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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Wichita, KS

October 30, 2013Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 30, 2013, 2:26 PM CDT for Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 30, 2013, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired: Oct 30, 2013, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 30, 2:26 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	5 Se Colwich, KS	NEAR 21ST AND MAIZE QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.
Oct 30, 2:26 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	West Wichita, KS	NEAR 21ST AND MAIZE QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 0 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 30, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

020 
WUUS53 KICT 301926
SVRICT
KSC079-173-302015-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0247.131030T1926Z-131030T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
226 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 222 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAIZE...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK AND SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING
  THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BEL AIRE AND KECHI.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 30.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 3814 9715 3775 9716 3760 9753 3791 9753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 229DEG 36KT 3778 9739

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

HAYES

2 follow-up statements

523 
WWUS53 KICT 301936
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
236 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

KSC079-173-302015-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-131030T2015Z/
SEDGWICK KS-HARVEY KS-
236 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HARVEY AND NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 231 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARK CITY...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK AND SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 3814 9715 3775 9716 3760 9753 3791 9753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 247DEG 35KT 3781 9726

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

HAYES

101 
WWUS53 KICT 301956
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
256 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

KSC079-173-302006-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-131030T2015Z/
SEDGWICK KS-HARVEY KS-
256 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY AND
NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3814 9715 3775 9716 3760 9753 3791 9753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 247DEG 35KT 3789 9703

$$

HAYES

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 Oct 30, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1240 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 333 AM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

DESPITE STRONG LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT AMIDST DECENT ELEVATED
INSTABILITY...WIDESPREAD CONVECTION HAS FAILED TO YET
DEVELOP...LIKELY DUE TO PERSISTENT 800-700MB CAPPING PER RUC/NAM
MODEL SOUNDINGS. HOWEVER...PER SHORT-TERM MODELS...ANTICIPATING
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TO GRADUALLY DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE
ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...AS SUBTLE SHORTWAVE ENERGY ADVANCES
NORTHEAST OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. THIS INITIAL ROUND MAY EXIT EASTERN
KS BY AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY POSSIBLY REDEVELOPING IN
VICINITY OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE TURNPIKE CORRIDOR THIS
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...ANTICIPATING A SUBSTANTIAL UPTICK IN CONVECTIVE
COVERAGE BY EVENING AND PERSISTING OVERNIGHT...AS POTENT WESTERN
CONUS TROUGH FINALLY EJECTS EAST/NORTHEAST. DESPITE VERY STRONG
MID/UPPER WIND FIELDS...WEAK TO MODEST INSTABILITY SHOULD ONLY
PROMOTE A LOW-END SEVERE HAIL THREAT LATE THIS AFTERNOON-EVENING. OF
GREATER CONCERN IS THE HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL OVER SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHEAST KS...GIVEN FRONTAL ORIENTATION NEARLY PARALLEL TO
MID/UPPER FLOW...WELL ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES...STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET AND ASSOCIATED MOISTURE TRANSPORT.
THINKING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN AND ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST KS
TODAY THROUGH THU MORNING COULD AGAIN APPROACH 1-3 INCHES.
CONSEQUENTLY...GIVEN LAST NIGHT'S 1-3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ISSUED
A FLOOD WATCH FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE KS TURNPIKE
THROUGH THU MORNING. NOT ANTICIPATING WIDESPREAD RIVER FLOODING
CONCERNS...BUT AREAL AND/OR FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE DEFINITELY
POSSIBLE. ANTICIPATING PRECIPITATION TO EXIT SOUTHEAST KS THU
MORNING.

ADK

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 333 AM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

FAIRLY QUIET WEATHER ALONG WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES IN THE
60S ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE REST OF THU...AND FRI-SAT AS WELL...AS
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND ASSOCIATED LOW-LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE
SETTLES EAST ACROSS THE HEARTLAND. HALLOWEEN EVENING SHOULD SEE
CLEAR SKIES AND BREEZY WEST WINDS...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO
THE 50S BY EARLY-MID EVENING. HIGH CONFIDENCE IN STRONG/GUSTY
SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING BY SUNDAY...AS ANOTHER DEEP MID/UPPER
TROUGH DEVELOPS ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS. MEDIUM RANGE MODEL
CONSENSUS...ESPECIALLY ECMWF...CONTINUES TO SUGGEST PRECIPITATION
CHANCES INCREASING ONCE AGAIN BY SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY. DESPITE THE
CONSENSUS...DETAILS BETWEEN TROUGH/FRONT TIMING AND
MAGNITUDE...AND MOISTURE AVAILABILITY REMAIN SKETCHY...SO ONLY
WENT WITH MODEST POPS FOR NOW.

ADK

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1235 PMCDT WED OCT 30 2013

FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO LINGER ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN THE
ATMOSPHERE CIGS REMAIN LOW AT ALL SITES...MANY IN IFR AND LIFR
CATEGORIES. IT WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO SCOUR THOSE CIGS OUT BY
TOMORROW MORNING AT ALL LOCATIONS EXCEPT FOR KRSL. ALONG WITH LOW
CIGS...THE VSBYS ARE FLUTTERING QUITE A BIT IN THE MVFR AND IFR
RANGE. ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING. AT
THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDER WILL BE TO
THE EAST OF A SALINA TO ANTHONY LINE.WE SHOULD SEE REDEVELOPEMENT
AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES AND A DECREASE IN ACTIVITY AS THE FRONT
FINALLY MOVES EAST.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    72  53  65  40 /  60  80  30   0
HUTCHINSON      65  47  65  39 /  60  60  10   0
NEWTON          70  50  64  40 /  60  80  30   0
ELDORADO        71  55  65  40 /  70  80  50   0
WINFIELD-KWLD   74  61  65  39 /  70  90  40   0
RUSSELL         50  40  64  37 /  50  20  10   0
GREAT BEND      52  42  64  36 /  50  30  10   0
SALINA          61  44  64  39 /  60  50  10   0
MCPHERSON       64  47  64  38 /  60  60  10   0
COFFEYVILLE     70  63  68  41 /  90  90  70   0
CHANUTE         70  63  66  41 /  80  90  70   0
IOLA            70  62  65  41 /  80  90  70   0
PARSONS-KPPF    70  63  67  40 /  90  90  70   0

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR KSZ069>072-093>096-
098>100.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 5:18 AM CDT, 9 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
518 AM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-311030-
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-
518 AM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PERIODIC BOUTS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS
LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED. FURTHERMORE...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF
QUARTER SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY LATE
MORNING THURSDAY.

FINALLY...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SHOULD INCREASE ONCE AGAIN BY
SUNDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS ANOTHER WEATHER
SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED
AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

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

ADK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 1:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
116 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

KSZ082-091-301900-
HARPER-KINGMAN-
116 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARPER AND KINGMAN COUNTIES...

AT 111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF ZENDA...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF
KINGMAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 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 3741 9837 3773 9814 3773 9781 3743 9782
      3727 9826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 222DEG 30KT 3747 9815

JAKUB

Local storm report, Oct 30, 1:26 PM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
126 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

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

0126 PM     HAIL             2 ESE SPIVEY            37.43N 98.14W
10/30/2013  E0.50 INCH       KINGMAN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CWH

Local storm report, Oct 30, 2:01 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
201 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

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

0200 PM     HAIL             CHENEY                  37.63N 97.78W
10/30/2013  E1.25 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CWH

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 2:23 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
223 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

KSZ068-083-302000-
HARVEY-SEDGWICK-
223 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARVEY AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES...

AT 222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MAIZE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN
WICHITA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3814 9716 3775 9715 3760 9753 3791 9753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 229DEG 36KT 3776 9742

HAYES

Local storm report, Oct 30, 2:26 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
226 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

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

0226 PM     HAIL             WEST WICHITA            37.69N 97.46W
10/30/2013  E1.25 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NEAR 21ST AND MAIZE QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
            COVERING THE GROUND.

&&

CDJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 30, 4:15 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 5 more	28 hr
Oct 30, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	44 min
Oct 30, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	50 min
Oct 30, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	37 min
Oct 30, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	30 min
Oct 30, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	22 min
Oct 30, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	23 min
Oct 30, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	28 min
Oct 30, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	34 min
Oct 30, 5:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	5 hr
Oct 30, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	32 min
Oct 30, 6:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood	5 hr

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.