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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Wichita, KS

July 13, 2015Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2015, 9:27 PM CDT for Reno 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: Jul 13, 2015, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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
Jul 13, 9:34 PM CDT	HAIL 1	N Langdon, KS

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 minutes after it went out.

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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 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: 993 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3246 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

826 
WUUS53 KICT 140227
SVRICT
KSC155-140315-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0159.150714T0227Z-150714T0315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 927 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARLINGTON...
  OR 13 MILES EAST OF NEOLA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL 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...
  PRETTY PRAIRIE...ARLINGTON...PARTRIDGE AND LANGDON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3793 9841 3800 9798 3773 9800 3773 9807
      3783 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 281DEG 7KT 3786 9825 

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

RITZMAN

2 follow-up statements

251 
WWUS53 KICT 140234
SVSICT

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

KSC155-140315-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-150714T0315Z/
RENO KS-
934 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN RENO COUNTY...

AT 933 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
LANGDON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR 
LANGDON. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRETTY PRAIRIE...ARLINGTON...PARTRIDGE AND LANGDON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3793 9841 3800 9798 3773 9800 3773 9807
      3783 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 271DEG 6KT 3787 9826 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RITZMAN

076 
WWUS53 KICT 140304
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1004 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSC155-140315-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-150714T0315Z/
RENO KS-
1004 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN RENO COUNTY...

AT 1003 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARLINGTON...
OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRETTY PRAIRIE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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...
PRETTY PRAIRIE...ARLINGTON...PARTRIDGE AND LANGDON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3794 9833 3800 9798 3773 9800 3773 9807
      3781 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 285DEG 12KT 3785 9821 

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

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, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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

...UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.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 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 645 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

STG-SVR (+)TSRA (PRODUCING A TOR ATTM) IS HITTING KHUT ATTM. THE
SVR (+)TSRA IS MOVG DUE S ~15KTS BUT IS BUILDING TOWARD THE SW.
CURRENT TRENDS INDICATE THE MAIN CELL SHUD PASS ~25W OF KICT
~14/01Z. WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM ~KTOP...TO BETWEEN
KSLN & KMPR TO JUST S OF KDDC SAGGING S/SE (+)TSRA WOULD CONTINUE
OVER SC KS. FOR HAVE ASSIGNED "VCTS" TO KICT BUT BE READY FOR
UPDATES. OTHERWISE TERMINALS TO MAINTAIN VFR STATUS FOR REMAINDER
OF THE 14/00Z TAF CYCLE.

&&

.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 UNTIL 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, 8:53 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-150200-
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-
853 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

HEAT INDICES FROM 100 TO 104 ARE LIKELY IN MOST AREAS UNTIL LATE
THIS EVENING.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY PRODUCE GOLFBALL-SIZED
HAIL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER PRIMARILY SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS WEST OF
I-135 THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PERSIST ACROSS MOST AREAS ON TUESDAY.
AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES FROM 105 TO 110 ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SOUTHEAST OF THE TURNPIKE WITH HEAT
INDICES FROM 100-104 LIKELY FOR MOST OF THE REMAINING AREAS.
LINCOLN AND RUSSELL COUNTIES WOULD BE THE EXCEPTIONS. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

HEAT INDICES FROM 100 TO 103 ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE HEAT INDICES FROM 100 TO 104 ARE
LIKELY ACROSS MOST AREAS EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FROM
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

HIT OR MISS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST
THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...MAINLY FROM LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON THRU LATE AT NIGHT. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECTED...SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL CLOSE TO
1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH.

.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/

ES/MWM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 7:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
752 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

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

0751 PM     HAIL             2 WSW ABBYVILLE         37.96N 98.24W
07/13/2015  E1.75 INCH       RENO               KS   PUBLIC

&&

MWM

Local storm report, Jul 13, 8:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
801 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

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

0800 PM     HAIL             WNW ARLINGTON           37.90N 98.18W
07/13/2015  E1.00 INCH       RENO               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MWM

Local storm report, Jul 13, 8:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
812 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

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

0811 PM     HAIL             1 W TURON               37.81N 98.45W
07/13/2015  E1.75 INCH       RENO               KS   PUBLIC

&&

MWM

Local storm report, Jul 13, 8:28 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
828 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

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

0702 PM     HAIL             4 NW HUTCHINSON         38.12N 97.96W
07/13/2015  M2.75 INCH       RENO               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

MWM

Local storm report, Jul 13, 9:12 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
912 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

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

0911 PM     HAIL             5 SW ARLINGTON          37.84N 98.24W
07/13/2015  E1.75 INCH       RENO               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

RBL

Local storm report, Jul 13, 9:18 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
918 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

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

0918 PM     HAIL             LANGDON                 37.85N 98.32W
07/13/2015  E1.00 INCH       RENO               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

RBL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	33 min
Jul 13, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	35 min
Jul 13, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	34 min
Jul 13, 8:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	14 hr
Jul 13, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	38 min
Jul 13, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	31 min
Jul 14, 2:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	25 min
Jul 14, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	30 min
Jul 14, 2:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	36 min
Jul 14, 3:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	25 min
Jul 14, 3:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	28 min
Jul 14, 3:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	30 min
Jul 14, 4:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Rice	5 hr
Jul 14, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	30 min
Jul 14, 5:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	24 min
Jul 14, 5:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	5 hr
Jul 14, 6:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	35 min
Jul 14, 6:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Marion	32 min
Jul 14, 7:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	30 min
Jul 14, 7:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	48 min
Jul 14, 7:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	23 min
Jul 14, 8:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	61 min
Jul 14, 9:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	67 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.