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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Wichita, KS

June 22, 2014Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2014, 4:12 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 4 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: Jun 22, 2014, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 48 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 Dodge City radar (KDDC), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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
Jun 22, 4:20 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	7 S Gorham, KS
Jun 22, 4:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Gorham, KS
Jun 22, 4:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Gorham, KS
Jun 22, 4:48 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Russell, KS

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 28 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
Jun 22, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 1291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.5

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The text

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

991 
WUUS53 KICT 222112
SVRICT
KSC167-222200-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0165.140622T2112Z-140622T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
412 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 409 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  GORHAM...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSSELL...GORHAM...BUNKER HILL...DORRANCE...MILBERGER AND RUSSELL
  AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 200.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3891 9904 3906 9877 3906 9856 3869 9856
      3869 9904 3870 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 253DEG 7KT 3877 9902

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PEARCE

2 follow-up statements

355 
WWUS53 KICT 222130
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
430 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

KSC167-222200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-140622T2200Z/
RUSSELL KS-
430 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY
UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 429 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
RUSSELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSSELL...BUNKER HILL...DORRANCE AND RUSSELL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3891 9904 3906 9877 3906 9856 3869 9856
      3869 9904 3870 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 252DEG 16KT 3879 9889

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PEARCE

361 
WWUS53 KICT 222142
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
442 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

KSC167-222200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-140622T2200Z/
RUSSELL KS-
442 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY
UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 439 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GORHAM...AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN GORHAM.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSSELL...BUNKER HILL...DORRANCE AND RUSSELL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3891 9904 3906 9877 3906 9856 3869 9856
      3869 9904 3870 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 252DEG 16KT 3889 9896

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

$$

PEARCE

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 22, 2:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
237 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 231 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

ISOLATED...DIURNAL PULSE-TYPE CONVECTION CONTINUES IN SOUTHEAST KS
THIS AFTERNOON IN UNCAPPED...HIGH PW AIRMASS WITH WEAKER SHEAR. A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL IOWA TO NORTHWESTERN KANSAS
AS OF MID AFTERNOON. DEWPOINTS IN MID 60S/~70 ALONG WITH STRONG
HEATING ALONG/SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY ARE ALLOWING MLCAPES OF 2500
TO 3000 J/KG. WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY ALONG WITH
WEAKLY DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT SHOULD ALLOW STRONG-SEVERE STORMS TO
INITIATE ALONG THE FRONT BY LATE AFTERNOON. 25-35 KNOTS EFFECTIVE
BULK SHEAR AND MODERATE-LARGE LOW-LEVEL DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS
SUPPORT BOTH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH A LIKELY TRANSITION TO A MOSTLY STRONG-DAMAGING
WIND THREAT THIS EVENING AS COLD POOLS MERGE WITH MCS DEVELOPMENT.
OTHER MCS ACTIVITY MAY DEVELOP FROM STORMS COMING OUT OF EASTERN
COLORADO IN UPSLOPE REGIME...WHICH COULD AFFECT OUR AREA LATER
THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING.

WITH PWS OF 1.5 TO 1.75 INCHES...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL (MAX RAIN
AMOUNTS 1-3 INCHES) IS EXPECTED IN CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL KS TONIGHT
WHERE STRONGEST MOISTURE TRANSPORT IS PROJECTED. LINGERING
CONVECTION APPEARS LIKELY MONDAY ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE KS
TURNPIKE...WITH STORMS GRADUALLY ENDING IN CENTRAL KS BEHIND
DEPARTING MCV. THE EFFECTIVE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD PUSH OUT OF FAR
SOUTHEAST KS MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE WASHING OUT TO OUR SOUTH. THE NEXT
CHANCE OF STORMS COULD COME TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH
MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW POTENTIALLY INTIATING STORMS OVER THE CENTRAL
HIGH PLAINS TUES PM/EVE...WITH A LIKELY EASTWARD TRANSLATION TO
THIS CONVECTION GIVEN WEST-NORTHWESTLY FLOW ALOFT.

HIGHS MONDAY SHOULD BE 5-12 DEGREES LOWER THAN TODAY BEHIND THE FRONT
AND CONVECTION...WITH TEMPS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL
AVERAGES TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY.

JMC

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 231 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS WERE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT ON THE LARGE-SCALE
UPPER PATTERN...SHOWING MEAN UPPER TROUGHING OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST WITH UPPER RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHEAST CONUS DURING THIS
EXTENDED PERIOD. THIS PATTERN FAVORS PERSISTENT LEE TROUGHING...WITH
SOUTHERLY FLOW MAINTAINING RICH GULF MOISTURE/INSTABILITY ACROSS THE
KANSAS REGION...ALONG WITH SEASONABLY VERY WARM/HUMID CONDITIONS.
GIVEN THE ABSENCE OF A PROGGED SYNOPTIC FRONT IN THE AREA...AND MOST
GUIDANCE SUGGESTING MID-LEVEL TEMPS WARMING SOME...THINK MOST OF
THIS EXTENDED PERIOD WILL FEATURE DRY WEATHER.

JMC

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1242 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

MVFR/BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS LIKELY IN ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS...
OTHERWISE VFR AT ALL SITES/TIMES. SURFACE BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY
OF KRSL AT THIS TIME...WHICH WILL LIKELY BE INITIATION POINT FOR
CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. ANTICIPATE STORMS TO GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD
THE REMAINDER OF THE SITES DURING THE EVENING/OVERNIGHT HOURS.
SMALL CHANCE THAT AIRMASS TYPE STORMS COULD DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE
BOUNDARY...ESPECIALLY AT KCNU/SOUTHEAST KS WHERE SURFACE DEWPOINTS
ARE IN THE LOWER 70S. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED BEHIND THE STORMS. -HOWERTON

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    70  84  66  86 /  80  60  10  10
HUTCHINSON      68  84  65  86 /  80  30  10  10
NEWTON          68  83  65  85 /  80  50  10  10
ELDORADO        69  83  65  85 /  70  70  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   70  84  67  86 /  70  60  10  10
RUSSELL         64  83  63  85 /  80  20  10  10
GREAT BEND      64  83  63  85 /  80  20  10  10
SALINA          67  84  64  86 /  80  30  10  10
MCPHERSON       67  83  64  85 /  80  40  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     70  83  68  86 /  60  60  30  10
CHANUTE         70  82  67  85 /  60  60  10  10
IOLA            70  81  66  85 /  60  60  10  10
PARSONS-KPPF    70  82  67  86 /  60  60  20  10

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:27 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
327 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-232030-
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-
327 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE SEVERE THREAT AREA WILL BE TO THE
NORTHWEST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE UNTIL ABOUT MID EVENING. THE MAIN
STORM THREATS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS WILL BE HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE
AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL TO DIME
SIZE...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND DOWNPOURS. ALTHOUGH STORM
INTENSITY SHOULD DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT...THE THREAT FOR LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXIST IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER ACROSS THE AREA INTO MONDAY...WHILE
DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM
THAT DEVELOPS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A FEW STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING...TO
THE NORTHWEST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:39 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
339 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

KSZ032-222115-
RUSSELL-
339 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 336 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RUSSELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSSELL...BUNKER HILL...DORRANCE...RUSSELL AIRPORT AND WILSON LAKE.

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. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK
FOR MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3895 9904 3896 9849 3870 9849 3870 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 231DEG 3KT 3883 9886

HOWERTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	36 min
Jun 22, 4:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Russell	5 hr
Jun 22, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	37 min
Jun 22, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	46 min
Jun 22, 5:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	5 hr
Jun 22, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	51 min
Jun 22, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	26 min
Jun 22, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	24 min
Jun 22, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	37 min
Jun 22, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	33 min
Jun 22, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	45 min
Jun 22, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	36 min
Jun 22, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	32 min
Jun 22, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	30 min
Jun 22, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	26 min
Jun 22, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	31 min
Jun 22, 6:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton	5 hr
Jun 22, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	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.