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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 2015, 7:38 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2015, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2015, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1615 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1326 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
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 18, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 629 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 ...UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 245 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES LOOKING LOWER ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...AS CURRENT SHOWERS/STORMS ARE MAINTAINING LOW-LEVEL INHIBITION AHEAD OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT. STILL CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW STRONG/SEVERE STORMS BUT THE RISK IS LOWER. COULD SEE SOME PATCHY FOG TRY TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS LATE TONIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AS SURFACE WINDS BECOME LIGHTER AND SOME RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HANGS UP. HOWEVER THE BETTER CHANCES FOR FOG WOULD SEEM TO AFFECT NORTHWEST KANSAS WHERE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER AND HAVE AN EASTERLY COMPONENT. A COOLER DRIER AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION BEHIND DEPARTING UPPER LEVEL WAVE ON SATURDAY...AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERS ITSELF ACROSS THE HEARTLAND WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. MEANWHILE...MODELS SHOW ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON SUNDAY WITH SOME WEAK MID-LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN POSSIBLY GENERATING ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED STORMS OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS. THE BETTER CHANCES LOOK TO REMAIN SOUTH OF KANSAS ACROSS OKLAHOMA WHERE PROXIMITY TO SURFACE WARM FRONT AND MORE FAVORABLE ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL RESIDE. A SECOND WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE COULD BRING SOME ELEVATED SHOWERS/STORMS TO CENTRAL KANSAS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 245 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 THE WEATHER PATTERN LOOKS FAIRLY QUIET THIS PERIOD HOWEVER MODELS DO HINT AT A COUPLE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION...BUT PRECIPITATION SIGNALS FROM THE LONG MODELS REMAIN WEAK SO NOT TOO EXCITED ABOUT CHANCES AT THIS JUNCTURE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. JAKUB && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 629 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WILL CLEAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY LATE EVENING. OTHERWISE DRIER AND COOLER WEATHER ON TAP FOR LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SOME MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA....THOUGH SCATTERING OUT BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. KED && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 54 74 55 78 / 20 0 10 20 HUTCHINSON 52 74 53 78 / 10 0 10 20 NEWTON 52 73 52 77 / 20 0 10 10 ELDORADO 53 73 53 77 / 20 0 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 55 74 55 78 / 40 0 10 20 RUSSELL 49 74 52 81 / 0 0 10 20 GREAT BEND 50 74 53 80 / 0 0 10 20 SALINA 51 73 52 78 / 10 0 10 10 MCPHERSON 52 73 52 78 / 10 0 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 57 74 55 77 / 70 0 10 10 CHANUTE 54 73 53 76 / 60 0 0 10 IOLA 53 73 52 76 / 50 0 0 10 PARSONS-KPPF 55 74 54 76 / 70 0 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 18, 6:57 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 657 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-200000- 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- 657 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG OR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE MAIN RISKS WILL BE HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE TOWARD DAWN ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE FOG MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND ONE MILE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY...HOWEVER THE RISK FOR ORGANIZED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR STORMS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MAY BE IN THE AREA. CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON THIS AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 18, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
300 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1045 AM TSTM WND DMG YATES CENTER 37.87N 95.74W
09/18/2015 WOODSON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DELAYED REPORTS OF TREE DAMAGE...SIDING PULLED OFF THE
WEST SIDE OF A HOME...AND AN EMPTY SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER
IN THE VICINITY OF YATES CENTER.
&&
JMRSpecial weather statement, Sep 18, 5:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
530 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
KSZ092-093-182315-
SUMNER KS-COWLEY KS-
530 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEUDA
SPRINGS...OR 11 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARKANSAS CITY...GEUDA SPRINGS...MAPLE CITY AND STROTHER FIELD
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 3706 9735 3707 9735 3726 9680 3700 9667
3700 9733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 253DEG 32KT 3702 9724
JAKUBLocal storm report, Sep 18, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Sep 18, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 610 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 KSZ093-182345- COWLEY KS- 610 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EAST CENTRAL COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF DEXTER...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BURDEN...DEXTER AND CAMBRIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. && LAT...LON 3722 9694 3744 9653 3718 9652 3711 9690 TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 250DEG 32KT 3721 9683 JAKUB
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 7:22 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 722 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 KSZ098-099-190100- CHAUTAUQUA KS-MONTGOMERY KS- 722 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PERU...OR 6 MILES EAST OF SEDAN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...CHERRYVALE...CANEY...SEDAN... DEARING...TYRO...PERU...LIBERTY...CHAUTAUQUA...HAVANA...BOLTON... NIOTAZE...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT...ELK CITY STATE PARK...ELK CITY LAKE...COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT AND HALE. 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 3700 9625 3719 9626 3738 9552 3700 9552 TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 250DEG 31KT 3713 9606 JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Sep 18, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.