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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Wichita, KS

April 3, 2015Chase County, Harvey County, Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2015, 12:34 AM CDT for Chase County, Harvey County, Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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 3, 2015, 12:34 AM CDT (05:34 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2015, 1:05 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Chase County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:37 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 3, 12:42 AM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Peabody, KS
Apr 3, 12:45 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Burns, KS	COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN BURNS MEASURED 65 MPH WIND GUST. TIME ESTIMATED.

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 11 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 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, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

196 
WUUS53 KICT 030534
SVRICT
KSC017-079-115-030630-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0019.150403T0534Z-150403T0630Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1234 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1234 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR GOESSEL TO NEAR ELBING...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE 
           HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...
  FLORENCE...GOESSEL...BURNS...BAZAAR...ELMDALE...MATFIELD GREEN...
  CEDAR POINT...WONSEVU...TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE...
  SAFFORDVILLE...TALLGRASS PRAIRIE AND MARION LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 115.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3809 9636 3809 9715 3819 9737 3833 9737
      3851 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0534Z 273DEG 51KT 3822 9725 3802 9708 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

MCGUIRE

3 follow-up statements

790 
WWUS53 KICT 030546
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1246 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

KSC079-030555-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150403T0630Z/
HARVEY KS-
1246 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARVEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3809 9703 3835 9724 3851 9636 3809 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0545Z 273DEG 51KT 3821 9705 3801 9688 

$$

KSC017-115-030630-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150403T0630Z/
CHASE KS-MARION KS-
1246 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR CHASE AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES...

AT 1245 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR PEABODY TO NEAR BURNS...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...
FLORENCE...BURNS...BAZAAR...ELMDALE...MATFIELD GREEN...CEDAR POINT...
WONSEVU...TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE...SAFFORDVILLE...TALLGRASS
PRAIRIE AND MARION LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3809 9703 3835 9724 3851 9636 3809 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0545Z 273DEG 51KT 3821 9705 3801 9688 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

MCGUIRE

279 
WWUS53 KICT 030558
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1258 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

KSC115-030607-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150403T0630Z/
MARION KS-
1258 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3809 9636 3809 9682 3835 9683 3835 9682
      3841 9682 3851 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 273DEG 51KT 3820 9683 3800 9666 

$$

KSC017-030630-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150403T0630Z/
CHASE KS-
1258 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR CHASE COUNTY...

AT 1257 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLORENCE TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BURNS...MOVING EAST AT 60 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...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...BAZAAR...ELMDALE...MATFIELD GREEN...
CEDAR POINT...TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE...SAFFORDVILLE...TALLGRASS
PRAIRIE AND WONSEVU.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3809 9636 3809 9682 3835 9683 3835 9682
      3841 9682 3851 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 273DEG 51KT 3820 9683 3800 9666 

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

$$

MCGUIRE

409 
WWUS53 KICT 030605
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
105 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

KSC017-030614-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150403T0630Z/
CHASE KS-
105 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHASE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
            
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3809 9636 3809 9682 3835 9683 3835 9682
      3841 9682 3851 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0603Z 273DEG 51KT 3820 9671 3800 9654 

$$

MCGUIRE

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, 11:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 11:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1118 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...UPDATED FOR 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 331 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS CONVECTIVE CHANCES/TRENDS TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE QUASI-STATIONARY SURFACE FRONT HAS
NUDGED A BIT NORTHWARD AT MID-AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS TO NEAR WINFIELD IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. DIURNAL
HEATING WILL RESULT IN MLCAPE VALUES AROUND 2000 J/KG IN THE
PRESENCE OF STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
WHILE THE CAP CONTINUES TO WEAKEN IT MAY NOT BE UNTIL EARLY
EVENING BEFORE CONVECTION INITIATES IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING
LOW LEVEL FLOW AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING UPPER TROF. A PERIOD
OF SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID-EVENING FOR AREAS
MAINLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA. SOME OF THIS CONVECTION
WILL FESTER INTO LATE EVENING...BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF
ELEVATED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO EMANATE FROM THE HIGH
PLAINS AND MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT.
THIS ACTIVITY WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR MARGINALLY
SEVERE HAIL AND WIND...BEFORE TRACKING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS
BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL DRIVE MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR ACROSS
THE AREA DURING FRIDAY...WITH THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME
PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE...THOUGH NO HEADLINES ARE PLANNED
AS WE ARE STILL ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AWAY FROM OUR USUAL AVERAGE
LAST FROST/FREEZE CLIMATOLOGY IN MANY AREAS. MILDER SOUTHERLY
WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND WITH MAXS
CLOSER TO SEASONAL CLIMO.

DARMOFAL

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 331 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A MEAN UPPER TROF
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK
WITH AN INCREASINGLY MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS FAR EASTERN
KANSAS. LITTLE CHANGE TO THE GOING FORECAST WILL BE MADE
WITH MODEST PRECIP/CONVECTIVE CHANCES TIED TO THE EVENTUAL
EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE UPPER TROF OR PIECES THEREOF IN
THE WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND POTENTIAL FOR A COLD FRONT
TO VENTURE INTO THE AREA BY MID-WEEK.

KED

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1110 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

CLUSTER OF STRONG-SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. THIS CLUSTER WILL AFFECT
HUT PRIOR TO 06Z...AND POSSIBLY ICT AND CNU FROM 06Z-09Z GIVEN IT
HOLDS TOGETHER. STRONG/VARIABLE WIND GUSTS AND HAIL COULD
ACCOMPANY THIS CLUSTER.

A PRESSURE RISE POCKET OF 4 TO 7 MB PER 3 HOURS WILL SLIDE ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT...PRODUCING VERY GUSTY
NORTHERLY WINDS. PEAK GUSTS OF 35-40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. AREAS OF
MVFR CEILINGS APPEAR LIKELY BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN ASSOCIATION
WITH STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION MOVING ACROSS NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN
KANSAS OVERNIGHT AND STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR
OUT TOWARD MIDDAY INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS STRONG SUBSIDENCE SETS
IN.

JMC

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 331 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

INCREASING CHANCES FOR RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL GIVE
SOME AREAS BENEFICIAL WETTING RAINS TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY.
BEST CHANCES APPEAR TO BE OVER CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
HOWEVER...THINGS WILL DRY OUT AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH
GUSTY SOUTH WINDS HELPING TO ELEVATE THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INTO THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY...PRIMARILY FROM THE FLINT HILLS
WESTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.

KED

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    46  58  35  66 /  50  40   0   0
HUTCHINSON      42  58  33  67 /  60  40   0   0
NEWTON          43  55  34  65 /  60  50   0   0
ELDORADO        46  58  34  66 /  60  50   0   0
WINFIELD-KWLD   49  59  34  66 /  50  30   0   0
RUSSELL         38  56  33  68 /  70  40   0   0
GREAT BEND      39  57  33  67 /  60  40   0   0
SALINA          41  57  33  68 /  70  50   0   0
MCPHERSON       42  56  33  66 /  70  50   0   0
COFFEYVILLE     51  58  34  64 /  70  40   0   0
CHANUTE         49  57  33  64 /  70  60   0   0
IOLA            48  57  33  64 /  70  60   0   0
PARSONS-KPPF    50  58  34  65 /  80  40   0   0

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 9:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
943 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-040245-
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-
943 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL UP TO
HALF DOLLAR SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. HOWEVER NO
SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

A FEW STORMS MAY LINGER ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON FRIDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG OR SEVERE.

A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE IN RAIN-FREE AREAS FOR MUCH
OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND THE FLINT HILLS ON FRIDAY...DURING
THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.

VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS...FROM THE FLINT HILLS WESTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS.

THERE WILL BE SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE SUNDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-135. CHANCES
FOR STORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY WEDNESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE RISK FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER
APPEARS TO BE RELATIVELY LOW THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT IN CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:19 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1219 AM CDT FRI APR 03 2015

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

1216 AM     TSTM WND GST     WEST WICHITA            37.69N 97.46W
04/03/2015  E65 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATES 55 TO 65 MPH WINDS AT 17TH AND
            TYLER.

1216 AM     TSTM WND GST     WICHITA EISENHOWER NATL 37.66N 97.44W
04/03/2015  M68 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   ASOS

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:24 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1224 AM CDT FRI APR 03 2015

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

1224 AM     TSTM WND GST     WEST WICHITA            37.69N 97.46W
04/03/2015  E60 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            60 MPH WINDS ALONG WITH NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

&&

RBL

Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:30 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1230 AM CDT FRI APR 03 2015

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

1120 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S ELLINWOOD           38.31N 98.58W
04/02/2015                   BARTON             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL POWER POLES SNAPPED IN
            HALF AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHEAST BARTON COUNTY.

&&

CDJ

Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:31 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1231 AM CDT FRI APR 03 2015

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

1147 PM     HAIL             2 N HUTCHINSON          38.09N 97.91W
04/02/2015  M1.25 INCH       RENO               KS   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS VIA TWITTER OF HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL.
            TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

1205 AM     TSTM WND GST     4 WSW HALSTEAD          37.97N 97.57W
04/03/2015  M71.00 MPH       HARVEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

1228 AM     HAIL             EAST WICHITA            37.68N 97.26W
04/03/2015  E1.75 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            KSN EMPLOYEE ESTIAMTES QUARTER TO GOLFBALL HAIL AT
            CENTRAL AND GREENWICH.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:33 AM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1233 AM CDT FRI APR 03 2015

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

1228 AM     TSTM WND GST     MCCONNELL AFB           37.62N 97.27W
04/03/2015  M74 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   ASOS

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:34 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1234 AM CDT FRI APR 03 2015

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

1230 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 NE NEWTON             38.10N 97.28W
04/03/2015  E70 MPH          HARVEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME SIZE WAS ALSO COVERING THE GROUND.

&&

CDJ

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, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	48 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, 12:56 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

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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.