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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

August 10, 2014McPherson County, Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2014, 12:48 AM CDT for McPherson County, Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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
Aug 10, 2014, 12:48 AM CDT (05:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2014, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2014-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 795 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 2014-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
795 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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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 Aug 10, 12:10 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 12:10 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 7:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
740 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110045-
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-
740 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL AND 60 TO 70
MPH WINDS ARE LIKELY OVER ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH...NUMBER 458...IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD SLOWLY EAST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATER TONIGHT WHERE BOTH PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND
WINDS AROUND 50 MPH MAY OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER OVER MAINLY SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING
WHERE AND WHEN SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE BOTH
POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO IN THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BE QUITE STRONG.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 10:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1021 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

KSZ033-100400-
LINCOLN-
1021 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1018 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF BARNARD...OR 20
  MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BARNARD.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF THE STORM MAINTAINS
INTENSITY AND MOVES INTO THE AREA. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE
WEATHER THREATENS.

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9792 3912 9792 3909 9792 3909 9794
      3910 9830 3923 9832 3923 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 291DEG 27KT 3929 9796
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 11:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 12:04 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 12:48 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton60 min
Aug 9, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln39 min
Aug 9, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln, Russell60 min
Aug 9, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline59 min
Aug 10, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson, Saline56 min
Aug 10, 12:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper, Kingman68 min
Aug 10, 1:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Sedgwick41 min
Aug 10, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick, Sumner38 min
Aug 10, 2:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Chase, Cowley33 min
Aug 10, 2:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood33 min
Aug 10, 3:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk, Wilson, Woodson45 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.