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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2013, 12:54 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 5, 2013, 12:54 AM CDT (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2013, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Montgomery County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 4, 11:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 11:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1135 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013 ...AVIATION UPDATE... .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 300 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013 MCV OVER THE FLINT HILLS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PUSH THROUGH SOUTHEAST KS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. AREA OF SHOWERS/T-STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE HAS SHOWN A DIMINISHING TREND. A DEVELOPING 40 KT SOUTHWESTERLY LOW-LEVEL JET TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN MOISTURE TRANSPORT/ISENTROPIC LIFT ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS COULD RESULT IN A FEW CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES ESPECIALLY IN EAST-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KS. THEREFORE EXTENDED THE FLOOD WATCH INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR MANY COUNTIES IN CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KS...ALTHOUGH NOT EXPECTING NEAR THE MAGNITUDE/EXTENT OF HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING THAT WE EXPERIENCED OVERNIGHT INTO TODAY. FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS ALSO LOWER THAN IT WAS FOR THE SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAIN/FLOOD EVENT WHICH OCCURRED LAST NIGHT INTO THIS MORNING. REMNANT FRONTAL BOUNDARY PROGGED BY GFS/NAM-WRF TO LIFT NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KS BY MONDAY PM. MOISTURE POOLING/CONVERGENCE INTO THE FRONTAL ZONE COULD LEAD TO WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB A FEW DEGREES PROVIDING A CAPPING CONCERN. WILL KEEP POPS LOW. BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS MON NIGHT WILL BE NEAR/NORTH OF FRONT IN CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KS. NEXT CHANCE FOR POTENTIALLY MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL COULD COME LATER TUES NIGHT INTO WED NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT SURGES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. THE MODELS HINT THAT WEAK DISTURBANCES RIDING AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE MAY EJECT OUT ACROSS KS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED MONDAY-TUESDAY WITH WARMEST READINGS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER IN SOUTH CENTRAL KS. CURTAILED HIGHS A FEW DEGREES BELOW GUIDANCE ELSEWHERE WHERE WIDESPREAD SOAKING RAINS HAVE OCCURRED RECENTLY. HEAT INDICES WILL FLIRT WITH ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THE SOUTH BOTH MONDAY/TUESDAY AFTERNOON. JMC .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 300 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013 SUBTROPICAL UPPER HIGH REBUILDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DURING THE PERIOD. WITH SUBTROPICAL MID-HIGH LEVEL MOIST PLUME WRAPPING AROUND THE HIGH WITH EMBEDDED WEAK PERTURBATIONS...WILL MAINTAIN AT LEAST SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS EXTENDED PERIOD. THE PERTURBATIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO TIME THIS FAR OUT...SO HARD TO PINPOINT THE EXACT TIME PERIODS IT MAY RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE SLOWLY DURING THE PERIOD...BUT REMAINING BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES. JMC && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1136 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013 AREAS OF IFR AND MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS WILL PLAGUE THE CENTRAL KANSAS TERMINALS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS CONVECTION WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT TO VFR IS EXPECTED BY MONDAY AFTERNOON ALL AREAS WITH RENEWED CONVECTION POSSIBLE LATER MONDAY EVENING. KED && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 72 95 73 96 / 40 40 40 10 HUTCHINSON 70 93 72 95 / 40 40 40 20 NEWTON 69 92 72 93 / 40 40 50 20 ELDORADO 71 92 72 93 / 50 50 50 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 73 96 73 97 / 50 40 30 10 RUSSELL 69 91 71 93 / 20 30 60 30 GREAT BEND 69 91 71 93 / 20 30 50 20 SALINA 70 91 72 93 / 30 30 50 20 MCPHERSON 70 93 72 94 / 40 40 50 20 COFFEYVILLE 73 95 74 96 / 80 70 40 10 CHANUTE 71 91 72 93 / 80 70 50 20 IOLA 71 90 72 91 / 70 70 50 20 PARSONS-KPPF 72 92 72 94 / 80 70 40 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR KSZ048>053-067>072-083- 092>096-098>100. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 4:54 PM CDT, 8 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 454 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-052200- 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- 454 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS COULD REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. NUMEROUS COUNTY FLOOD AND RIVER WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SEVERAL COUNTY AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN EFFECT INTO TUESDAY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK ACROSS THE AREA. THE HIGHEST CHANCES WILL BE MONDAY NIGHT IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND AREA-WIDE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...LOCALIZED FLOODING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES ARE FORECAST IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT 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
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 10:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1035 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013 KSZ095-099-050400- MONTGOMERY-WILSON- 1035 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONTGOMERY AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEODESHA OR 24 MILES NORTH OF COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORMS LIKELY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS SHOULD THE RISK FOR MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT. && LAT...LON 3751 9553 3723 9552 3728 9588 3746 9588 TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 269DEG 13KT 3737 9576 ES
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 12:54 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1254 AM CDT MON AUG 5 2013 KSZ094-095-098-099-050630- CHAUTAUQUA-ELK-MONTGOMERY-WILSON- 1254 AM CDT MON AUG 5 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHAUTAUQUA...ELK...MONTGOMERY AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 1253 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELK CITY...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEDAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. && LAT...LON 3721 9605 3743 9600 3739 9552 3701 9552 TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 288DEG 13KT 3730 9593 SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Rice | 24 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 19 hr |
| Aug 4, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 10:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 12 hr |
| Aug 4, 11:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 8 hr |
| Aug 5, 12:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 9 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:32 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 70 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 15 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 23 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 9 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 4 days |
| Aug 5, 9:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Wilson | 24 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 6:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Rice | 18 hr |
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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.