Alert archive / Kansas / Special Weather Statements in 2013

Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

August 8, 2013Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2013, 5:15 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 8, 2013, 5:15 AM CDT (10:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2013, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1157 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</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 8, 3:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 4:48 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
448 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-091000-
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-
448 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL AREAS...ESPECIALLY
THIS MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH...ARE
LIKELY OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS
MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT CONTINUES TO BE TORRENTIAL RAINS THAT
WOULD NO DOUBT WORSEN THE FLOODING SITUATION. FURTHER COUNTY FLOOD
WARNINGS ARE LIKELY WITH RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUING IN MANY
AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WHICH MAY BE SEVERE
WITH MORE TORRENTIAL RAINS LIKELY.

ONE IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH THAT REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS THRU 7 AM FRIDAY AND TO CLOSELY MONITOR ALL
RIVER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER ALL AREAS ON FRIDAY WHICH
ARE LIKELY TO PROLONG FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY END IN A WEST TO EAST MANNER
FRIDAY EVENING.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO PRIMARILY CENTRAL KANSAS LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT THEN GRADUALLY INCREASE AS THEY SPREAD SOUTHEAST
OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SUNDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE REGION FOR MOST OF
THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK AND MAY BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...RIVER AND RAINFALL REPORTS ARE NEEDED AND THEREFORE
GREATLY APPRECIATED.

&&

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

ES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 8, 4:44 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Aug 8, 4:47 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:01 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Aug 8, 5:13 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Aug 8, 5:15 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:15 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 2:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper, Kingman24 min
Aug 8, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner42 min
Aug 8, 3:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman, Reno66 min
Aug 8, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner57 min
Aug 8, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner35 min
Aug 8, 3:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley64 min
Aug 8, 4:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTHarper, Sedgwick, Sumner9 hr
Aug 8, 4:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner57 min
Aug 8, 4:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler58 min
Aug 8, 4:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Reno, Sedgwick37 min
Aug 8, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk55 min
Aug 8, 4:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTKingman, Reno8 hr
Aug 8, 5:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Marion59 min
Aug 8, 5:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Chase, Greenwood55 min
Aug 8, 6:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Neosho, Wilson67 min
Aug 8, 7:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSedgwick50 hr
Aug 8, 7:51 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua6 hr
Aug 8, 8:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTKingman12 hr
Aug 8, 10:15 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTElk24 hr
Aug 8, 11:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTButler28 hr
Aug 8, 12:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSumner14 hr
Aug 8, 12:57 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTKingman, Reno5 days
Aug 8, 1:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson7 hr
Aug 8, 2:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSedgwick32 hr
Aug 8, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua24 min
Aug 8, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua32 min
Aug 8, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua26 min
Aug 8, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua27 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2013Every special weather statement in 2013

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.