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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Wichita, KS

June 5, 2014Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2014, 5:31 AM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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 5, 2014, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2014, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 1842 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 8.6

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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 5, 5:14 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 5:14 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
514 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

.MESOSCALE DISCUSSION...
ISSUED AT 514 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF PROGRESSIVE WIND PRODUCING STORMS AND
SOME WITH VERY LARGE HAIL...POSSIBLY WIND DRIVEN...CONTINUE
TO AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS. DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF NEAR 75 MPH
HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AS WELL AS UP TO BASEBALL SIZE
HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND REPEAT STORM CORES WILL PRODUCE
MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING AS WELL. THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THIS COMPLEX
STILL LOOKS TO AFFECT AT LEAST THE NORTHERN PART OF THE WICHITA
METRO AREA AND PERHAPS A BIT FURTHER SOUTH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS.

KED

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 246 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

PROGRESSIVE DERECHO DEVELOPING ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS
WHICH WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST THE HRRR
AND RAP ARE TOO FAR NORTH WITH THE TRACK WHICH SUGGESTS
IMPACT AS FAR SOUTH AS THE WICHITA METRO LOOKS REASONABLE
WITH SOUTHERN EXTENT OF WATCH 226. DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 75 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE MESO/BOWING
SEGMENT. WIND DRIVEN HAIL IS POSSIBLE...HOWEVER HAIL SIZE
IS MORE LIKELY TO BE GOLF BALL OR LESS...THOUGH COULD
STILL RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IF COINCIDENT
WITH SWATH OF STRONG WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD
PRECEDE THE MAIN CONVECTIVE WIND STORM...ALONG THE WARM
ADVECTION FEEDER ARM OF CONVECTION WHICH HAS DEVELOPED
ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MESOSCALE COMPLEX WILL MOVE
QUICKLY INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY MID TO
LATE MORNING. EXPECT SOME SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF THIS
SYSTEM INTO THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.
LATEST SHORT TERM MODELS AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE MESOSCALE
OUTFLOW LATER TODAY...SUGGEST THE BETTER CHANCES FOR
CONVECTION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT MAY RESIDE CLOSER TO
THE OKLAHOMA BORDER OR INTO FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

A MORE DISCERNIBLE SHORTWAVE ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AGAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT...WHICH
SHOULD SUPPORT ANOTHER LARGER SCALE MESO-CONVECTIVE
SYSTEM THAT WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH
SEVERE WEATHER AND ALSO HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND LOOKS VERY ACTIVE WITH
EPISODAL SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL...THOUGH DAILY
TRENDS ON PLACEMENT AND MODE WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT
CHALLENGING DUE TO MESOSCALE INFLUENCES IN THE PRECEDING
12 TO 24 HOURS.

DARMOFAL

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 246 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

LITTLE IF ANY ADJUSTMENT TO THE OUTER PERIODS WITH THIS
FORECAST UPDATE DUE TO HIGHER IMPACT AND FOCUS ON SHORT TERM
WEATHER.

KED

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1144 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

EXPECTING A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER
NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT INTO CENTRAL
KANSAS...THEN MOVE EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY THURSDAY
MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FOLLOWED BY SOME LINGERING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS
THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY OUT OF THE EAST AS
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SLIDES VERY SLOWLY EAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA.

JAKUB

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    86  69  83  68 /  70  60  50  80
HUTCHINSON      84  67  82  67 /  80  60  40  80
NEWTON          82  67  81  66 /  90  60  40  80
ELDORADO        82  67  80  67 /  80  60  50  80
WINFIELD-KWLD   87  69  83  69 /  60  60  50  80
RUSSELL         82  64  82  65 /  80  40  30  70
GREAT BEND      83  65  82  65 /  80  60  40  80
SALINA          82  66  82  66 /  80  30  30  80
MCPHERSON       83  66  81  66 /  90  50  40  80
COFFEYVILLE     85  69  82  69 /  60  60  60  70
CHANUTE         81  68  81  67 /  70  60  50  70
IOLA            80  67  80  67 /  80  60  50  70
PARSONS-KPPF    84  68  82  68 /  70  60  60  70

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 4:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
428 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-060845-
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-
428 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL
AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH
AND LARGE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE. WIND DRIVEN LARGE HAIL IS
POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 THIS MORNING.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE LATER TODAY AND INTO
TONIGHT. A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXIST
MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER IN
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AND
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE BETTER LIKELIHOOD WILL BE DURING THE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...WHEN COMPLEXES OF THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. A RISK FOR SEVERE
STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH AT
LEAST SATURDAY NIGHT. CHECK LATER OUTLOOKS FOR MORE SPECIFIC
DETAILS ON THE DAILY SEVERE WEATHER RISKS.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK BUT
CONTINUE TO LINGER ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. IT IS TOO EARLY TO
SPECULATE ON THE RISK FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED UNTIL MID-MORNING FOR
LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A SALINA TO WICHITA LINE. SPOTTER
ACTIVATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATER TODAY OR EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

&&

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, Jun 5, 4:39 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
439 AM CDT THU JUN 05 2014

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

0435 AM     TSTM WND GST     RUSSELL                 38.89N 98.85W
06/05/2014  E60 MPH          RUSSELL            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:47 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
447 AM CDT THU JUN 05 2014

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

0441 AM     TSTM WND GST     RUSSELL ARPT            38.87N 98.82W
06/05/2014  M72 MPH          RUSSELL            KS   ASOS

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:59 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
459 AM CDT THU JUN 05 2014

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

0455 AM     TSTM WND GST     MCPHERSON AIRPORT       38.35N 97.69W
06/05/2014  E70 MPH          MCPHERSON          KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:06 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
506 AM CDT THU JUN 05 2014

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

0455 AM     HAIL             MCPHERSON               38.37N 97.66W
06/05/2014  M3.00 INCH       MCPHERSON          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER LOCATED IN THE 1700 BLOCK OF LIMESTONE
            REPORTING 3.25 INCH HAIL. TIME IS BASED ON RADAR.

0501 AM     HAIL             3 S GALVA               38.34N 97.54W
06/05/2014  E2.75 INCH       MCPHERSON          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:14 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
514 AM CDT THU JUN 05 2014

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

0455 AM     HAIL             2 N GREAT BEND          38.39N 98.81W
06/05/2014  E1.75 INCH       BARTON             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATES QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
            AND 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS.

0455 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 N GREAT BEND          38.39N 98.81W
06/05/2014  E60 MPH          BARTON             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATES 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS AND AS LARGE
            AS GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:27 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
527 AM CDT THU JUN 05 2014

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

0515 AM     TSTM WND GST     GALVA                   38.38N 97.54W
06/05/2014  M72 MPH          MCPHERSON          KS   MESONET

            A PERSONAL WEATHER STATION MEASURED 72 MPH.

&&

VJP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 10:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	58 min
Jun 5, 2:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	41 min
Jun 5, 3:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	45 min
Jun 5, 3:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	56 min
Jun 5, 3:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	50 min
Jun 5, 4:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	54 min
Jun 5, 4:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice	60 min
Jun 5, 4:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	5 hr
Jun 5, 4:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell	54 min
Jun 5, 4:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	68 min
Jun 5, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey	61 min
Jun 5, 5:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	57 min
Jun 5, 5:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Rice	5 hr
Jun 5, 5:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	5 hr
Jun 5, 5:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	51 min
Jun 5, 5:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	44 min
Jun 5, 5:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase	62 min
Jun 5, 5:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	58 min
Jun 5, 5:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice	18 min
Jun 5, 5:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion, Reno	47 min
Jun 5, 6:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	5 hr
Jun 5, 6:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sumner	58 min
Jun 5, 6:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Greenwood	56 min
Jun 5, 6:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	15 min
Jun 5, 6:45 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	ICT	Chase, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Marion, Russell and 1 more	3 hr
Jun 5, 6:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	27 min
Jun 5, 6:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	57 min
Jun 5, 7:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	48 min
Jun 5, 7:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson	57 min
Jun 5, 7:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	36 min
Jun 5, 7:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Neosho	60 min
Jun 5, 7:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Neosho, Wilson and 1 more	5 hr
Jun 5, 8:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	28 min
Jun 5, 8:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	36 min
Jun 5, 9:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	31 min
Jun 5, 12:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	5 hr
Jun 5, 3:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	39 hr
Jun 5, 3:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	57 hr

Nearby

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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.