROUND 100 ALONG AND WEST OF I-135 FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

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

LAWSON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:34 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
734 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

KSZ047-100100-
BARTON-
734 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

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

AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GALATIA...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF
RUSSELL...AND MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 55 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3869 9903 3870 9870 3869 9866 3853 9877
      3858 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 279DEG 12KT 3866 9890

KLEINSASSER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:44 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
744 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

KSZ032-100115-
RUSSELL-
744 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF RUSSELL COUNTY...

AT 741 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUNKER HILL...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
RUSSELL...AND MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR MILBERGER OVER SOUTHWEST
RUSSELL COUNTY...ALSO MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3894 9896 3891 9848 3870 9849 3870 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 282DEG 13KT 3883 9871

KLEINSASSER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:54 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
754 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

KSZ048-100130-
ELLSWORTH-
754 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

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

AT 749 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING EAST TO
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 55 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3883 9793 3868 9793 3860 9796 3871 9832
      3887 9826 3887 9820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 287DEG 12KT 3877 9817

KLEINSASSER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:08 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
808 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

KSZ048-100130-
ELLSWORTH-
808 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

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

AT 806 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING EAST
TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3886 9793 3864 9793 3870 9830 3887 9829
      3887 9817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 278DEG 11KT 3877 9814

KLEINSASSER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:11 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
811 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

KSZ032-100135-
RUSSELL-
811 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

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

AT 806 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUNKER HILL...OR 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL...AND MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3905 9849 3883 9849 3887 9877 3903 9874
      3906 9873
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 278DEG 12KT 3896 9863

KLEINSASSER
Local storm report, Jul 9, 8:20 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton31 min
Jul 9, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton24 min
Jul 9, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton26 min
Jul 9, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell31 min
Jul 9, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth36 min
Jul 9, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth22 min
Jul 9, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell24 min
Jul 9, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell41 min
Jul 9, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln23 min
Jul 9, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline32 min
Jul 9, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln47 min
Jul 9, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.