Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 2014, 6:25 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
- Sep 30, 2014, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2014, 6:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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 nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1334 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
789
WUUS53 KICT 302325
SVRICT
KSC105-167-010015-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0252.140930T2325Z-141001T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
625 PM CDT TUE SEP 30 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 622 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LUCAS...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SYLVAN GROVE AND ASH GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 9844 3922 9829 3903 9817 3895 9864
3909 9870 3914 9862 3914 9850 3921 9850
3923 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 249DEG 26KT 3904 9854
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MCGUIRE2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KICT 302341
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
641 PM CDT TUE SEP 30 2014
KSC167-302352-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-141001T0015Z/
RUSSELL KS-
641 PM CDT TUE SEP 30 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3922 9844 3922 9829 3903 9817 3898 9848
3908 9849 3913 9848 3914 9850 3915 9850
3921 9850 3923 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 246DEG 26KT 3912 9839
$$
KSC105-010015-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-141001T0015Z/
LINCOLN KS-
641 PM CDT TUE SEP 30 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 638 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
SYLVAN GROVE...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...
ASH GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 9844 3922 9829 3903 9817 3898 9848
3908 9849 3913 9848 3914 9850 3915 9850
3921 9850 3923 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 246DEG 26KT 3912 9839
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MCGUIRE730
WWUS53 KICT 302355
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
655 PM CDT TUE SEP 30 2014
KSC105-010004-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-141001T0015Z/
LINCOLN KS-
655 PM CDT TUE SEP 30 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3922 9844 3922 9829 3903 9817 3898 9848
3908 9849 3913 9848 3914 9850 3915 9850
3921 9850 3923 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 246DEG 26KT 3916 9829
$$
MCGUIREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 24 min |
| Sep 30, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 34 min |
| Sep 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Sep 30, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Sep 30, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Sep 30, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 52 min |
| Sep 30, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 34 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.