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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

August 26, 2014Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2014, 4:55 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2014, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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, 22 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 6:41 PM CDT, 22 hours 14 minutes before

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  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	26 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, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	49 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2014 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.