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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

April 2, 2014Allen County, Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2014, 10:29 PM CDT for Allen County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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: Apr 2, 2014, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Allen County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 2, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 427 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 529 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.4

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The text

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

005 
WUUS53 KICT 030329
SVRICT
KSC001-207-030400-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0021.140403T0329Z-140403T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1029 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  EASTERN WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1027 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
  YATES CENTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS WARNING 
REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WOODSON COUNTY.

  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...
  NEOSHO FALLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3780 9576 3800 9586 3804 9586 3804 9582
      3804 9519 3802 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 243DEG 27KT 3796 9570

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

$$

BILLINGS WRIGHT

1 follow-up statement

401 
WWUS53 KICT 030350
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1050 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

KSC001-207-030400-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140403T0400Z/
ALLEN KS-WOODSON KS-
1050 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
WOODSON AND NORTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 1046 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEOSHO
FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3780 9576 3800 9586 3804 9586 3804 9582
      3804 9519 3802 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 243DEG 27KT 3803 9552

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

$$

BILLINGS WRIGHT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	37 min
Apr 2, 7:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	36 min
Apr 2, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	35 min
Apr 2, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	33 min
Apr 2, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	46 min
Apr 2, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson, Rice	30 min
Apr 2, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	44 min
Apr 2, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	32 min
Apr 2, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	27 min
Apr 2, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	46 min
Apr 2, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	36 min
Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	34 min
Apr 2, 8:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	5 hr
Apr 2, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	30 min
Apr 2, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	46 min
Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	29 min
Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	29 min
Apr 2, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	23 min
Apr 2, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	31 min
Apr 2, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	30 min
Apr 2, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	24 min
Apr 2, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	47 min
Apr 2, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	30 min
Apr 2, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	43 min
Apr 2, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	34 min
Apr 2, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	47 min
Apr 2, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	29 min
Apr 2, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno	38 min
Apr 2, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	35 min
Apr 2, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	37 min
Apr 2, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	33 min
Apr 2, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	31 min
Apr 2, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion	43 min
Apr 2, 11:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Woodson	30 hr
Apr 2, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Greenwood, Woodson	60 min
Apr 3, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	26 min
Apr 3, 12:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood	8 hr
Apr 3, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	46 min
Apr 3, 12:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	29 hr
Apr 3, 1:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	34 min
Apr 3, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	66 min
Apr 3, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	24 hr
Apr 3, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	24 hr
Apr 3, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	30 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.