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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Wichita, KS

May 11, 2014Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2014, 10:47 PM CDT for Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. 5 reports 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 11, 2014, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2014, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 11, 11:19 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	3 Sw Andale, KS	STORM CHASER REPORTS HALF DOLLAR HAIL AT 29TH STREET NORTH AND 259TH STREET WEST.
May 11, 11:19 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	3 Sw Andale, KS	STORM CHASER REPORTS HALF DOLLAR HAIL AT 29TH STREET NORTH AND 295TH STREET WEST.
May 11, 11:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 59	Mount Hope, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
May 11, 11:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Mount Hope, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER SPOTTER REPORTS HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AND 59MPH WINDS.
May 11, 11:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 80	5 Ene Sedgwick, KS	LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS DRIVING AT INTERSTATE 135 AND K196 WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED 70 TO 80 MPH WINDS AND RAIN WHICH LIMITED VISIBILITY SIGNIFICANTLY. TIME IS BASED ON RADAR.

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 5 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 32 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 11, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 214 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: 1294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 6.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

548 
WUUS53 KICT 120347
SVRICT
KSC079-173-120445-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0102.140512T0347Z-140512T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1047 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1044 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM BURRTON TO 8 MILES WEST OF ANDALE TO 7 MILES WEST OF
  CHENEY TO 9 MILES WEST OF NORWICH...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWTON...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...MOUNT HOPE...CHENEY...ANDALE...
  COLWICH...SEDGWICK...GODDARD...MAIZE...VIOLA...VALLEY CENTER...WEST
  WICHITA...WALTON...PARK CITY...WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT...
  CLEARWATER...NORTHEAST WICHITA...EAST WICHITA...HAYSVILLE AND SOUTH
  WICHITA.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 54.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 38.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3748 9780 3773 9781 3774 9770 3792 9770
      3792 9751 3817 9736 3818 9715 3748 9716
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 259DEG 31KT 3799 9767 3778 9773
          3760 9788 3749 9798

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

BILLINGS WRIGHT

3 follow-up statements

469 
WWUS53 KICT 120417
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1117 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

KSC079-173-120445-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-140512T0445Z/
SEDGWICK KS-HARVEY KS-
1117 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HARVEY AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1114 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM HALSTEAD TO ANDALE TO CHENEY TO NORWICH...AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...COLWICH...GODDARD...SEDGWICK...MAIZE...
WEST WICHITA...VALLEY CENTER...WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT...PARK
CITY...WALTON...CLEARWATER...NORTHEAST WICHITA...EAST WICHITA...
HAYSVILLE...SOUTH WICHITA...MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...DERBY...
MULVANE AND BENTLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR BEFORE ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3748 9780 3773 9781 3774 9770 3792 9770
      3792 9751 3817 9736 3818 9715 3748 9716
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 273DEG 31KT 3799 9752 3778 9759
          3760 9773 3749 9784

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

KETCHAM

149 
WWUS53 KICT 120431
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1131 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

KSC079-173-120445-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-140512T0445Z/
SEDGWICK KS-HARVEY KS-
1131 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HARVEY AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1128 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SEDGWICK TO 5 MILES NORTH OF COLWICH TO MAIZE TO
GODDARD...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...SEDGWICK...GODDARD...CLEARWATER...VALLEY
CENTER...PARK CITY...WEST WICHITA...WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT...
WALTON...NORTHEAST WICHITA...EAST WICHITA...SOUTH WICHITA...MCCONNELL
AIR FORCE BASE...HAYSVILLE...DERBY...MULVANE...NORTH NEWTON...NEWTON
AIRPORT AND KECHI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR BEFORE ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3748 9780 3773 9781 3774 9770 3792 9770
      3792 9751 3817 9736 3818 9715 3748 9716
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 256DEG 39KT 3799 9739 3786 9747
          3778 9743 3767 9760

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

KETCHAM

720 
WWUS53 KICT 120438
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1138 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

KSC079-173-120445-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-140512T0445Z/
SEDGWICK KS-HARVEY KS-
1138 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HARVEY AND NORTHERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1136 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEWTON TO SEDGWICK TO VALLEY CENTER TO GODDARD...AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOWNTOWN WICHITA...WEST WICHITA...WALTON...PARK CITY...NORTHEAST
WICHITA...EAST WICHITA...NEWTON AIRPORT...KECHI...BEL AIRE AND JABARA
AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET...OR BASEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3792 9770 3792 9751 3817 9736 3818 9719
      3817 9715 3768 9716 3764 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 256DEG 39KT 3803 9732 3790 9740
          3782 9736 3771 9753

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

KETCHAM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 11, 7:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 7:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
708 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 207 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

STRONG INSTABILITY EXISTS IN THE WARM/MOIST SECTOR ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH COLD FRONT AND DRY-LINE
JUST OFF TO OUR WEST. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL INCREASE NEAR
THE TIME OF PEAK HEATING...WITH RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF DEEP
CONVECTION DEPICTED BY THE SHORT TERM MODELS IN THE 21-23Z
TIME FRAME. IMPRESSIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL SUPPORT AN
INITIAL SUPERCELL MODE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THOUGH FORCING ALONG THE
EASTWARD MIGRATING COLD FRONT AND FLOW ALOFT MORE PARALLEL TO
THE BOUNDARY SUGGESTS TRANSITION TO A LINEAR MODE AS THE EVENING
PROGRESSES. THE GREATEST RISK FOR HIGHER END SEVERE WEATHER
INCLUDING VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES SHOULD EXIST LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS WITH ANY
SUPERCELL STORMS AND DURING TRANSITION TO A QUASI-LINEAR
MODE...ESPECIALLY PREFERENTIALLY ON THE SOUTHERN MOST CELLS ALONG
THE FRONT. THE SEVERE RISK SHOULD DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT AS THE
CONVECTION SHIFTS EAST TOWARD THE TURNPIKE...THOUGH MARGINALLY
SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH AN INCREASED POTENTIAL
FOR MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

MUCH COOLER WEATHER IS STILL ON TAP FOR EARLY THIS WEEK AS THE
MEAN LONGWAVE UPPER TROF SLOWLY MIGRATES EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS
TO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. CONVECTIVE CHANCES WILL LINGER ON
MONDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS THOUGH THE SEVERE RISK LOOKS
MINIMAL WITH PERHAPS JUST A FEW STRONG STORMS BEFORE THE FRONT
EXITS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. A SHORTWAVE ALOFT IN THE BASE OF
THE MEAN LONGWAVE TROF WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS
AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY PROVIDE MAINLY
SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

DARMOFAL

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 207 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

ONLY SLIGHT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE
WEEK. SHORTWAVES ALOFT WILL ROTATE SOUTHEAST ON THE BACK SIDE OF
THE EASTERN CONUS LONGWAVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST. THIS MAY GIVE
RISE TO SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AS A REINFORCING PUSH OF
COOL AIR AND FRONT PUSHES SOUTH BY THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY.
OTHERWISE IT WILL REMAIN UNSEASONABLY COOL WITH SOME MODERATION
BY THE WEEKEND.

KED

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 707 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A MAIN CONCERN FOR MOST
OF THE TAF SITES FOR THE NEXT 12-18 HRS.  MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL
INITIALLY BE MOST NUMEROUS NEAR THE KRSL TAF SITE...WITH THE SHOWERS
AND TSRA SPREADING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AS THE LATE EVENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT PROGRESSES.  SO WILL GO WITH PREVAILING TSRA FOR KRSL AND
EVENTUALLY WILL SEE PREVAILING TSRA FOR KSLN/KHUT BY AROUND 02-04Z.
EXPECT THIS AREA OF CONVECTION TO TRAIN TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AS THE
OVERNIGHT PROGRESSES...AND APPROACH KICT AFTER 06-08Z. WILL
CERTAINLY SEE MVFR CIGS/VSBYS IN AND NEAR THE STORMS.

EXPECT A WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST-NW AS THIS LINE OF CONVECTION
PROGRESSES TO THE EAST EARLY ON MON ASA COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA...FOR THE KRSL AND KSLN TAF SITES.

EXPECT THE AREA OF CONVECTION TO SHIFT EAST ACROSS KICT AND KCNU
FOR MON MORNING...WITH MVFR CIGS/VSBYS IN AND AROUND THE CONVECTION.

KETCHAM

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 207 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN
MEANINGFUL RAINS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS MAY
ALLOW FOR RENEWED GREEN-UP ACROSS DROUGHT STRICKEN AREAS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. EVEN SO...A SLIGHTLY ELEVATED RISK FOR
VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER MAY EXIST THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 14.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    60  66  42  66 /  60  40  10  10
HUTCHINSON      56  62  41  65 /  70  30  10  10
NEWTON          58  64  41  65 /  60  40  10  10
ELDORADO        63  69  42  65 /  60  60  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   64  71  42  66 /  60  60  10  10
RUSSELL         48  55  38  63 /  80  20  10  10
GREAT BEND      49  57  38  63 /  80  20  10  10
SALINA          56  61  40  65 /  80  30  10  10
MCPHERSON       56  61  41  65 /  80  30  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     69  75  46  66 /  60  70  40  10
CHANUTE         69  73  45  65 /  60  70  30  10
IOLA            68  73  45  65 /  60  70  30  10
PARSONS-KPPF    70  75  46  65 /  60  70  30  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ048>053-
067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100.

RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-
047>052-067-068-082-083-091.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-047.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 3:23 PM CDT, 7 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
323 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-122030-
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-
323 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE GREATEST RISK
IS ALONG AND WEST OF A SALINA TO HUTCHINSON TO ANTHONY LINE.
SUPER-CELL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY ON...AND THEN ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME MORE LINEAR IN NATURE. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF VERY
LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING DOWN-BURST
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH...AND TORNADOES. AS THE LINE OF STORMS
MOVES SLOWLY EAST TOWARD THE KANSAS TURNPIKE LATER THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT...THE RISK OF HIGHER END SEVERE WEATHER WILL LESSEN.
HOWEVER STORMS OVERNIGHT MAY STILL CONTAIN HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL
SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 65 MPH.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A RISK FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL MINOR
FLOODING THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AS THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP
AND TRAIN ALONG THE SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. THE GREATEST RISK FOR
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.

STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA
INTO MID-EVENING. THE WARM TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO KEEP THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER VERY HIGH TO EXTREME
FOR RAIN-FREE AREAS THAT ARE WEST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. PLEASE
REFER TO THE RED FLAG WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS DURING THE
AFTERNOON.

VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...
GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 14.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EVENING...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A SALINA TO HUTCHINSON TO
ANTHONY LINE.

&&

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

KED

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 10:04 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1004 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

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

0945 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BUHLER                  38.14N 97.77W
05/11/2014                   RENO               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES DOWN WITH POWER OUTAGES IN TOWN.

&&

BDK

Local storm report, May 11, 10:06 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1006 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

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

1005 PM     TORNADO          1 SE MCPHERSON          38.36N 97.65W
05/11/2014                   MCPHERSON          KS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 11, 10:13 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1013 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

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

1007 PM     TORNADO          MCPHERSON               38.37N 97.66W
05/11/2014                   MCPHERSON          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS VIA KSN OF A TORNADO PASSED THE
            INTERSTATE 135 EXIT IN MCPHERSON.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 11, 10:39 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1039 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

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

0952 PM     TORNADO          7 SW MCPHERSON          38.30N 97.75W
05/11/2014                   MCPHERSON          KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER POLES ARE REPORTED TO BE DOWN AT 8TH AND DAKOTA
            WHICH IS NORTHWEST OF GROVELAND. TIME IS BASED ON
            PREVIOUS REPORTS OF TORNADO IN THAT AREA.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, May 11, 10:40 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1040 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

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

1040 PM     HAIL             3 N ZENDA               37.49N 98.29W
05/11/2014  E1.25 INCH       KINGMAN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL.

&&

KED

Local storm report, May 11, 10:45 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1045 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

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

1040 PM     HAIL             2 NE WILLOWDALE         37.54N 98.28W
05/11/2014  M2.50 INCH       KINGMAN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

VJP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	42 min
May 11, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	43 min
May 11, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	41 min
May 11, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	60 min
May 11, 7:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	12 hr
May 11, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell	47 min
May 11, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	33 min
May 11, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	24 min
May 11, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Saline	49 min
May 11, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Reno, Rice	46 min
May 11, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Rice	20 min
May 11, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno	48 min
May 11, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	McPherson, Rice	33 min
May 11, 9:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	McPherson	33 min
May 11, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Reno, Rice	46 min
May 11, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	51 min
May 11, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno	48 min
May 11, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	34 min
May 11, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick	48 min
May 12, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	24 min
May 12, 12:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	28 min
May 12, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	31 min
May 12, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	29 min
May 12, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	31 min
May 12, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	25 min
May 12, 1:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	28 min
May 12, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	23 min
May 12, 2:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	32 min
May 12, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	30 min
May 12, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	35 min
May 12, 3:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	37 min
May 12, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	24 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.