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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Wichita, KS

May 20, 2013Chautauqua County, Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 20, 2013, 3:41 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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: May 20, 2013, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2013, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Montgomery County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 20, 4:12 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Sw Dearing, KS	BRIEF TOUCHDOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 166 NEAR COUNTY ROAD 3500.

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 tornado warning; the first came 31 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
May 20, 12:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 2620 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

371 
WFUS53 KICT 202041
TORICT
KSC019-125-202130-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0018.130520T2041Z-130520T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
341 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 338 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HULAH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COFFEYVILLE...CANEY...HAVANA...TYRO...DEARING...INDEPENDENCE...
  LIBERTY...CHERRYVALE...NIOTAZE...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT...BOLTON AND
  COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3709 9608 3738 9553 3714 9552 3699 9553
      3700 9606
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 239DEG 24KT 3700 9601

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MCGUIRE

6 follow-up statements

195 
WWUS53 KICT 202046
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
346 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

KSC019-125-202130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-130520T2130Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-CHAUTAUQUA KS-
346 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA
AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 342 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CANEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COFFEYVILLE...TYRO...DEARING...INDEPENDENCE...LIBERTY...CHERRYVALE...
BOLTON...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT AND COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3709 9608 3738 9553 3714 9552 3699 9553
      3700 9606
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 256DEG 31KT 3703 9589

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

COOK

829 
WWUS53 KICT 202051
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
351 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

KSC019-202101-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-130520T2130Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-
351 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3714 9597 3738 9553 3714 9552 3699 9553
      3700 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 256DEG 31KT 3704 9584

$$

KSC125-202130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-130520T2130Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-
351 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL
430 PM CDT...

AT 350 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR TYRO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COFFEYVILLE...TYRO...DEARING...INDEPENDENCE...LIBERTY...CHERRYVALE...
BOLTON...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT AND COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3714 9597 3738 9553 3714 9552 3699 9553
      3700 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 256DEG 31KT 3704 9584

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

COOK

955 
WWUS53 KICT 202056
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
356 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

KSC125-202130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-130520T2130Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-
356 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL
430 PM CDT...

AT 354 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR TYRO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COFFEYVILLE...DEARING...INDEPENDENCE...LIBERTY...CHERRYVALE...
BOLTON...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT AND COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3714 9597 3738 9553 3714 9552 3699 9553
      3700 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 256DEG 31KT 3705 9578

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

COOK

646 
WWUS53 KICT 202101
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
401 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

KSC125-202130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-130520T2130Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-
401 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL
430 PM CDT...

AT 357 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DEARING...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...LIBERTY...CHERRYVALE AND COFFEYVILLE
AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3714 9597 3738 9553 3714 9552 3699 9553
      3700 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 257DEG 44KT 3707 9569

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

COOK

760 
WWUS53 KICT 202114
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
414 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

KSC125-202130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-130520T2130Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-
414 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL
430 PM CDT...

AT 411 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DEARING...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COFFEYVILLE...LIBERTY...CHERRYVALE AND COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3714 9597 3738 9553 3714 9552 3699 9553
      3700 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 264DEG 25KT 3705 9566

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

DARMOFAL

442 
WWUS53 KICT 202116
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
416 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

KSC125-202130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-130520T2130Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-
416 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL
430 PM CDT...

AT 411 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DEARING...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LIBERTY...CHERRYVALE AND COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3714 9597 3738 9553 3714 9552 3699 9553
      3700 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 264DEG 25KT 3705 9563

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

DARMOFAL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 20, 2:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 2:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
227 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 226 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2263

UPPER LOW IS CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER EASTERN SD WITH THE TROUGH
EXTENDING BACK INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. UPPER JET MAX EXTENDS
FROM WESTERN MO THROUGH SOUTHERN KS. AT THE SURFACE...THE
STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS THROUGH SE KS FROM WEST OF KCNU TO EAST
OF KWLD. IN THE UNCAPPED VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT STORMS HAVE
ALREADY STARTED TO FIRE ALONG THE FRONT.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 226 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2263

WIDESPREAD STORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST KS THIS EVENING
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WITH GROUNDS ALREADY SATURATED FROM
RAINS OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD TO
SOME FLOODING. THEREFORE RAN WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SE KS
INTO EARLY TUE MORNING.

ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS OVER SE KS WILL HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF
BECOMING SEVERE GIVEN CAPE NEAR 3000J/KG AND 0-6KM IN THE 50-60KT
RANGE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE BETTER DEEP LAYER SHEAR THAN WE HAD
YESTERDAY WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL. BY SUNRISE
TUE THE BULK OF THE SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE SOUTHEAST
OF THE FORECAST AREA AS THE SURFACE BOUNDARY SLOWLY WASHES OUT AS
IT PUSHES SOUTHEAST. FOR TUE ONLY THE FAR SE CORNER WILL MAINTAIN
SOME SMALL PRECIP CHANCES.

FAIRLY COMFORTABLE TEMPS WILL BE IN STORE FOR MOST OF THE AREA FOR
TUE AS SOME DRIER AIR FILTERS-IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS SHOULD
RESULT IN HIGHS CLOSE TO OR A COUPLE DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

THE SLOW MOVING UPPER TROUGH WILL FINALLY BE ON THE MOVE WED AS IT
TRACKS INTO THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY AREAS. THIS WILL ALLOW
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO SETTLE OVER THE AREA PROVIDING
COMFORTABLE TEMPS AND DRY CONDITIONS. SOME SMALL CHANCES FOR
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WORK BACK INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE
FORECAST AREA FOR THU AS BETTER MOISTURE ALONG THE WESTERN FLANK
OF THE SURFACE HIGH STARTS TO WORK BACK INTO THE AREA.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 226 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2263

BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF AGREE ON BRINGING ANOTHER SLOW MOVING UPPER
LOW ON SHORE OVER THE NORTHWEST CONUS. THIS WILL ALLOW RICH GULF
MOISTURE TO WORK BACK INTO THE PLAINS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A FEW
WEAK UPPER IMPULSES WILL PROVIDE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
STORMS THROUGH THESE EXTENDED PERIODS. CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY HIGH
THAT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS WILL BE IN PLACE AREA WIDE THROUGH THESE DAYS.

LAWSON

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1218 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2263

STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FLINT HILLS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A
TEMPO GROUP WAS INCLUDED AT KCNU WHERE HIGHER CONFIDENCE OF STORM
IMPACT IS EXPECTED. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA INTO TONIGHT WITH LIGHT WEST TO
NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THE SURFACE FRONT.

KED

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    54  75  53  76 /  20  10  10  10
HUTCHINSON      52  74  51  76 /  20  10  10  10
NEWTON          53  74  51  75 /  20  10  10  10
ELDORADO        54  75  52  76 /  40  10  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   56  76  53  78 /  50  10  10  10
RUSSELL         49  72  48  74 /  20  10  10  10
GREAT BEND      50  73  49  75 /  20  10  10  10
SALINA          51  74  51  75 /  20  10  10  10
MCPHERSON       52  74  51  75 /  20  10  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     60  76  54  78 /  70  50  10  10
CHANUTE         59  76  53  76 /  70  30  10  10
IOLA            60  76  53  75 /  60  20  10  10
PARSONS-KPPF    60  76  53  77 /  70  40  10  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING FOR KSZ071-072-094>096-098>100.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 3:18 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
318 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-211700-
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-
318 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY
FRONT ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS AND ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. THE STRONGER
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
TO 70 MPH. IN ADDITION...A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

WITH GROUNDS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN...ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS
TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

OVERNIGHT HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS MAY ALLOW SOME FLOODING
TO LINGER INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON TUESDAY.
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

THERE WILL BE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM THURSDAY
INTO SUNDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ROUGHLY EAST OF A LINE...FROM WINFIELD TO EUREKA.

&&

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

LAWSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 1:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
129 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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

1240 AM     TSTM WND DMG     NIOTAZE                 37.07N 96.01W
05/20/2013                   CHAUTAUQUA         KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DELAYED REPORT WITH APPROXIMATE TIME FROM RADAR. 4 TO 8
            INCH BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE CITY OF NIOTAZE WITH
            A TREE BLOWN ONTO A GARAGE.

&&

SGS

Special weather statement, May 20, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
230 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

KSZ095-202015-
WILSON-
230 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WILSON COUNTY...

AT 226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEODESHA...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CHANUTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 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 3739 9553 3738 9594 3772 9575 3773 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 226DEG 32KT 3745 9568

MCGUIRE

Special weather statement, May 20, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
239 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

KSZ072-202030-
ALLEN-
239 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALLEN COUNTY...

AT 238 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
NEAR HUMBOLDT...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF CHANUTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

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 3782 9508 3774 9509 3773 9531 3774 9552
      3788 9551 3804 9536 3804 9508 3803 9507
      3782 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 233DEG 24KT 3780 9548

MCGUIRE

Local storm report, May 20, 3:00 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
300 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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

0300 PM     HAIL             2 ESE IOLA              37.92N 95.36W
05/20/2013  E0.50 INCH       ALLEN              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

Local storm report, May 20, 3:02 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
302 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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

0302 PM     HAIL             6 SE IOLA               37.88N 95.32W
05/20/2013  E1.00 INCH       ALLEN              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

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, 12:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	26 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, 3:56 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.