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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS

April 7, 20134 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2013, 3:24 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 66 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: Apr 7, 2013, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2013, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 7, 4:09 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Toronto, KS

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 45 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
Apr 7, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 47 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.

778 
WUUS53 KICT 072024
SVRICT
KSC049-073-205-207-072130-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0008.130407T2024Z-130407T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
324 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 322 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
  EUREKA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
  YATES CENTER...TORONTO...BUFFALO...NEOSHO FALLS...VIRGIL...
  COYVILLE...BATESVILLE...BENEDICT AND ROSE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3804 9552 3759 9553 3757 9610 3800 9627
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 253DEG 34KT 3784 9612

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

$$

SMITH

3 follow-up statements

275 
WWUS53 KICT 072045
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
345 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

KSC049-073-205-207-072130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130407T2130Z/
GREENWOOD KS-ELK KS-WILSON KS-WOODSON KS-
345 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WOODSON...
NORTHERN WILSON...NORTHEASTERN ELK AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENWOOD
COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 341 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF
TORONTO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
YATES CENTER...TORONTO...BUFFALO...NEOSHO FALLS...VIRGIL...
COYVILLE...BATESVILLE...BENEDICT AND ROSE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3800 9627 3804 9552 3759 9553 3757 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 255DEG 27KT 3776 9607

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

$$

SMITH

047 
WWUS53 KICT 072058
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
358 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

KSC049-072109-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130407T2130Z/
ELK KS-
358 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3761 9607 3797 9616 3804 9552 3759 9553
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 255DEG 32KT 3777 9598

$$

KSC073-205-207-072130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130407T2130Z/
GREENWOOD KS-WILSON KS-WOODSON KS-
358 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WOODSON...
NORTHERN WILSON AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM
CDT...

AT 356 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TORONTO...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
YATES CENTER...TORONTO...BUFFALO...NEOSHO FALLS...VIRGIL...
COYVILLE...BATESVILLE...BENEDICT AND ROSE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3761 9607 3797 9616 3804 9552 3759 9553
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 255DEG 32KT 3777 9598

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

$$

SMITH

741 
WWUS53 KICT 072114
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
414 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

KSC073-205-207-072130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130407T2130Z/
GREENWOOD KS-WILSON KS-WOODSON KS-
414 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WOODSON...
NORTHERN WILSON AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM
CDT...

AT 411 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
TORONTO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS          
REPORTED IN TORONTO.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YATES CENTER...BUFFALO...NEOSHO FALLS...BENEDICT AND ROSE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3761 9607 3797 9616 3804 9552 3759 9553
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 266DEG 31KT 3779 9582

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

FORTIN

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 Apr 7, 12:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 12:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1256 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1155 AM  CDT SUN APR 7 2013

CLOUDS BEGINING TO MIX OUT...CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO RISE
RAPIDLY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...THUS HAVE INCREASED HOURLY
AND MAX TEMPERATURES UPWARD. DECREASING CLOUD COVER AND
INCREASING MOISTURE TRANSPORT ARE LEADING TO INCREASING
INSTABILITY.  FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION
SOMEWHAT MURKY...WITH POSSIBLE BOUNDARY LEFT FROM MORNING
SHOWERS GENERALLY FROM GBD TO SLN. LACK OF DISCERNABLE
BOUNDARY ELSEWHERE...THUS ANY CONVECTION THAT FORMS WILL
BE DRIVEN BY LOCALIZED ENHANCEMENT TO WAA AND MOIST ADVECTION.

SF

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 300 AM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

CURRENT SATELLITE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS UPPER WAVE OVER NORTHERN
NEVADA/SOUTHERN IDAHO RACING EASTWARD VIA ZONAL UPPER FLOW REGIME.
THE ENVIRONMENT LOOKS CAPPED FOR SURFACE BASED ACTIVITY AND NOT
SEEING ANY REAL GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE...HOWEVER WARM AIR
ADVECTION IN THE MID-LEVELS AHEAD OF APPROACHING PV WAVE SHOULD
SPARK OFF SCATTERED ELEVATED SHOWERS/STORMS TODAY. ELEVATED
INSTABILITY/SHEAR COMBO SUGGESTS A FEW STRONG STORMS TO POSSIBLY
MARGINALLY SEVERE FOR THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH HAIL BEING THE
MAIN HAZARD. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT WITH A LULL
IN THE ACTIVITY FOR MONDAY...AS SHORT WAVE RIDGING COMMENCES
ALOFT. STILL THINK MODELS MIGHT BE A LITTLE OVER ZEALOUS ON
QUALITY OF MOISTURE RETURN FOR MONDAY. GIVEN NO REAL LOW-LEVEL
FOCUS AND STRONG CAPPING OVER THE REGION ON MONDAY WOULD EXPECT
ANY AFTERNOON ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS IN THE
UPSLOPE REGIME. THE BETTER CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR LATE
MONDAY AFTERNOON/NIGHT WILL BE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AND POINTS
NORTH...AS LIFT AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT IS FAVORED NEAR WARM FRONT
BOUNDARY. SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS MORE LIKELY ON TUESDAY AS MAIN
UPPER WAVE MOVES TOWARDS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE MOST LIKELY MODE
OF THUNDERSTORMS STILL SEEMS TO BE A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MATERIALIZING TUESDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT...AS
DEEP MERIDIONAL TROUGHING AND STRONG UPPER DYNAMICS FAVOR LINEAR
ACTIVITY.

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 300 AM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

LINGERING PRECIPITATION FOR WEDNESDAY WITH POSSIBLE RAIN/SNOW
MIXTURE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS...FOLLOWED BY MUCH
COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY AND WARMER WEATHER TO
RETURN FOR NEXT WEEKEND.

JAKUB

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1246 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

ISOLATED CONVECTION FORMING AT NOSE OF 35KT JET RIDING ALONG THE
295-300K SURFACE.  SOME CAPPING STILL IN PLACE...SO NOT EXPECTING
STORM TO BECOME TOO STRONG. SHORT TERM MODELS LACK CONSISTENCY IN
DEVELOPING CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LACK OF LOW LEVEL
FOCUSING MECHANISM...SO DID NOT PUT ANY MORE THAN VCTS IN TAFS.

BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD BEGIN ADVECTING INTO AREA BY
LATE AFTERNOON...WITH MVFR CIGS ARRIVING AT KICT AND KHUT BY 21-22UTC.
KSLN...KHUT AND KCNU LIKELY WILL SEE MVFR CIGS BY 00UTC.  MODELS
ALL SUGGEST THAT CIGS WILL LOWER INTO IFR CATEGORY BY LATE EVENING.
STRONGER ISENTROPIC ASCENT DEVELOPS BY LATE EVENING...BUT AGAIN
WHERE CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP AND TIMING IS SOMEWHAT IN
QUESTION...SO INTRODUCED VCTS ONLY.

SF

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 646 AM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX MAY BRIEFLY GO INTO THE VERY HIGH
CATEGORY ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER PRECIPITATION MAY LIMIT THIS THREAT.
WINDS MAY BE GUSTY AT TIMES. CONFIDENCE IN FORECAST IS NOT
PARTICULARLY HIGH DUE TO MODEL UNCERTAINTY. -HOWERTON

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    72  58  75  60 /  30  40  10  30
HUTCHINSON      74  56  75  59 /  40  30  10  40
NEWTON          74  56  74  59 /  40  40  10  40
ELDORADO        73  58  74  60 /  40  40  10  30
WINFIELD-KWLD   72  58  76  61 /  40  30  10  20
RUSSELL         75  53  74  55 /  40  30  40  60
GREAT BEND      75  55  75  56 /  40  30  30  50
SALINA          74  55  72  58 /  40  50  30  60
MCPHERSON       75  56  74  58 /  40  40  20  50
COFFEYVILLE     73  59  74  62 /  40  40  10  20
CHANUTE         75  58  72  60 /  40  60  10  20
IOLA            76  58  72  60 /  40  70  10  30
PARSONS-KPPF    73  59  73  61 /  40  40  10  20

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 1:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
125 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-081030-
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-
125 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...MAINLY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 400.
THE MAIN HAZARD FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY AND ESPECIALLY
TUESDAY...AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES OUT INTO THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY FOR LOCATIONS
EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH
THIS ACTIVITY HOWEVER A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH SMALL HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA
LATE
TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...WITH RAIN POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SNOW
BRIEFLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT
MAINLY DUE TO ONLY A FEW MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS...HOWEVER
ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AREA WIDE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

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

SF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 2:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
203 PM CDT SUN APR 07 2013

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

0202 PM     HAIL             3 W AUGUSTA             37.69N 97.03W
04/07/2013  M1.00 INCH       BUTLER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SMF

Local storm report, Apr 7, 2:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
206 PM CDT SUN APR 07 2013

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

0205 PM     HAIL             5 S ANDOVER             37.62N 97.14W
04/07/2013  M0.75 INCH       BUTLER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SMF

Local storm report, Apr 7, 2:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
212 PM CDT SUN APR 07 2013

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

0209 PM     HAIL             AUGUSTA                 37.69N 96.98W
04/07/2013  E1.00 INCH       BUTLER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SMF

Local storm report, Apr 7, 2:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
219 PM CDT SUN APR 07 2013

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

0210 PM     HAIL             1 E AUGUSTA             37.69N 96.96W
04/07/2013  E1.00 INCH       BUTLER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SMF

Local storm report, Apr 7, 2:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
221 PM CDT SUN APR 07 2013

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

0220 PM     HAIL             3 E AUGUSTA             37.69N 96.92W
04/07/2013  M1.75 INCH       BUTLER             KS   STORM CHASER

            GOLF BALL HAIL COVERING OLD HIGHWAY 54

&&

SMF

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 3:07 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
307 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

KSZ070-071-095-072100-
GREENWOOD-WILSON-WOODSON-
307 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GREENWOOD...WILSON AND WOODSON COUNTIES...

AT 303 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TORONTO...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YATES
CENTER...AND MOVING EAST 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 3803 9556 3768 9553 3770 9598 3786 9606
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 255DEG 30KT 3777 9589

SMITH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	22 min
Apr 7, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	55 min
Apr 7, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	57 min
Apr 7, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood	64 min
Apr 7, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	53 min
Apr 7, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	38 min
Apr 7, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	31 min
Apr 7, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	31 min
Apr 7, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	62 min
Apr 7, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	44 min
Apr 7, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	53 min
Apr 7, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	63 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.