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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Wichita, KS

August 8, 2013Chautauqua County, Elk County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2013, 4:35 AM CDT for Chautauqua County, Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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 8, 2013, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2013, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Elk County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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 8, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1157 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
1157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.9

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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 8, 3:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 4:05 PM CDT, 12 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
405 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-081830-
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-
405 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN
KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. THE BIGGEST RISK IS FLOOD PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN TOWARDS
DAYBREAK AS THUNDERSTORMS BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. SOUTHERN KANSAS
LOOKS TO HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE HEAVY RAINFALL
LATE TONIGHT. PLEASE SEE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS.

BOTH COUNTY AND RIVER FLOOD 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING WITH FLOODING
POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING
WHICH WOULD ONLY WORSEN ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS...PLEASE SEE LATEST
FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS.

IN ADDITION...AREAL AND RIVER FLOODING COULD LINGER INTO FRIDAY IF
NOT LONGER. PLEASE WATCH FOR UPDATED FLOOD AND RIVER WARNING
STATEMENTS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION AGAIN FOR SUNDAY THROUGH
MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT.

&&

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WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

CJ/HOWERTON/LAWSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 8, 3:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 2:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper, Kingman24 min
Aug 8, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner42 min
Aug 8, 3:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman, Reno66 min
Aug 8, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner57 min
Aug 8, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner35 min
Aug 8, 3:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley64 min
Aug 8, 4:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTHarper, Sedgwick, Sumner9 hr
Aug 8, 4:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner57 min
Aug 8, 4:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler58 min
Aug 8, 4:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Reno, Sedgwick37 min
Aug 8, 4:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTKingman, Reno8 hr
Aug 8, 5:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Marion59 min
Aug 8, 5:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery, Wilson45 min
Aug 8, 5:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Chase, Greenwood55 min
Aug 8, 6:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Neosho, Wilson67 min
Aug 8, 7:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSedgwick50 hr
Aug 8, 7:51 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua6 hr
Aug 8, 8:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTKingman12 hr
Aug 8, 10:15 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTElk24 hr
Aug 8, 11:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTButler28 hr
Aug 8, 12:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSumner14 hr
Aug 8, 12:57 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTKingman, Reno5 days
Aug 8, 1:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson7 hr
Aug 8, 2:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSedgwick32 hr
Aug 8, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua24 min
Aug 8, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua32 min
Aug 8, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua26 min
Aug 8, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.