Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
635 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

...UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 329 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRESENT ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EASTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHERN
KANSAS TEMPERATURES HAVE SOARED INTO THE UPPER 90S AND LOW 100S
WITH HEAT INDICES NEAR AND EXCEEDING 105 ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. TEMPERATURES ARE COOLER NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY
THAT BISECTS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

BILLINGS WRIGHT

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 329 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

HEAT INDICES HAVE REACHED BETWEEN 103 AND 109 THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AND A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED.

THE NEXT WAVE THAT IMPACTS THE REGION IS OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AND
WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. IN RESPONSE TO THIS WAVE A
SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN
KANSAS AND TRACK NORTHWARD OVER NEBRASKA AS THE WAVE LIFTS OVER
THE NORTHERN PLAINS. AS THE WAVE ROTATES IT WILL INFLUENCE THE
AREA A COUPLE OF TIMES. THE TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW WILL PROVIDE
PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR WESTERN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA...WITH
LIMITED CHANCES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. THERE COULD BE SOME CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION TONIGHT
ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG THE WARM FRONT...BUT FEEL BETTER
CHANCES WILL BE FURTHER NORTH INTO NEBRASKA BY LATE EVENING.
ANOTHER CHANCE WILL BE PRESENT OVER CENTRAL KANSAS LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW. A SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL STALL
OUT FROM THE EARLIER WAVE OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA INTO NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. AREAS NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY WILL
HAVE HIGHER CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN HOT THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE
90S AND NEAR TO JUST EXCEEDING 100.

BILLINGS WRIGHT

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 329 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

CURRENTLY THE FORECAST LOOKS TO COOL DOWN SOME FOR THE EXTENDED AS
A POSITIVELY TILTED TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE TIMING IS
QUESTIONABLE AMONGST THE GUIDANCE...BUT PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND
THE COOL DOWN CHANCES INCREASE BY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
THE ECMWF LINGERS THE BOUNDARY AND THUS PRECIPITATION AROUND
LONGER THAN THE GFS...SO THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN THE LONGEVITY OF
THE PRECIPITATION. DESPITE THE TIMING UNCERTAINTY THE SYSTEM
SHOULD EXIT TO THE EAST BY FRIDAY AND THE BEGINNING OF LABOR DAY
WEEKEND LOOKS DRY AND SLIGHTLY COOLER.

BILLINGS WRIGHT

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 635 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THRU THE FORECAST VALID PERIOD.
DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTH ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH SUNSET. OTHERWISE FOCUS FOR MORE ORGANIZED
STORMS OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO RESIDE ACROSS WESTERN AND FAR
NORTHERN KANSAS INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. GUSTY SOUTHERLY SURFACE
WINDS WILL PREVAIL ON SATURDAY WITH CHANCES FOR CONVECTION MORE
REMOTE.

KED

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    75 100  74  99 /  20  10  10  10
HUTCHINSON      75 100  73  98 /  20  10  20  20
NEWTON          75  99  74  99 /  20  10  20  20
ELDORADO        75 100  75  99 /  20  10  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   75 100  74 100 /  10  10   0  10
RUSSELL         73  98  73  94 /  30  20  20  20
GREAT BEND      72  99  73  95 /  30  20  20  20
SALINA          74  99  74  97 /  20  10  20  20
MCPHERSON       74  99  73  98 /  20  10  20  20
COFFEYVILLE     74  99  73  99 /  10  10   0   0
CHANUTE         74  99  73  99 /  20  10   0   0
IOLA            74  99  73  99 /  20  10   0   0
PARSONS-KPPF    74  99  73  99 /  10  10   0   0

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ049-051>053-
067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
726 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-240030-
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-
726 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN WIDELY SCATTERED AS THEY MOVE NORTH
ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL
STILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS. CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT FOR
AREAS MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LYONS TO SALINA LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

HEAT INDICES FROM 100 TO 105 ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION
FOR THE WEEKEND.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE BETTER CHANCES OF MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD OCCUR
ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO THURSDAY. STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL AS THE MAIN RISK.

.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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
721 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

KSZ032-230045-
RUSSELL-
721 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF VICTORIA...OR 15
  MILES WEST OF RUSSELL...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PARADISE.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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 3914 9904 3914 9896 3914 9892 3888 9893
      3889 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 194DEG 24KT 3896 9911

LAWSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
725 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

KSZ033-230100-
LINCOLN-
725 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN...OR NEAR
  LINCOLN...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LINCOLN...BEVERLY AND BARNARD.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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 3887 9794 3888 9829 3922 9825 3922 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 179DEG 18KT 3898 9816

LAWSON

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