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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

May 12, 2014Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 12, 2014, 2:13 AM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
May 12, 2014, 2:13 AM CDT (07:13 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2014, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Barton County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 261 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1294 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 12, 12:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 12:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 11:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1155 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-130500-
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-
1155 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT
AREAWIDE. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THROUGH 3
AM ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL...EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
KANSAS. HAIL TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND 70 MPH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A RISK FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL MINOR
FLOODING OVERNIGHT EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM KINGMAN TO
HUTCHINSON TO SALINA...AS THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP AND TRAIN ALONG
THE SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT.

STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL
KANSAS PAST MIDNIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE WIND ADVISORY FOR
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS DURING THE
AFTERNOON.

VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...
GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 14.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice42 min
May 11, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell43 min
May 11, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell41 min
May 11, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline60 min
May 11, 7:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice12 hr
May 11, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell47 min
May 11, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice33 min
May 11, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline24 min
May 11, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Saline49 min
May 11, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Reno, Rice46 min
May 11, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRice20 min
May 11, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Kingman, Reno48 min
May 11, 9:27 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTMcPherson, Rice33 min
May 11, 9:57 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTMcPherson33 min
May 11, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Kingman, McPherson, Reno, Rice46 min
May 11, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion, Saline51 min
May 11, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick58 min
May 11, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Kingman, Reno48 min
May 11, 11:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion34 min
May 11, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick48 min
May 12, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase24 min
May 12, 12:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson28 min
May 12, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase31 min
May 12, 1:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline29 min
May 12, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion31 min
May 12, 1:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase25 min
May 12, 1:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase28 min
May 12, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth, Rice23 min
May 12, 2:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth30 min
May 12, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth35 min
May 12, 3:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick37 min
May 12, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho24 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.