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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2014, 3:04 PM CDT for Harvey County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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 26, 2014, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2014, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Harvey County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 25, 6:41 PM CDT, 20 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 6:41 PM CDT, 20 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 4:21 PM CDT, 22 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 421 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-261500- 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- 421 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 14. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A GREAT BEND TO SALINA LINE. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS IN THE 50 TO 55 MPH RANGE...DOWNPOURS...AND SMALL HAIL. HEAT INDICES IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAT INDICES IN THE 100 TO 104 DEGREE RANGE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS ON TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE FOR THE ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON SATURDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY. .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 LAWSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 25, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 54 min |
| Aug 26, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.