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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2014, 3:39 AM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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
- Jul 27, 2014, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2014, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Ellsworth County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 920 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jul 27, 2:59 AM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 2:59 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 259 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 257 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 A COLD FRONT WAS BISECTING THE CENTRAL PLAINS OVERNIGHT WITH ISOLATED POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WHAT LITTLE SUPPORT THERE IS FOR RENEWED DEVELOPMENT IS PROGGED TO SHIFT SOUTH AND WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO MAY LINGER THROUGH 15-16Z BEFORE SHIFTING SOUTH OF THE AREA AS DRIER AIR ADVECTS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING MORE SEASONABLE AIR TO THE AREA TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S. DRY AND SEASONABLY COOL AIR WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM PERIODS WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND HIGHS IN THE 80S MON-TUE. MAINTAINED LOW POPS ALONG THE WESTERN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA AS A MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW REGIME IS PROGGED WITHIN A WEAKLY CAPPED AIRMASS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS MAY DRIFT EASTWARD IMPACTING THE AREA LATE TUE WHILE BETTER CHANCES SHOULD REMAIN WELL WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 257 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 THE ECMWF AND GFS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT BRINGING A SUBTLE WAVE EAST/SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON WED-WED NIGHT AND MAINTAINED MID POPS WEIGHTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST ZONES. DUE TO LIMITED INSOLATION/PRECIPITATION...HIGHS MAY STRUGGLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE 70S. THE GFS AND ECMWF REMAIN IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT DEPICTING A LARGE TROUGH MEANDERING/RETROGRADING ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AREA THU-SAT. THIS WILL RESULT IN A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR AND CONTINUED CHANCES FOR LIGHT PRECIPITATION INTO THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1139 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 CONFIDENCE IN OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS IS WANING...AND HAVE DECREASED CHANCES AND REMOVED VCTS FROM THE TAF FORECAST. LATEST RUC SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING AND CONVECTION WANES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE COOL FRONT HAS SLOWED AND HAVE REFLECTED THAT IN THE TAFS AS WELL. BY MORNING EXPECT WINDS TO BE NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WITH MID-UPPER CLOUDS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL. BILLINGS WRIGHT && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 92 65 87 65 / 20 0 0 10 HUTCHINSON 91 64 86 64 / 20 0 0 10 NEWTON 92 64 85 64 / 10 0 0 10 ELDORADO 92 64 86 62 / 20 0 0 0 WINFIELD-KWLD 92 66 87 65 / 20 0 0 0 RUSSELL 87 63 86 63 / 10 0 0 10 GREAT BEND 88 63 86 63 / 20 0 0 10 SALINA 90 62 87 62 / 10 0 0 10 MCPHERSON 91 64 86 64 / 10 0 0 10 COFFEYVILLE 96 64 88 62 / 10 0 0 0 CHANUTE 94 63 86 61 / 10 0 0 0 IOLA 93 62 85 60 / 10 0 0 0 PARSONS-KPPF 95 64 87 61 / 10 0 0 0 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 11:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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</html>In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 1:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 124 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 KSZ047-270730- BARTON- 124 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 230 AM CDT * AT 121 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOISINGTON...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF GREAT BEND...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOISINGTON...ELLINWOOD AND CLAFLIN. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. && LAT...LON 3855 9849 3832 9849 3831 9895 3854 9898 TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 271DEG 16KT 3845 9880 KETCHAM
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:54 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 254 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 KSZ047-270900- BARTON- 254 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 252 AM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 6 MILES WEST OF GALATIA...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GALATIA AND OLMITZ. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORM INTENSIFIES AND BECOMES SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3870 9904 3870 9877 3849 9886 3855 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0754Z 289DEG 11KT 3866 9905 KETCHAM
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:39 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 339 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 KSZ048-270945- ELLSWORTH- 339 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 445 AM CDT * AT 338 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELLSWORTH...ELLSWORTH AIRPORT AND KANOPOLIS. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. && LAT...LON 3874 9801 3853 9811 3866 9848 3883 9840 TIME...MOT...LOC 0839Z 291DEG 14KT 3872 9833 KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 5:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 5:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 38 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.