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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Wichita, KS

August 6, 2013Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2013, 11:03 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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
Aug 6, 2013, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 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
Aug 6, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2013-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2241 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 2013-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
2241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 Aug 6, 8:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 8:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 10:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1001 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-080315-
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-
1001 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL ALSO
PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING
ACROSS THE AREA. PLEASE SEE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS.

COUNTY FLOOD AND RIVER WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM RECENT HEAVY
RAINS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS
FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EVENT LOOKS TO BE SETTING UP ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WITH ADDITIONAL
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY WITH
RIVER FLOODING LASTING INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY IF NOT LONGER.

AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THERE MAYBE A BREAK FROM THE DAILY STORMS
FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. HOWEVER...STORMS WILL RETURN TO THE
FORECAST FOR SUNDAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...ANY REPORTS OF
FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:42 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 9:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner5 days
Aug 6, 10:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman33 min
Aug 6, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper29 min
Aug 6, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner29 min
Aug 6, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno, Sedgwick64 min
Aug 7, 12:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Cowley61 min
Aug 7, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Greenwood, Marion53 min
Aug 7, 12:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Elk35 min
Aug 7, 1:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline52 min
Aug 7, 1:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery, Wilson56 min
Aug 7, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Greenwood50 min
Aug 7, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Wilson, Woodson57 min
Aug 7, 1:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Labette, Neosho97 min
Aug 7, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson56 min
Aug 7, 5:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell67 min
Aug 7, 6:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln65 min
Aug 7, 8:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTReno, Sedgwick68 hr
Aug 7, 8:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSedgwick12 hr
Aug 7, 11:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTReno15 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.