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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Wichita, KS

September 10, 2015Allen County, Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2015, 7:22 PM CDT for Allen County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 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: Sep 10, 2015, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Sep 10, 2015, 7:40 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Allen County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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.

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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 3190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 9.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

790 
WUUS53 KICT 110022
SVRICT
KSC001-207-110115-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0218.150911T0022Z-150911T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
722 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 722 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEOSHO
  FALLS...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF YATES CENTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
  NEOSHO FALLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3791 9569 3804 9572 3804 9538 3797 9538
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 312DEG 8KT 3805 9562 

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

CARUSO

1 follow-up statement

222 
WWUS53 KICT 110040
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
740 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

KSC001-207-110050-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0218.000000T0000Z-150911T0115Z/
WOODSON KS-ALLEN KS-
740 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WOODSON AND
NORTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3791 9569 3804 9572 3804 9538 3797 9538
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 312DEG 8KT 3802 9558 

$$

CARUSO

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 Sep 10, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
620 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

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

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 318 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF CONVECTION THIS EVENING AND INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION
REMAINS THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS
UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY CONTINUING TO DIG SOUTH ACROSS THE INTER-MOUNTAIN
WEST AND HAS BEGUN INTERACTING WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE
VICINITY OF THE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA BORDER. A FEW ISOLATED STORMS
HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN THIS REGION...EXPECT COVERAGE TO
RAMP UP AND INCREASE AS THE EVENING HOURS PROGRESS ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. WITH INSTABILITIES APPROACHING 2500-4000 J/KG AND
40+ KNOTS OF BULK SHEAR...EXPECT STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP TO BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. A
FEW SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE INITIALLY BEFORE GROWING UPSCALE
INTO A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM THAT WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATER THIS EVENING AND DURING
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

A FEW POST FRONTAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AROUND DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY AS
MID-LEVEL BAROCLINICITY LINGERS ACROSS THE AREA. BY THE AFTERNOON
HOURS ON FRIDAY...A DRY AND COOL POST FRONTAL AIR MASS WILL SETTLE
INTO THE REGION BRINGING UNSEASONABLE COOL TEMPERATURES FOR THE
WEEKEND.

JMR

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 318 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN ACROSS THE PLAINS AS A
LONGWAVE TROUGH DIGS SOUTHWARD INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BY
TUESDAY. NEAR SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN AS LEE
CYCLOGENESIS OCCURS ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...BRINGING BREEZY
SOUTHERLY WINDS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT.

JMR

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 620 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

THE MAIN AVIATION FORECAST CONCERN IS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS...WITH A
SECONDARY AREA OF STORMS ALONG THE FRONT IN SOUTHERN NEBRASKA.
THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS WITH THE STORMS ALONG
THE FRONT EVENTUALLY CATCHING UP AND MOVING THROUGH THE WHOLE
FORECAST AREA. KRSL/KSLN WILL HAVE THE TREAT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND
HAIL AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS WITH THE
HEAVIEST/STRONGEST STORMS. THIS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE FIRST 06
HOURS OF THE FORECAST. THE MAIN THREAT WILL THEN TRANSITION TO
KHUT/KICT/KCNU FOR THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MAIN
THREAT THEN WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND
CEILINGS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. EXPECT THE MAIN LINE OF
CONVECTION TO EXIT THE AREA BEFORE SUNRISE...AS THE HIGHER
RESOLUTION GUIDANCE INDICATES...BUT THE NAM DOES KEEP SOME
LINGERING PRECIP AROUND OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS AFTER 12Z. SOMETHING
TO WATCH FOR LATER ISSUANCES.

BILLINGS WRIGHT

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    63  75  52  73 /  70  20  10  10
HUTCHINSON      60  75  52  73 /  70  20  10  10
NEWTON          60  74  51  71 /  70  20  10   0
ELDORADO        62  74  50  71 /  70  20   0   0
WINFIELD-KWLD   64  76  51  73 /  70  30  10   0
RUSSELL         56  74  51  75 /  60  10  10  10
GREAT BEND      58  74  52  75 /  60  10  10  10
SALINA          58  74  50  73 /  70  10  10  10
MCPHERSON       60  74  51  73 /  70  20  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     64  74  49  72 /  70  40   0   0
CHANUTE         63  73  49  71 /  70  30   0   0
IOLA            62  73  49  71 /  70  30   0   0
PARSONS-KPPF    64  73  48  71 /  70  40   0   0

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 4:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
430 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-112130-
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-
430 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. CENTRAL KANSAS WILL SEE THE GREATEST
RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER AFTER 5PM WHERE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL UP TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 75 MPH.

AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES AND STORMS BECOME MORE NUMEROUS...THEY
ARE EXPECTED TO GROW UPSCALE INTO A LINEAR COMPLEX OF STORMS AS
THEY APPROACH SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 65 MPH AND 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO POSE A MINOR FLOODING
THREAT THIS EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY
IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING FOR LOCATIONS NEAR
THE OKLAHOMA BORDER WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE.
NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE SPREADING ACROSS THE
MAJORITY OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON THURSDAY. ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING...MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM KINGMAN TO WICHITA TO PARSONS.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 10, 4:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
458 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

KSZ071-072-095-096-102245-
WOODSON KS-WILSON KS-ALLEN KS-NEOSHO KS-
458 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHANUTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHANUTE...HUMBOLDT...PETROLIA AND CHANUTE 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 3759 9561 3773 9562 3779 9561 3782 9553
      3784 9547 3769 9529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 316DEG 19KT 3775 9551

CARUSO

Special weather statement, Sep 10, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
535 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

KSZ032-102330-
RUSSELL KS-
535 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 532 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF LURAY...OR 35
  MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS...AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 75 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSSELL...LUCAS...GORHAM...LURAY...PARADISE...WALDO AND WILSON
  LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED WITH THIS STORM IF IT MAINTAINS INTENSITY AND
MOVES INTO THE AREA. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER
THREATENS.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9849 3896 9849 3886 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 309DEG 37KT 3936 9911

CARUSO

Local storm report, Sep 10, 6:35 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
635 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

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

0625 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 W LURAY               39.13N 98.80W
09/10/2015  E50 MPH          RUSSELL            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALSO REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL.

0625 PM     HAIL             6 W LURAY               39.13N 98.80W
09/10/2015  M0.25 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0632 PM     HAIL             NW WALDO                39.12N 98.80W
09/10/2015  M0.50 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JMR

Local storm report, Sep 10, 6:47 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
647 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

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

0645 PM     HAIL             1 NE LURAY              39.13N 98.68W
09/10/2015  M0.50 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL.

&&

JMR

Local storm report, Sep 10, 6:58 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
658 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

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

0657 PM     HAIL             NE RUSSELL              38.89N 98.85W
09/10/2015  M0.25 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALSO REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN.

0657 PM     TSTM WND GST     NE RUSSELL              38.89N 98.85W
09/10/2015  E50 MPH          RUSSELL            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JMR

Local storm report, Sep 10, 7:02 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
702 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

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

0654 PM     HAIL             6 E RUSSELL             38.89N 98.74W
09/10/2015  M1.75 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER RELAYED VIA AMATUR RADIO.

&&

JMR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 10, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	59 min
Sep 10, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	61 min
Sep 10, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	35 min
Sep 10, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	18 min
Sep 10, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	63 min
Sep 10, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	64 min
Sep 10, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Sedgwick	50 min
Sep 10, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Greenwood, Woodson	60 min
Sep 10, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	51 min
Sep 10, 10:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	33 min
Sep 10, 11:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	57 min
Sep 10, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	59 min
Sep 10, 11:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	56 min
Sep 10, 11:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	33 min
Sep 11, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2015 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.