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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

August 26, 2014Harvey County, Kansas

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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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell48 min
Aug 25, 8:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln38 min
Aug 25, 8:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln38 min
Aug 25, 9:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth54 min
Aug 26, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline35 min
Aug 26, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman27 min
Aug 26, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman25 min
Aug 26, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman28 min
Aug 26, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick34 min
Aug 26, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner35 min
Aug 26, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.