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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Wichita, KS

June 1, 2014Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2014, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 438 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-418 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 1, 2:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
200 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-021900-
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-
200 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO OR DEVELOP OVER
CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. BASEBALL SIZED HAIL IS POSSIBLE...
ALONG WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE STORMS WILL TEND TO
CONSOLIDATE INTO ONE OR TWO LINES DURING THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. THE STORMS WILL SPREAD MAINLY EAST AND A BIT SOUTH
TONIGHT...WITH A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS...QUARTER SIZED HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS ALONG A STALLED FRONT. IF
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL LESS SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP NORTHWARD
ACROSS GENERALLY THE NORTHERN HALF OF KANSAS MONDAY NIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN PROBABLE BY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN
NEBRASKA...WITH THIS ACTIVITY LIKELY REMAINING WELL NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 70.

FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...PERIODIC BOUTS OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE REGION. THESE WILL MAINLY BE DURING THE AFTERNOON...EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH AND STALLS ONCE
AGAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS...AND THIS EVENING ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF I-35.

&&

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

HOWERTON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:36 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
536 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

KSZ032-012315-
RUSSELL-
536 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GORHAM...OR 13
  MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSSELL...PARADISE...LURAY...RUSSELL AIRPORT AND WALDO.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORM INTENSIFIES AND
BECOMES SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3914 9866 3892 9858 3880 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 244DEG 37KT 3898 9905

CARUSO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell39 min
Jun 1, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln56 min
Jun 1, 6:25 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRussell5 hr
Jun 1, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell67 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.