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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Wichita, KS

April 2, 2015Greenwood County, Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2015, 4:40 AM CDT for Greenwood County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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: Apr 2, 2015, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2015, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greenwood County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 236 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

215 
WUUS53 KICT 020940
SVRICT
KSC073-207-021030-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0010.150402T0940Z-150402T1030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
440 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 440 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TORONTO...OR
  13 MILES WEST OF YATES CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  YATES CENTER...TORONTO...NEOSHO FALLS...BATESVILLE...TORONTO LAKE
  AND CROSS TIMBERS STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3774 9573 3773 9590 3773 9596 3772 9596
      3768 9601 3784 9613 3802 9595 3803 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0940Z 240DEG 49KT 3781 9598 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

KETCHAM

3 follow-up statements

398 
WWUS53 KICT 021000
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
500 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSC073-021009-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150402T1030Z/
GREENWOOD KS-
500 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3774 9573 3774 9594 3802 9595 3803 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0959Z 240DEG 46KT 3791 9573 

$$

KSC207-021030-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150402T1030Z/
WOODSON KS-
500 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT
FOR WOODSON COUNTY...

AT 459 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER YATES
CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YATES CENTER...NEOSHO FALLS...BATESVILLE...TORONTO LAKE AND CROSS
TIMBERS STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3774 9573 3774 9594 3802 9595 3803 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0959Z 240DEG 46KT 3791 9573 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

KETCHAM

359 
WWUS53 KICT 021013
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
513 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSC207-021030-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150402T1030Z/
WOODSON KS-
513 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL WOODSON COUNTY...

AT 513 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NEOSHO
FALLS...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF IOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YATES CENTER AND NEOSHO FALLS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3774 9573 3774 9582 3802 9587 3803 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 1013Z 240DEG 49KT 3801 9551 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

KETCHAM

458 
WWUS53 KICT 021028
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
528 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSC207-021038-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150402T1030Z/
WOODSON KS-
528 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WOODSON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 AM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3774 9573 3774 9582 3802 9587 3803 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 1026Z 240DEG 49KT 3801 9551 

$$

KETCHAM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 2, 4:10 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 4:10 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
410 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

*CORRECTED*

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 350 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW SEVERE...
CONTINUED ADVANCING EAST FROM NORTHWEST MO...THROUGH NORTHEAST
KS...TO KHUT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A SE-MOVING
COLD FRONT THAT AT 3 AM EXTENDED FROM THE IA/MO BORDER...ACROSS
NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL KS...TO THE TX PANHANDLE. THE BEHAVIOR OF
THE COLD FRONT WILL BE MAJOR PLAYER IN TODAY'S AND THIS EVENING'S
FORECAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND EXTREME SOUTH-CENTRAL KS WHERE THE
SEVERE THUNDERTORM POTENTIAL IS FAIRLY HIGH.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 350 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

TODAY & TONIGHT:
AS STATED IN "SYNOPSIS" THESE 2 PERIODS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE
GREATEST ATTENTION. WITH THE "LEAD" MID-UPPER SHORTWAVE SHEARING
AS IT CROSSES THE MID-MS VALLEY THE FRONT WILL DECELLERATE THIS
AFTERNOON. IT DEFINITELY APPEARS THE FRONT WILL STALL THIS
AFTERNOON...LIKELY EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN IL...ACROSS CENTRAL
MO...TO THE WESTERN RED RIVER. AS THE 2ND UPPER-LEVEL TROF WHICH
EXTENDS FROM POORLY DEFINED LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN
SASKATCHEWAN TO CENTRAL CA EARLY THIS MORNING MOVES SE...THE
FRONT SHOULD TRANSITION INTO A WARM FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN OK THIS
AFTERNOON. WITH THE BOUNDARY...ORIENTED IN AN EAST-WEST MANNER
JUST SOUTH OF THE KS/OK BORDER THIS AFTERNOON...LIFTING VERY
SLOWLY DUE NORTH TO JUST NORTH OF THE KS/OK BORDER LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THE AIRMASS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT WOULD BE MOIST
AND UNSTABLE BUT THE DEEP-LAYER SHEAR...BOTH SPEED AND
DIRECTIONAL...WILL BE PRONOUNCED. IT IS LIKELY THAT HAIL AROUND
GOLFBALL-SIZED...WILL OCCUR WITH THE GREATEST PROBABILITIES
TARGETING SOUTHEAST AND FAR SOUTH-CENTRAL KS AS IS CURRENTLY
FORECAST. THE BEHAVIOR THE FRONT WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED
CLOSELY...FOR IF IT ADVANCES FURTHER NORTH THAN ANTICIPATED...OF
COURSE AREAS AT GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD
LIKEWISE SPREAD FURTHER NORTH WITH LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT
FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. AS THE UPPER-
DECK WAVE APPROACHES LATER TONIGHT...THE FRONT SHOULD GET PUSHED
SOUTH & EAST OF KICT COUNTRY.

FRIDAY & FRIDAY NIGHT:
AS THE UPPER-DECK WAVE AND IT'S SURFACE COHORT MOVE SOUTHEAST..
LIGHT RAIN WOULD BECOME THE PRIMARY...IF NOT SOLE...PRECIPITATION
MODE FRIDAY MORNING. ALL PRECIPITATION WOULD BE ENDING IN A NW-SE
MANNER WITH LIGHT RAIN ENDING IN SOUTHEAST KS BY NOON AS LARGE
HIGH PRESSURE SPREADS SE ACROSS KS.

SATURDAY & SATURDAY NIGHT:
EXCELLENT WEATHER SLATED FOR ALL AREAS AS THE AFORE-MENTIONED HIGH
PRESSURE AREA VENTURES ACROSS THE LOWER-MS VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 350 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT AS A SURFACE CYCLONE QUICKLY DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN
PLAINS AND MOVES NE TOWARD...AND PERHAPS ACROSS...THE KS/NEBRASKA
BORDER ON MONDAY. GULF MOISTURE WILL LIKEWISE SPREAD RAPIDLY
ACROSS THE CENTRAL...AND ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN PLAINS...LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT. WITH MOISTURE CONCENTRATED FROM EASTERN OK AND
EASTERN KS TO ALL POINTS EAST THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WOULD OCCUR IN THESE AREAS MONDAY & MONDAY NIGHT. AS
THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES SE ACROSS KS TUESDAY MORNING SCATTERED
LIGHT RAIN WOULD BE POSSIBLE PRIMARILY OVER EASTERN KS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1102 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015

COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS LATE THIS EVENING...WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT AND MAY
STALL NEAR THE KS/OK BORDER THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE ALONG THE FRONT OVERNIGHT WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER
NORTHERN/EASTERN KANSAS. WILL INCLUDE TEMPO TSRA AT
RSL...SLN...AND CNU TERMINALS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHERLY
OVERNIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT WITH GUSTS OF 30-35 KNOTS IN CENTRAL KS
WHERE PRESSURE RISES ARE PROGGED TO BE STRONGEST. LOW STRATUS MAY
FORM OVER SOUTHEAST KS DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH MOST MODELS
INDICATING IFR OR LOW MVFR AT CNU.

SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY LATE PM/EVE NEAR THE
OKLAHOMA BORDER...DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHERE THE FRONT HANGS UP.

JMC

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 350 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

MOIST EAST-NORTHEAST FLOW SPREADING ACROSS KS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
WILL KEEP THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IN CHECK FOR BOTH PERIODS. THE
GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER SHOULD ELEVATE A BIT ON FRIDAY PRIMARILY DUE
TO BRISK NE WINDS SPREADING ACROSS KS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    73  47  58  36 /  20  50  20   0
HUTCHINSON      71  44  58  35 /  20  40  20   0
NEWTON          71  44  55  36 /  20  50  20   0
ELDORADO        73  46  58  37 /  30  50  20   0
WINFIELD-KWLD   75  48  58  36 /  20  50  20   0
RUSSELL         70  40  57  34 /  20  60  20   0
GREAT BEND      72  41  57  33 /  20  40  20   0
SALINA          71  42  57  34 /  20  50  20   0
MCPHERSON       69  43  56  34 /  20  50  20   0
COFFEYVILLE     78  50  57  37 /  50  70  30   0
CHANUTE         75  48  57  36 /  50  80  30   0
IOLA            73  47  56  35 /  50  80  20   0
PARSONS-KPPF    76  50  57  36 /  60  70  30   0

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 10:18 PM CDT, 6 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1018 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-030330-
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-
1018 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...WITH THE GREATER
CHANCES IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND ONLY A SLIGHT
CHANCE IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY
MORNING AREA WIDE. OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY
BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

SEVERAL HOURS OF VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER ARE POSSIBLE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...AND PERIODICALLY
OVER THE REST OF THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

IN ADDITION...SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE
FORECAST SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...MAINLY FOR THE FLINT HILLS
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. STORM
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOUTHEAST
KANSAS CLOSER TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 12:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1245 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSZ033-020615-
LINCOLN KS-
1245 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1243 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BARNARD...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF LINCOLN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BARNARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3911 9793 3908 9812 3922 9817 3922 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 253DEG 37KT 3919 9806

KETCHAM

Local storm report, Apr 2, 12:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1257 AM CDT THU APR 02 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1252 AM     HAIL             2 N BARNARD             39.22N 98.04W
04/02/2015  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BDK

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 1:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
134 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSZ048-049-020715-
SALINE KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
134 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 129 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF MARQUETTE...OR 11
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANOPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BROOKVILLE...FALUN...KANOPOLIS LAKE AND KANOPOLIS STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3861 9766 3861 9792 3860 9793 3852 9804
      3852 9807 3863 9814 3875 9805 3891 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 0629Z 239DEG 49KT 3860 9799

KETCHAM

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 1:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
153 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSZ050-020745-
RICE KS-
153 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 148 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LITTLE RIVER...OR NEAR LYONS...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LYONS...LITTLE RIVER AND GENESEO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3842 9825 3852 9815 3852 9793 3829 9793
      3827 9813
TIME...MOT...LOC 0648Z 239DEG 49KT 3839 9811

KETCHAM

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 2:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
237 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSZ051-020815-
MCPHERSON KS-
237 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCPHERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  55 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCPHERSON...GALVA...CANTON...MCPHERSON AIRPORT AND ROXBURY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3822 9772 3837 9783 3860 9738 3830 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0734Z 240DEG 49KT 3837 9760

KETCHAM

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 4:21 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
421 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSZ070-020945-
GREENWOOD KS-
421 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 419 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF MADISON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MADISON AND THRALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3786 9638 3807 9646 3809 9636 3811 9636
      3817 9634 3817 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 0919Z 240DEG 40KT 3809 9631

KETCHAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	30 min
Apr 2, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	41 min
Apr 2, 1:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	52 min
Apr 2, 2:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	38 min
Apr 2, 4:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	24 min
Apr 2, 5:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	45 min
Apr 2, 5:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Neosho	39 min
Apr 2, 5:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	34 min
Apr 2, 6:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.