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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2013Butler County, Chase County, Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2013, 4:36 PM CDT for Butler County, Chase County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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: May 19, 2013, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2013, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 19, 4:39 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	El Dorado Lake, KS	DELAYED REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL JUST NORTH OF EL DORADO LAKE

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 3 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
May 19, 1:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

588 
WUUS53 KICT 192136
SVRICT
KSC015-017-073-192230-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0064.130519T2136Z-130519T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
436 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 432 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF BURNS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COTTONWOOD FALLS...CASSODAY...MATFIELD GREEN...STRONG CITY...
  WONSEVU AND BAZAAR.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 115.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3833 9636 3810 9636 3785 9678 3799 9697
      3809 9688 3809 9684 3814 9684 3847 9655
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 225DEG 28KT 3799 9677

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

KETCHAM

4 follow-up statements

151 
WWUS53 KICT 192157 RRA
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
457 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

KSC015-017-073-192230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-130519T2230Z/
GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-CHASE KS-
457 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
CHASE...NORTHEASTERN BUTLER AND NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL
530 PM CDT...

AT 456 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COTTONWOOD FALLS AND STRONG CITY.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 115.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD 
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS THE KANSAS TURNPIKE IN CHASE COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW 
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3833 9636 3810 9636 3785 9678 3799 9697
      3809 9688 3809 9684 3814 9684 3847 9655
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 230DEG 44KT 3828 9647

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

MCGUIRE

862 
WWUS53 KICT 192207
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
507 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

KSC015-017-073-192230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-130519T2230Z/
GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-CHASE KS-
507 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
CHASE...NORTHEASTERN BUTLER AND NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL
530 PM CDT...

AT 505 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SAFFORDVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND 
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3833 9636 3810 9636 3785 9678 3799 9697
      3809 9688 3809 9684 3814 9684 3847 9655
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 230DEG 44KT 3833 9638

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

KLEINSASSER

615 
WWUS53 KICT 192219
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
519 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

KSC015-073-192229-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-130519T2230Z/
GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
519 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BUTLER AND
NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3810 9636 3837 9656 3847 9655 3833 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 230DEG 44KT 3846 9635

$$

KSC017-192230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-130519T2230Z/
CHASE KS-
519 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
CHASE COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 515 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SAFFORDVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 115.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3810 9636 3837 9656 3847 9655 3833 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 230DEG 44KT 3846 9635

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

MCGUIRE

900 
WWUS53 KICT 192222
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
522 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

KSC017-192232-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-130519T2230Z/
CHASE KS-
522 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 3810 9636 3837 9656 3847 9655 3833 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 230DEG 44KT 3848 9631

$$

MCGUIRE

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 May 19, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
239 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 237 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS FOCUS AROUND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THIS
AFTERNOON-TONIGHT...WITH CONTINUED SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES MONDAY
AFTERNOON-NIGHT.

LATEST SURFACE MAP INDICATES A COLD FRONT BISECTING KS FROM
NORTH-SOUTH...EXTENDING FROM A SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL NE.
THE COLD FRONT INTERSECTS A DRYLINE OVER NORTHWEST/NORTH-CENTRAL
OK...WHICH THEN TRAILS SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN OK. THE AIRMASS IS
BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ALONG/AHEAD OF THESE FEATURES...OWING
TO STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES...CONTINUED AFTERNOON HEATING AND
RICH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE. IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS...A 70-90KT JET MAX
IS APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. PER OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS AND
MORNING SOUNDINGS...A STOUT CAP IS LIKELY CURRENTLY IN
PLACE...ACTING TO SUPPRESS SURFACE-BASED ACTIVITY FROM DEVELOPING.
HOWEVER...THIS CAP SHOULD EVENTUALLY BE BREACHED BY MID-LATE
AFTERNOON...AS ALL THESE FEATURES CONVERGE AMIDST A STRONGLY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS...ALLOWING FOR RAPID SURFACE-BASED THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. GIVEN 50-60KT DEEP LAYER SHEAR ORIENTED PERPENDICULAR
TO THE BOUNDARIES...SUPERCELLS AND MULTICELL CLUSTERS APPEAR
LIKELY...CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW
TORNADOES. THINKING THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT WILL BE GENERALLY
EAST/SOUTHEAST OF THE KS TURNPIKE CORRIDOR...AND ESPECIALLY THIS
EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST KS AND NORTH-CENTRAL/NORTHEAST OK...WHEN
BACKING SURFACE FLOW AND A STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL JET ENHANCES
STORM-RELATIVE HELICITIES. AN ISOLATED STRONG/VIOLENT TORNADO WILL
BE POSSIBLE. AS EVENING PROGRESSES...STORMS SHOULD TRANSITION TO
MORE OF A LINEAR MODE...WITH A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN.

THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT SHOULD CONTINUE FOR MON AFTERNOON-NIGHT OVER
SOUTHEAST KS...AS THE FRONT STALLS IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING
SHORTWAVE ENERGY FROM THE WEST. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG/SEVERE
STORMS APPEARS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR SOUTHEAST KS...ALONG
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH RAIN INDIVIDUAL
LOCATIONS RECEIVE...COULD SEE MODEST/STEEP RISES ON FAR SOUTHEAST KS
RIVERS/STREAMS...ALONG WITH RELATIVELY MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING...SO
A FLOOD WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE PONDERED BY LATER SHIFTS...ESPECIALLY
IF AMPLE RAINFALL OCCURS TONIGHT. WHILE TORNADO THREAT APPEARS
LOWER...AMPLE INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL STILL PROMOTE LARGE
HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS. PER MODEL CONSENSUS...THE FRONT SHOULD FINALLY
EXIT THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT/EARLY TUES...ENDING STORM
CHANCES.

ADK

&&

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 237 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

MEDIUM RANGE MODEL CONSENSUS BUILDS MID/UPPER RIDGING ACROSS
MID-AMERICA BY MID-WEEK...RESULTING IN WARMING TEMPERATURES.
ADDITIONALLY...COULD BE LOOKING AT PERIODIC BOUTS OF LATE
AFTERNOON/OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION FROM LATE WEEK
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS PERSISTENT LEE TROUGHING WILL PROMOTE
AFTERNOON HIGH PLAINS ACTIVITY...WHICH WOULD TEND TO MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE REGION DURING EVENING/OVERNIGHT HOURS.
OVERALL...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS LOW DUE TO
MARGINAL MID/UPPER FLOW...BUT DEGREE OF INSTABILITY WOULD PROMOTE A
THREAT OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS.

ADK

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1211 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

SCATTERED SEVERE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF A
DRY-LINE AND COLD FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING
FOR LOCATIONS ALONG/EAST OF THE I-135 CORRIDOR. CHANCES WILL
DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING ALONG A SALINA TO WICHITA LINE BUT
CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THE SUPER-
CELL STORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE.
THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND DIMINISH
TONIGHT BEHIND THE DRY-LINE AND FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.
WHILE MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THRU THE FORECAST
VALID PERIOD...PERIODS OF MVFR AND IFR CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND
NEAR THE CONVECTION. THIS WILL BE HANDLED WITH SHORT TERM
AMENDMENTS AS CONVECTION LOOKS MORE IMMINENT.

KED

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    60  82  56  77 /  40  20  20  10
HUTCHINSON      58  80  55  76 /  30  20  10  10
NEWTON          58  81  55  76 /  40  20  10  10
ELDORADO        61  82  56  77 /  60  20  20  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   63  84  58  78 /  60  30  40  10
RUSSELL         53  78  51  73 /  10  20  10  10
GREAT BEND      52  78  52  74 /  10  20  10  10
SALINA          55  79  54  75 /  30  20  10  10
MCPHERSON       56  80  54  76 /  30  20  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     67  82  65  79 /  80  60  80  50
CHANUTE         66  82  62  78 /  80  60  70  30
IOLA            66  82  62  78 /  80  50  60  20
PARSONS-KPPF    67  82  63  78 /  80  60  80  40

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 1:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
102 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-201815-
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-
102 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

EXCEPTIONALLY POWERFUL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL AS LARGE AS BASEBALLS...A FEW TORNADOES THAT MAY BE STRONG
AND DAMAGING 70 TO 80 MPH WINDS ARE LIKELY OVER AREAS ALONG AND
EAST OF I-135 THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER
SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MORE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF BOTH HALF DOLLAR-SIZED HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH...ARE LIKELY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINS
ARE LIKELY THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...A FEW
OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS VERY LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
INTO EARLY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE KANSAS
TURNPIKE.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 4:29 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
429 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

0421 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 W EL DORADO           37.82N 96.88W
05/19/2013  E60 MPH          BUTLER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS AN ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS AND
            PEA SIZED HAIL 1 MILE NORTH OF HWY 254 ON HIGHWAY 196.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 19, 4:31 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
431 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NW HAYSVILLE          37.62N 97.41W
05/19/2013                   SEDGWICK           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED NEAR HOOVER AND MACARTHER AREA

&&

SGS

Special weather statement, May 19, 4:32 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
432 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

KSZ049-051-052-192200-
MARION-MCPHERSON-SALINE-
432 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARION...MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES...

AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROXBURY...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MCPHERSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

DIME 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 3862 9736 3862 9717 3861 9717 3841 9741
      3853 9759 3874 9738 3873 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 221DEG 31KT 3854 9742

DARMOFAL

Local storm report, May 19, 4:33 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
433 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

0425 PM     HAIL             2 NE POTWIN             37.96N 96.99W
05/19/2013  E1.00 INCH       BUTLER             KS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL 3 MILES NORTH
            AND 2 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF POTWIN.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 19, 4:35 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
435 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

0435 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 E CALDWELL            37.04N 97.55W
05/19/2013                   SUMNER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

Local storm report, May 19, 4:36 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
436 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

0435 PM     TORNADO          7 E CALDWELL            37.04N 97.48W
05/19/2013                   SUMNER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ELEPHANT TRUNK TORNADO 7-8 MILES EAST OF CALDWELL

&&

SGS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Russell	50 min
May 18, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Reno	64 min
May 18, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Barton	45 min
May 18, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	62 min
May 18, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	54 min
May 18, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	65 min
May 18, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno	59 min
May 19, 12:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	32 min
May 19, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	45 min
May 19, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	27 min
May 19, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	46 min
May 19, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	25 min
May 19, 5:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	27 min
May 19, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	35 min
May 19, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	49 min
May 19, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Sedgwick	51 min
May 19, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	30 min
May 19, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	45 min
May 19, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	25 min
May 19, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	45 min
May 19, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observed	ICT	Sedgwick	50 min
May 19, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Sumner	50 min
May 19, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	46 min
May 19, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	45 min
May 19, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	48 min
May 19, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	44 min
May 19, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	28 min
May 19, 4:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	5 hr
May 19, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Sumner	35 min
May 19, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sumner	47 min
May 19, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey	40 min
May 19, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	38 min
May 19, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	46 min
May 19, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	45 min
May 19, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	55 min
May 19, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood	66 min
May 19, 5:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	40 min
May 19, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	27 min
May 19, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	26 min
May 19, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	49 min
May 19, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	58 min
May 19, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Woodson	40 min
May 19, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	37 min
May 19, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	35 min
May 19, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	45 min
May 19, 6:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	36 min
May 19, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	48 min
May 19, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.