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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

April 2, 2014Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2014, 8:52 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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
Apr 2, 2014, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2014, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 2, 9:02 PM CDTHAIL 1.75W Mulvane, KSGOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED AT BROADWAY AND 119TH COUNTY LINE ROAD.
Apr 2, 9:10 PM CDTHAIL 1.756 Ssw Haysville, KSGOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN PECK. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Derby, KS
Apr 2, 9:18 PM CDTHAIL 0.5Mulvane, KS
Apr 2, 9:20 PM CDTHAIL 1Derby, KSQUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 95TH STREET SOUTH AND K15

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 2, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 310 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
440 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

404 
WUUS53 KICT 030152
SVRICT
KSC173-030215-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0013.140403T0152Z-140403T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
852 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 850 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CLEARWATER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAYSVILLE...MULVANE...SOUTH WICHITA...DERBY...MCCONNELL AIR FORCE
  BASE AND OAKLAWN.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 52.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 1.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3748 9750 3748 9753 3751 9756 3770 9716
      3747 9716 3748 9746 3747 9746 3747 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 239DEG 35KT 3748 9743

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BILLINGS
1 follow-up statement
004 
WWUS53 KICT 030203
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
903 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

KSC173-030215-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140403T0215Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
903 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 901 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MULVANE...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3748 9750 3748 9748 3754 9750 3770 9716
      3747 9716 3748 9746 3747 9746 3747 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 245DEG 47KT 3750 9724

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

LAWSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua37 min
Apr 2, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua36 min
Apr 2, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman35 min
Apr 2, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen33 min
Apr 2, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley46 min
Apr 2, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson, Rice30 min
Apr 2, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua44 min
Apr 2, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper32 min
Apr 2, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno27 min
Apr 2, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen46 min
Apr 2, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk36 min
Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice34 min
Apr 2, 8:09 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen5 hr
Apr 2, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson30 min
Apr 2, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner46 min
Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman29 min
Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline29 min
Apr 2, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood31 min
Apr 2, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline30 min
Apr 2, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno24 min
Apr 2, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner47 min
Apr 2, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno30 min
Apr 2, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Wilson, Woodson43 min
Apr 2, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler34 min
Apr 2, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson47 min
Apr 2, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno29 min
Apr 2, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Reno38 min
Apr 2, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Greenwood35 min
Apr 2, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson31 min
Apr 2, 10:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson37 min
Apr 2, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood33 min
Apr 2, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson31 min
Apr 2, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion43 min
Apr 2, 11:18 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTWoodson30 hr
Apr 2, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Greenwood, Woodson60 min
Apr 3, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood26 min
Apr 3, 12:21 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTGreenwood8 hr
Apr 3, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson46 min
Apr 3, 12:52 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen29 hr
Apr 3, 1:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen34 min
Apr 3, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen66 min
Apr 3, 8:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen24 hr
Apr 3, 8:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho24 hr
Apr 3, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette30 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.