Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2013, 11:26 PM CDT for Harvey County, Reno County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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, 11:26 PM CDT (04:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2013, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harvey County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.
- 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
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 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 8:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 10:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 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, 44 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:46 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:16 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Aug 6, 11:19 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 9:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 5 days |
| Aug 6, 10:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Marion | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 1:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Greenwood | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 1:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Labette, Neosho | 97 min |
| Aug 7, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 5:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 6:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 8:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Reno, Sedgwick | 68 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 12 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 15 hr |
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.