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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Wichita, KS

June 22, 2014Ellsworth County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Ellsworth County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

094 
WUUS53 KICT 222245
SVRICT
KSC053-222330-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0170.140622T2245Z-140622T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 543 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KANOPOLIS
  STATE PARK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
  KANOPOLIS STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3871 9793 3852 9792 3852 9836 3868 9834
      3876 9808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 318DEG 8KT 3867 9807

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

216 
WWUS53 KICT 222320
SVSICT

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

KSC053-222330-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-140622T2330Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-
620 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
ELLSWORTH COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 618 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LORRAINE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 5 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...
KANOPOLIS STATE PARK AND KANOPOLIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3871 9793 3852 9792 3852 9836 3868 9834
      3876 9808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 264DEG 6KT 3853 9829

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

$$

PEARCE

817 
WWUS53 KICT 222327
SVSICT

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

KSC053-222337-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-140622T2330Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-
627 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3871 9793 3852 9792 3852 9836 3868 9834
      3876 9808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 264DEG 6KT 3853 9828

$$

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, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 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, 2 hours 18 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

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
441 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

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

0440 PM     HAIL             GORHAM                  38.88N 99.02W
06/22/2014  E1.00 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JMC

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:49 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
449 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

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

0448 PM     HAIL             RUSSELL                 38.89N 98.85W
06/22/2014  E1.00 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JMC

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:00 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
500 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

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

0458 PM     HAIL             3 NW GALATIA            38.67N 99.00W
06/22/2014  E1.00 INCH       BARTON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THE HAIL WAS TURNING THE GROUND WHITE.

&&

JMC

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:34 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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

KSZ048-222300-
ELLSWORTH-
534 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KANOPOLIS STATE PARK...OR 8
  MILES EAST OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KANOPOLIS STATE PARK.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3871 9793 3852 9793 3852 9837 3868 9826
      3879 9808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 293DEG 5KT 3871 9807

PEARCE

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:36 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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

KSZ050-222300-
RICE-
536 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GENESEO...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF
  ELLSWORTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GENESEO AND LITTLE RIVER.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3852 9836 3853 9800 3852 9793 3828 9792
      3828 9793 3845 9838
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 305DEG 5KT 3847 9822

PEARCE

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:42 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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

KSZ032-222315-
RUSSELL-
542 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 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 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LURAY AND LUCAS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9884 3913 9848 3900 9848 3884 9882
      3897 9898
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 255DEG 20KT 3899 9875

PEARCE

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, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	48 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, 5:54 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

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.