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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 20, 2013, 12:49 AM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2013, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2013, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Labette County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 970 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 20, 12:03 AM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:03 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1000 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-210300- 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- 1000 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .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 NO LONGER ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && 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, 11:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1116 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1021 PM TSTM WND DMG CANEY 37.01N 95.93W
05/19/2013 MONTGOMERY KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS POWER POLES WERE KNOCKED OVER.
1045 PM TSTM WND DMG COFFEYVILLE 37.04N 95.63W
05/19/2013 MONTGOMERY KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS BROKEN WINDOWS IN HOMES AND CARS.
TREES OF UNKNOWN SIZE WERE REPORTED DOWN.
&&
VJPLocal storm report, May 19, 11:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1125 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1115 PM TSTM WND DMG OSWEGO 37.17N 95.11W
05/19/2013 LABETTE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.
&&
VJPLocal storm report, May 19, 11:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1127 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1054 PM TSTM WND DMG ANGOLA 37.10N 95.47W
05/19/2013 LABETTE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT TREES
WERE DOWN. THE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME. TIME IS
BASED ON RADAR.
&&
VJPSpecial weather statement, May 19, 11:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1141 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
KSZ098-200530-
CHAUTAUQUA-
1141 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
AT 1139 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELGIN...OR 17
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEDAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
&&
LAT...LON 3706 9643 3720 9597 3701 9598 3699 9601
3699 9642
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 225DEG 33KT 3695 9636
MCGUIRELocal storm report, May 20, 12:37 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1237 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1208 AM HAIL CHAUTAUQUA 37.02N 96.18W
05/20/2013 M1.75 INCH CHAUTAUQUA KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED
&&
MWMSpecial weather statement, May 20, 12:49 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>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, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 46 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.