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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

August 8, 2013Labette County, Neosho County, Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2013, 6:08 AM CDT for Labette County, Neosho County, Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 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, 6:08 AM CDT (11:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2013, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Labette County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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

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The text

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

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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, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 4:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:15 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:20 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
520 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

KSZ053-069-070-081115-
BUTLER-CHASE-GREENWOOD-
520 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

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

AT 518 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF
POTWIN TO SEVERY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR
MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3761 9651 3793 9716 3808 9715 3809 9684
      3835 9684 3835 9682 3837 9682 3837 9636
      3817 9636 3817 9596 3760 9598
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 240DEG 19KT 3802 9697 3761 9619

KETCHAM
Local storm report, Aug 8, 5:45 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
545 AM CDT THU AUG 08 2013

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

0544 AM     HEAVY RAIN       ARKANSAS CITY           37.07N 97.04W
08/08/2013  M1.47 INCH       COWLEY             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            AT CITY HALL.

&&

BDK
Local storm report, Aug 8, 5:53 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
553 AM CDT THU AUG 08 2013

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

0552 AM     HEAVY RAIN       WICHITA MID CONTINENT A 37.66N 97.44W
08/08/2013  M1.68 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   ASOS

            THROUGH 550AM

&&

BDK
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:08 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
608 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

KSZ095-096-099-100-081215-
LABETTE-MONTGOMERY-NEOSHO-WILSON-
608 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LABETTE...MONTGOMERY...NEOSHO AND WILSON
COUNTIES...

AT 606 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEODESHA...OR 20 MILES WEST OF
PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3715 9507 3714 9569 3773 9579 3773 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1109Z 261DEG 14KT 3734 9562

KETCHAM

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, 5:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery, Wilson45 min
Aug 8, 5:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Chase, Greenwood55 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

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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.