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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Wichita, KS

July 13, 2015McPherson County, Marion County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2015, 5:22 PM CDT for McPherson County, Marion County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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: Jul 13, 2015, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 2018 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -385 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

480 
WUUS53 KICT 132222
SVRICT
KSC113-115-169-132300-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0150.150713T2222Z-150713T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
522 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 522 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GYPSUM...OR
  15 MILES EAST OF LINDSBORG...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HILLSBORO...GYPSUM...RAMONA...TAMPA...DURHAM...ROXBURY AND MARION
  LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3877 9737 3861 9737 3861 9703 3860 9701
      3833 9724 3859 9752 3877 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 276DEG 4KT 3863 9739 

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

RITZMAN

2 follow-up statements

019 
WWUS53 KICT 132246
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
546 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSC113-169-132256-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-150713T2300Z/
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-
546 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SALINE AND
NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3861 9737 3861 9703 3860 9701 3833 9724
      3845 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 321DEG 13KT 3849 9727 

$$

KSC115-132300-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-150713T2300Z/
MARION KS-
546 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY...

AT 546 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DURHAM...OR 10
MILES NORTH OF HILLSBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HILLSBORO...RAMONA...TAMPA...DURHAM AND MARION LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3861 9737 3861 9703 3860 9701 3833 9724
      3845 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 321DEG 13KT 3849 9727 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RITZMAN

703 
WWUS53 KICT 132257
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
557 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSC115-132306-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-150713T2300Z/
MARION KS-
557 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS 
WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3861 9737 3861 9703 3860 9701 3833 9724
      3845 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 276DEG 4KT 3849 9727 

$$

RITZMAN

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 Jul 13, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
325 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 321 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL KS MAY BECOME A
FOCUS FOR DEEP MOIST CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GREAT BEND TO
MCPHERSON TO COTTONWOOD FALLS WHERE SCATTERED POPS WERE MAINTAINED.
LARGE TEMP/DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS/INVERTED-V SOUNDINGS MAY LEAD TO
SOME GUSTY WINDS WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP BUT MARGINAL DEEP
LAYER SHEAR AROUND ~30 KTS SHOULD PRECLUDE MORE ORGANIZED SEVERE
STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL KS.

TUE-WED...IF STORM COVERAGE IS GREATER THAN ANTICIPATED...THE QUASI-
STATIONARY BOUNDARY MAY BE FORCED FURTHER SOUTH THAN
ANTICIPATED...BUT WITH LITTLE OR NO AIRMASS CHANGE ANTICIPATED
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KS THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL
BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR MULTIPLE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF ADVISORY
CRITERIA. SOME STORMS MAY BE ONGOING DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH
ADDITIONAL CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITHIN A MOIST
EASTERLY FLOW REGIME ACROSS CENTRAL KS. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MAY
INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT...AS A SUBTLE SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFTS OVER THE
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION. LITTLE CHANGE IS ANTICIPATED ON
WED...HOWEVER LOWERED MAXIMUM TEMPS ACROSS CENTRAL KS WHERE ONGOING
STORMS/LIMITED INSOLATION SHOULD KEEP HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S.
CONTINUED LOW LEVEL MOIST EASTERLY FLOW MAY RESULT IN DIURNAL
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ONCE AGAIN.

THU...COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN MORE LIMITED
ACROSS THE AREA ON THU AS LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR SUBSIDENCE IS
ANTICIPATED IN THE WAKE OF THE TROUGH MOVING OVER THE MID/UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AREA.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 321 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE IS PROGGED TO REMAIN SITUATED OVER THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS WILL ALLOW THE
LOW/MID LVL THERMAL RIDGE TO REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS STATES WITH A CONTINUATION OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
ONLY LOW PROBABILITIES FOR DEEP MOIST CONVECTION. BETTER CHANCES
FOR PRECIPITATION MAY ARRIVE TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD AS
ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES...BUT CONFIDENCE IN HOW FAR
SOUTH THE FRONT PROPAGATES REMAINS LOW.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1215 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THRU THE FORECAST VALID PERIOD.
A SURFACE TROF AND WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHEAST ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH WILL BE THE
FOCUS FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION. PLAN TO CARRY VCTS AT KRSL AND KSLN
AND AMEND WHEN AND IF NEEDED FOR ANY CONVECTION THAT MAY IMPACT
THESE TERMINALS. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS
INTO TUESDAY.

KED

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    74  98  73  95 /  20  10  20  20
HUTCHINSON      75  99  72  96 /  20  20  30  30
NEWTON          73  97  72  93 /  20  20  30  30
ELDORADO        75  96  73  94 /  20  10  20  20
WINFIELD-KWLD   74  98  74  96 /  10  10  20  10
RUSSELL         73  96  71  92 /  20  30  40  40
GREAT BEND      72  96  72  93 /  30  20  30  30
SALINA          73  99  73  91 /  30  30  40  30
MCPHERSON       73  97  72  93 /  20  20  30  30
COFFEYVILLE     75  96  75  96 /  10  10  20  10
CHANUTE         76  95  74  94 /  20  10  20  10
IOLA            76  95  74  93 /  20  10  30  20
PARSONS-KPPF    75  96  75  95 /  10  10  20  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM CDT
TUESDAY FOR KSZ049-051>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100.

HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-047>053-
067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 4:34 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
434 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-142145-
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-
434 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

HEAT INDICES IN THE 105 TO 110 RANGE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS AND A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE
AREA.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS
MAINLY CENTRAL KANSAS...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
NORTH. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A
FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS
OF 60 TO 70 MPH THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA ON TUESDAY...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 OR
HIGHER. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

HEAT INDICES AROUND IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

HIT OR MISS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST
THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...MAINLY DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:49 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
449 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSZ050-051-132215-
MCPHERSON KS-RICE KS-
449 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WINDOM...OR 13 MILES WEST OF
  MCPHERSON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCPHERSON...WINDOM AND MCPHERSON AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3849 9796 3855 9773 3828 9757 3819 9799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 354DEG 12KT 3844 9789

RITZMAN

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:52 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
452 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSZ049-051-052-132215-
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-MARION KS-
452 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF GYPSUM...OR 12
  MILES EAST OF LINDSBORG...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DURHAM AND ROXBURY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3861 9737 3861 9729 3848 9719 3838 9751
      3864 9758 3871 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 337DEG 11KT 3861 9745

RITZMAN

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:14 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
514 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSZ049-051-052-132245-
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-MARION KS-
514 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLTON...OR 13
  MILES NORTH OF CANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEHIGH...TAMPA...DURHAM...ROXBURY AND MARION LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3868 9737 3861 9737 3861 9717 3855 9700
      3832 9727 3859 9752 3869 9739
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 302DEG 19KT 3858 9738

RITZMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 3:46 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 15 more	28 hr
Jul 13, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	26 min
Jul 13, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	23 min
Jul 13, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	35 min
Jul 13, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	31 min
Jul 13, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	32 min
Jul 13, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno	34 min
Jul 13, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	29 min
Jul 13, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice	50 min
Jul 13, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	30 min
Jul 13, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	28 min
Jul 13, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Reno	16 min
Jul 13, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.