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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2013Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2013, 8:14 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 6 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: May 19, 2013, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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, 8:23 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	10 Wsw Cedar Vale, KS	BASEBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED ALL OVER THE ROAD JUST ACROSS THE BORDER.
May 19, 8:24 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	10 Sw Cedar Vale, KS
May 19, 8:27 PM CDT	HAIL 3	9 Wsw Cedar Vale, KS	STORM CHASER REPORTS 3 INCH HAIL BUT IT WAS MOSTLY PENNY AND NICKEL SIZED.
May 19, 8:37 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	3 Ene Cedar Vale, KS
May 19, 8:37 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Cedar Vale, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATES GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND 55 MPH WINDS.
May 19, 8:38 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 S Cedar Vale, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATED NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

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 6 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 1603 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 6.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

864 
WUUS53 KICT 200114
SVRICT
KSC019-035-200200-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0079.130520T0114Z-130520T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 810 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDY...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND CROPS.
           EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEDAN...CEDAR VALE...ELGIN...CHAUTAUQUA...PERU...HALE...MAPLE CITY
  AND NIOTAZE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3729 9651 3729 9597 3705 9598 3699 9638
      3700 9688
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 239DEG 38KT 3695 9674

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

MCGUIRE

4 follow-up statements

710 
WWUS53 KICT 200123
SVSICT

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

KSC019-035-200200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-130520T0200Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-COWLEY KS-
823 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COWLEY AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 818 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A 
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEXTER...TO GRAINOLA...AND 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND CROPS.
         EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEDAN...CEDAR VALE...CHAUTAUQUA...PERU...HALE AND NIOTAZE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3729 9651 3729 9597 3705 9598 3699 9638
      3700 9688
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 242DEG 49KT 3712 9669 3702 9661

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

KLEINSASSER

043 
WWUS53 KICT 200128
SVSICT

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

KSC019-035-200200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-130520T0200Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-COWLEY KS-
828 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COWLEY AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 823 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM DEXTER TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR VALE TO
GRAINOLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND CROPS.
         EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY
         TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEDAN...CEDAR VALE...CHAUTAUQUA...PERU...HALE AND NIOTAZE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3729 9651 3729 9597 3705 9598 3699 9638
      3700 9688
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 242DEG 49KT 3718 9660 3709 9652
          3699 9656

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

KLEINSASSER

545 
WWUS53 KICT 200143
SVSICT

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

KSC035-200153-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-130520T0200Z/
COWLEY KS-
843 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3700 9652 3703 9653 3729 9651 3729 9597
      3705 9599 3699 9638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 242DEG 49KT 3727 9627 3719 9629
          3709 9633

$$

KSC019-200200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-130520T0200Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-
843 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHAUTAUQUA
COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 840 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A 
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF MOLINE...TO 9 MILES WEST OF 
SEDAN...TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELGIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 
MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND CROPS.
         EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEDAN...CHAUTAUQUA...PERU...HALE AND NIOTAZE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9652 3703 9653 3729 9651 3729 9597
      3705 9599 3699 9638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 242DEG 49KT 3727 9627 3719 9629
          3709 9633

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

KLEINSASSER

902 
WWUS53 KICT 200157
SVSICT

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

KSC019-200206-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-130520T0200Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-
857 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 900 PM CDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE 
THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND 
GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3700 9652 3703 9653 3729 9651 3729 9597
      3705 9599 3699 9638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 242DEG 49KT 3735 9607 3727 9609
          3717 9613

$$

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, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
659 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 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 647 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WITH TRANSIENT MVFR OR LOWER FLIGHT
CATEGORIES UNDER THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY REMAINS FURTHER EAST
EMBEDDED ALONG A LINE OVER THE FLINT HILLS AREA. THIS LINE WILL
IMPACT KCNU THROUGH AFTER 01Z AND MAY CONTINUE THROUGH 04-05Z
BEFORE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA. OTHER MORE ISOLATED STORMS MOVING
INTO CENTRAL KANSAS MAY BEGIN TO DIMINISH WITH LOSS OF HEATING
LATER THIS EVENING.

&&

.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, 7 hours 12 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, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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

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

0633 PM     HAIL             SOUTH HUTCHINSON        38.03N 97.94W
05/19/2013  E1.00 INCH       RENO               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT BLANCHARD
            AND VALLEY PRIDE ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH HUTCH.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 19, 6:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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

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

0635 PM     HAIL             2 WSW HUTCHINSON        38.05N 97.95W
05/19/2013  M1.00 INCH       RENO               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MWM

Special weather statement, May 19, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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

KSZ032-047-200030-
BARTON-RUSSELL-
658 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BARTON AND RUSSELL COUNTIES...

AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUNKER HILL...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
RUSSELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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 3894 9882 3894 9848 3863 9848 3871 9887
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 274DEG 34KT 3881 9868

KLEINSASSER

Local storm report, May 19, 7:37 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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

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

0720 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     7 S GRENOLA             37.25N 96.45W
05/19/2013                   CHAUTAUQUA         KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            KWCH STORM CHASER REPORTS A BRIEF FUNNEL WHICH WAS DOWN
            ONE THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN THEN LIFTED.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 19, 7:39 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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

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

0725 PM     HAIL             1 SW ARKANSAS CITY      37.06N 97.05W
05/19/2013  E0.75 INCH       COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 19, 7:54 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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

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

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ARKANSAS CITY           37.07N 97.04W
05/19/2013                   COWLEY             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPROTS A 20 INCH TREE LIMB DOWN AND
            COVERING MOST OF THE ROADWAY ON A SIDE STREET WEST OF
            DOWNTOWN ARK CITY AT THE 100 BLOCK AND NORTH 5TH STREET.
            TIME IS APPROXIMATED WITH RADAR.

&&

VJP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	50 min
May 19, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	42 min
May 19, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Elk	47 min
May 19, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	44 min
May 19, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	48 min
May 19, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	42 min
May 19, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	44 min
May 19, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	45 min
May 19, 10:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	41 min
May 19, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	39 min
May 19, 11:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	49 min
May 20, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	44 min
May 20, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	60 min
May 20, 12:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	26 min
May 20, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	45 min
May 20, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	35 min
May 20, 2:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery	8 hr
May 20, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	24 min
May 20, 7:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	29 min
May 20, 7:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	66 min
May 20, 7:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	61 min
May 20, 8:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	31 min
May 20, 8:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	52 min
May 20, 8:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	53 min
May 20, 8:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	64 min
May 20, 1:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 2 more	7 hr
May 20, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	45 min
May 20, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	51 min
May 20, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	44 min
May 20, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery	44 min
May 20, 3:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	49 min
May 20, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	34 min
May 20, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	34 min
May 20, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	48 min
May 20, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	55 min
May 20, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery	47 min
May 20, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	63 min
May 20, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	43 min
May 20, 5:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	5 hr
May 20, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	26 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.