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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

April 2, 2015Chautauqua County, Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2015, 8:12 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2015, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Montgomery County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 2, 8:38 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Caney, KS	A DELAYED REPORT FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 2, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 1838 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

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

731 
WUUS53 KICT 030112
SVRICT
KSC019-125-030200-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0013.150403T0112Z-150403T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 812 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PERU...OR
  NEAR CANEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...CANEY...DEARING...ELK CITY...TYRO...
  PERU...CHAUTAUQUA...HAVANA...BOLTON...NIOTAZE...INDEPENDENCE
  AIRPORT...ELK CITY LAKE...HALE AND ELK CITY STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3708 9621 3739 9586 3700 9553 3700 9616
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 245DEG 31KT 3703 9605 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

MCGUIRE

5 follow-up statements

178 
WWUS53 KICT 030121
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
821 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSC019-125-030200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150403T0200Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-CHAUTAUQUA KS-
821 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...

AT 821 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF 
PERU...OR 7 MILES WEST OF CANEY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...CANEY...DEARING...ELK CITY...TYRO...
PERU...CHAUTAUQUA...HAVANA...BOLTON...NIOTAZE...INDEPENDENCE
AIRPORT...ELK CITY LAKE...HALE AND ELK CITY STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3708 9621 3739 9586 3700 9553 3700 9616
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 259DEG 37KT 3701 9607 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

DARMOFAL

347 
WWUS53 KICT 030130
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
830 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSC019-125-030200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150403T0200Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-CHAUTAUQUA KS-
830 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...

AT 830 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CANEY...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...CANEY...DEARING...ELK CITY...TYRO...
PERU...HAVANA...BOLTON...NIOTAZE...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT...ELK CITY
LAKE...HALE AND ELK CITY STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3712 9616 3739 9586 3700 9553 3700 9614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 251DEG 32KT 3704 9597 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

DARMOFAL

807 
WWUS53 KICT 030140
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
840 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSC019-125-030200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150403T0200Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-CHAUTAUQUA KS-
840 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...

AT 840 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CANEY...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...CANEY...DEARING...TYRO...HAVANA...
BOLTON...NIOTAZE...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT...ELK CITY STATE PARK AND ELK
CITY LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3712 9603 3726 9575 3700 9553 3700 9602
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 266DEG 31KT 3702 9589 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

DARMOFAL

893 
WWUS53 KICT 030150
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
850 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSC019-030159-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150403T0200Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-
850 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA 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 3713 9596 3718 9568 3700 9553 3700 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 265DEG 34KT 3703 9579 

$$

KSC125-030200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150403T0200Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-
850 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...

AT 849 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TYRO...OR 8
MILES EAST OF CANEY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COFFEYVILLE...CANEY...DEARING...TYRO...HAVANA AND INDEPENDENCE
AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3713 9596 3718 9568 3700 9553 3700 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 265DEG 34KT 3703 9579 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

DARMOFAL

268 
WWUS53 KICT 030155
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
855 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSC125-030205-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150403T0200Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-
855 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM 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.

LAT...LON 3713 9596 3718 9568 3700 9553 3700 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 245DEG 31KT 3703 9579 

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	44 min
Apr 2, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette	49 min
Apr 2, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	26 min
Apr 2, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	52 min
Apr 2, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette	40 min
Apr 2, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	44 min
Apr 2, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	50 min
Apr 2, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	44 min
Apr 2, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Reno, Rice	39 min
Apr 2, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Reno, Sedgwick	63 min
Apr 2, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	41 min
Apr 3, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	48 min
Apr 3, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Harvey, Marion	31 min
Apr 3, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson	64 min
Apr 3, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	27 min
Apr 3, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Neosho	38 min
Apr 3, 2:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette	28 min
Apr 3, 2:39 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 11 more	8 hr
Apr 3, 3:55 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Reno, Rice and 2 more	28 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.