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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Wichita, KS

April 8, 2015Kingman County, Reno County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2015, 7:54 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 8, 2015, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2015, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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 8, 8:40 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Nw Goddard, KS	ROPE TORNADO ALONG WITH A CONE FUNNEL.
Apr 8, 8:43 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nnw Goddard, KS	ROPE/ELEPHANT TRUNK TORNADO REPORTED AND CONFIRMED BY TWITTER PICS

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

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 8, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -409 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 466 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.

319 
WUUS53 KICT 090054
SVRICT
KSC095-155-173-090145-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0036.150409T0054Z-150409T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
754 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 754 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHENEY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
  CHENEY...COLWICH...HAVEN...GARDEN PLAIN...MOUNT HOPE...ANDALE...
  NORWICH...MURDOCK...WATERLOO...CHENEY LAKE...MT VERNON AND CHENEY
  STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3742 9792 3773 9803 3795 9776 3793 9770
      3791 9770 3791 9767 3783 9748 3747 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 224DEG 30KT 3763 9788 

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

$$

BILLINGS WRIGHT

5 follow-up statements

019 
WWUS53 KICT 090058
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
758 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSC095-155-173-090145-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150409T0145Z/
RENO KS-SEDGWICK KS-KINGMAN KS-
758 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RENO...WESTERN SEDGWICK AND EASTERN KINGMAN
COUNTIES...

AT 758 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHENEY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG 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...
CHENEY...COLWICH...HAVEN...GARDEN PLAIN...MOUNT HOPE...ANDALE...
NORWICH...MURDOCK...WATERLOO...CHENEY LAKE...MT VERNON AND CHENEY
STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3742 9792 3773 9803 3795 9776 3793 9770
      3791 9770 3791 9767 3783 9748 3747 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 224DEG 29KT 3764 9786 

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

$$

KETCHAM

454 
WWUS53 KICT 090111
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
811 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSC095-155-173-090145-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150409T0145Z/
RENO KS-SEDGWICK KS-KINGMAN KS-
811 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RENO...WESTERN SEDGWICK AND EASTERN KINGMAN
COUNTIES...

AT 810 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHENEY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG 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...
CHENEY...COLWICH...HAVEN...GARDEN PLAIN...MOUNT HOPE...ANDALE...
NORWICH...MURDOCK...WATERLOO...CHENEY LAKE...MT VERNON AND CHENEY
STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3742 9792 3773 9803 3795 9776 3793 9770
      3791 9770 3791 9767 3783 9748 3747 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 224DEG 26KT 3769 9780 

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

$$

KETCHAM

938 
WWUS53 KICT 090113
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
813 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSC095-155-173-090145-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150409T0145Z/
RENO KS-SEDGWICK KS-KINGMAN KS-
813 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RENO...WESTERN SEDGWICK AND EASTERN KINGMAN
COUNTIES...

AT 813 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHENEY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG 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...
CHENEY...COLWICH...HAVEN...GARDEN PLAIN...MOUNT HOPE...ANDALE...
NORWICH...MURDOCK...WATERLOO...CHENEY LAKE...MT VERNON AND CHENEY
STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3742 9792 3773 9803 3795 9776 3793 9770
      3791 9770 3791 9767 3783 9748 3747 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 226DEG 28KT 3768 9779 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

KETCHAM

179 
WWUS53 KICT 090122
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
822 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSC095-155-173-090145-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150409T0145Z/
RENO KS-SEDGWICK KS-KINGMAN KS-
822 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RENO...NORTHWESTERN SEDGWICK AND NORTHEASTERN
KINGMAN COUNTIES...

AT 821 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GARDEN
PLAIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG 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...
CHENEY...COLWICH...HAVEN...GARDEN PLAIN...MOUNT HOPE...ANDALE...
CHENEY LAKE...MT VERNON AND CHENEY STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 3751 9780 3766 9786 3779 9785 3795 9776
      3793 9770 3791 9770 3791 9767 3783 9748
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 224DEG 30KT 3773 9773 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

KETCHAM

427 
WWUS53 KICT 090130
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
830 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSC095-090139-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150409T0145Z/
KINGMAN KS-
830 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3757 9774 3779 9779 3787 9776 3790 9770
      3791 9767 3783 9748
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 228DEG 28KT 3775 9767 

$$

KSC155-173-090145-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150409T0145Z/
RENO KS-SEDGWICK KS-
830 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RENO AND NORTHWESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES...

AT 829 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANDALE...OR
NEAR GARDEN PLAIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG 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...
COLWICH...GARDEN PLAIN...MOUNT HOPE...ANDALE AND CHENEY STATE PARK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 3757 9774 3779 9779 3787 9776 3790 9770
      3791 9767 3783 9748
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 228DEG 28KT 3775 9767 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

KETCHAM

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 8, 7:10 PM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 7:10 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
710 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

.MESOSCALE DISCUSSION...
ISSUED AT 710 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

MAIN SUPERCELL ACROSS BARBER COUNTY SEEMS TO BE THE MAIN EVENT
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST TRENDS ON RADAR AND NWP. LOOKING AT
CONVECTIVE TRENDS ACROSS OKLAHOMA...THEY HAVE BEEN HEADING
DOWNWARD...AS IS EVEN THE CASE IN THE BARBER/COMANCHE STORM.

LOW LEVEL FLOW HAS BEEN INCREASING WHICH HAS BEEN SUPPORTING
BRIEF TORNADOES WITH THAT STORM WITH INCREASED LOCAL HELICITY.
EXTRAPOLATING THE CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD BRING IT INTO THE
FORECAST AREA /KINGMAN COUNTY/ ABOUT 01Z.

SPC ANALYSIS/LAPS ANALYSIS AND RAP FORECASTS FOR THE LAST 3 RUNS
CONTINUE TO SHOW A TRANSITION OF THE MOST FAVORED AREA FOR
TORNADOES TO HAVE SHIFTED WEST. THE LOW LEVEL HELICITY AREA
REMAINS WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRIPLE
POINT.

MOREOVER...SEEMS THAT AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST THEY GET INTO AN
ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS DECREASED HELICITY AND IS JUST NOT AS
FAVORABLE GIVEN THAT THE EARLIER CONVECTION MAY HAVE ALTERED THE
ENVIRONMENT ENOUGH TO DECREASE THE THREAT.

IN SUMMARY...THINK THE STORM THAT IS ONGOING IS THE MAIN THREAT AS
ARE SOME OF THE STORMS COMING FROM OKLAHOMA.
OTHERWISE...CONFIDENCE IS DECREASING IN THE AMPLITUDE OF THE
THREAT FOR THE FORECAST AREA.

KRC

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 245 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

THIS EVENING-TONIGHT: LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS MAIN SURFACE
BOUNDARY LOCATED JUST TO THE SE OF ICT METRO...MAINLY FROM EUREKA TO
MULVANE TO WELLINGTON.  THE INITIAL ROUND OF CONVECTION HAS ALREADY
BEGUN OVER SRN KS...WITH MULTICELL STORMS PRODUCING MAINLY HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.  THIS INITIAL ROUND OF STORMS WILL STAY IN THE WARM
SECTOR ACROSS SE KS FOR THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH THE MAIN
CONCERN FROM THIS ROUND BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS GIVEN
THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND FAVORABLE BULK SHEAR.

LATEST SHORT TERM HI-RES MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE BOUNDARY
RETROGRADING BACK TO THE NORTH EARLY THIS EVENING BETWEEN 21Z-02Z...
WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF LOW LEVEL CAPE BACK TOWARDS THE KICT
METRO. THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INCREASE IN BULK SHEAR FROM THE
INCOMING DISTURBANCE COUPLED WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL PRODUCE A
SCENARIO VERY FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE
DRY LINE AS IT SHARPENS FOR AREAS TO THE WEST AND SW OF SOUTH
CENTRAL KS.  THIS WILL LEAD TO A SECOND POSSIBLY MORE SIGNIFICANT
CHANCE OF STORMS FOR LATER THIS EVENING WELL AFTER DARK. LATEST HI-
RES MODEL CONTINUE TO SHOW 0-8KM SHEAR IS VERY FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLE LONG TRACK TORNADOES. INCREASED MLCAPE TO
2000-2500 J/KG AND LOWERING LCL LEVELS WOULD ALSO SUGGEST A
STRONG TORNADO THREAT AS WELL. SO THIS SETUP WOULD STILL LEAD TO
HIGH LIKELYHOOD OF THE TORNADO THREAT CONTINUING WELL AFTER DARK
FOR AREAS AREAS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KS...MAINLY ALONG OR SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 54/400.

EXPECT THE SEVERE CONVECTION TO CONTINUE FOR THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...WITH PROGRESSION OF THE STORMS TO THE EAST INTO THE FLINT
HILLS AND SOUTHEAST KS. DEEP LAYER SHEAR LOOKS TO WANE SOME AFTER
MIDNIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY SHIFT THE SEVERE WEATHER MODE TO MORE
OF A LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND CHANCE.

THU: COULD SEE SOME LINGERING STORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
KS IN THE MORNING HOURS AS THE DRY LINE/BOUNDARY SURGES EAST INTO
WRN MO. IT NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY THAT
SOME LINGERING STRONG STORMS WILL BE OVER SE KS...BUT THIS CHANCE
WILL BE SHORT LIVED. EXPECT THE THU AFTERNOON SEVERE THREAT TO
OVER EXTREME SE KS AND MAINLY IN SW MO. WITH THE REST OF THE
REGION SEEING NICE WEATHER RETURN TO THE AREA...WITH DRIER AIR
MOVING INTO THE AREA.

FRI-EARLY SAT: A COUPLE OF NICE DAY EXPECTED FOR FRI AND EARLY SAT
AS A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS INTO THE
SRN PLAINS.  THIS WILL LEAD TO NEAR SEASONAL TEMPS AND SUNNY SKIES
IN MOST LOCATIONS.  AS SATURDAY PROGRESSES...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
RAPIDLY RETURN TO THE AREA FOR AREAS WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR
SAT AFTERNOON. COULD SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP TO THE
WEST OF THE AREA AND POSSIBLY MOVE INTO SOME OF THE WRN PORTIONS OF
COUNTY WARNING AREA BY SAT EVENING.

SAT NIGHT: ISENTROPIC LIFT AND MOISTURE RETURN WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE WRN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR SAT NIGHT. THIS MAY LEAD TO
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE INCREASING ACROSS
MOST OF THE AREA FOR SAT NIGHT.

KETCHAM

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 245 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DO DIFFER SOME ON HOW SUN AND MON WILL PLAY OUT.
BUT BOT MODELS SUGGEST ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON
SUNDAY...WITH POSSIBLE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. THE ECMWF LOOKS TO
CLEAR THINGS OUT ON MON...WHILE THE GFS SUGGESTS A BOUNDARY MAY BE
STATIONARY ACROSS SRN KS FOR MON.

KETCHAM

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1208 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

CONVECTION NOW DEVELOPING OVER OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO
THE AIRSPACE AND CONTINUE WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS THROUGH 6Z. THIS
WILL AFFECT ALL AIRPORTS AND FIELDS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF KSLN-
KVNX. THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

FOG...WHICH CONTINUES TO AFFECT KHUT...KRSL...KSLN HAS BEEN SLOW
TO BURN OFF. THINK IT SHOULD BE GONE BY 21Z. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD
PERSIST THROUGH 03Z...WITH FOG REDEVELOPMENT THERE POSSIBLE
THROUGH 12Z.

THE COLD FRONT WILL CLEAR THE AREA BY 14Z.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 245 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

MAIN FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS LOOK TO ON THURSDAY.

EVEN WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL
BE IN PLACE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SE KS DUE TO GUSTY SOUTH WINDS.
HOWEVER...THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAY LOOKS TO BE THU. THIS IS
WHEN STRONG NW WINDS WILL BE IN PLACE BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG
WITH RH'S IN THE 35-45 PERCENT RANGE. WIND SPEEDS THU AFTERNOON
WILL BE IN THE 20-30 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    56  71  39  68 /  60  10   0   0
HUTCHINSON      52  67  37  68 /  40  10   0   0
NEWTON          54  67  38  67 /  50  10   0   0
ELDORADO        60  69  39  68 /  70  10  10   0
WINFIELD-KWLD   61  72  40  68 /  80  10   0   0
RUSSELL         46  63  35  67 /  20  10  10   0
GREAT BEND      46  64  35  67 /  20  10   0   0
SALINA          50  65  35  68 /  30  20  10   0
MCPHERSON       51  66  36  67 /  40  10  10   0
COFFEYVILLE     65  76  42  68 /  90  30  10   0
CHANUTE         64  73  41  68 /  90  30  10   0
IOLA            63  72  40  67 /  90  30  10   0
PARSONS-KPPF    64  74  41  68 /  90  30  10   0

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 5:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
535 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-092245-
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-
535 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. VERY LARGE HAIL TO
BASEBALLS AND WINDS TO 75 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS THIS EVENING. THESE WILL OCCUR AS CONDITIONS BECOME MORE
FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE STRONG. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR BASEBALL SIZED
HAIL AND 70 MPH WINDS. THIS TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE WELL
AFTER DARK AS THE STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN KANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON
THURSDAY...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BE QUITE STRONG. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
THEN RETURN TO THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

VERY HIGH TO POSSIBLY EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL
OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 4:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
447 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSZ094-098-099-082215-
CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-MONTGOMERY KS-
447 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SEDAN...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
  LONGTON...ELK CITY AND HALE.

LAT...LON 3714 9623 3723 9636 3747 9604 3725 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 233DEG 30KT 3721 9622

BILLINGS WRIGHT

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 5:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
505 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSZ069-070-082230-
GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
505 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 503 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF EUREKA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST 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...
  EUREKA...ROSALIA...EUREKA CITY LAKE...THRALL AND EUREKA AIRPORT.

LAT...LON 3784 9673 3809 9650 3809 9636 3791 9613
      3770 9659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 234DEG 31KT 3783 9657

BILLINGS WRIGHT

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 5:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
526 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSZ070-082300-
GREENWOOD KS-
526 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF HAMILTON...OR 10
  MILES NORTH OF EUREKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MADISON...HAMILTON...EUREKA CITY LAKE AND THRALL.

LAT...LON 3784 9635 3799 9648 3817 9621 3817 9596
      3802 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 234DEG 40KT 3796 9634

BILLINGS WRIGHT

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 5:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
540 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSZ082-091-082315-
HARPER KS-KINGMAN KS-
540 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 539 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NASHVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF
  SHARON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINGMAN...CUNNINGHAM...NASHVILLE...MURDOCK...WILLOWDALE...ZENDA...
  SPIVEY...CLEVELAND AND RAGO.

LAT...LON 3738 9835 3739 9846 3773 9846 3773 9841
      3757 9788 3724 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 215DEG 38KT 3736 9841

BILLINGS WRIGHT

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
600 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSZ070-094-095-082330-
ELK KS-WILSON KS-GREENWOOD KS-
600 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  WESTERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LONGTON...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF FREDONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FREDONIA...LONGTON...FALL RIVER...BENEDICT...NEW ALBANY...
  COYVILLE...BUXTON AND FALL RIVER STATE PARK.

LAT...LON 3741 9616 3775 9601 3763 9571 3738 9592
      3738 9597 3733 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 205DEG 33KT 3744 9603

BILLINGS WRIGHT

Local storm report, Apr 8, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
618 PM CDT WED APR 08 2015

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

0616 PM     HAIL             WNW FREDONIA            37.53N 95.83W
04/08/2015  E0.88 INCH       WILSON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            + ESTIMATED 55 MPH WIND

&&

SMF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	38 min
Apr 8, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	30 min
Apr 8, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Sedgwick	28 min
Apr 8, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	32 min
Apr 8, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	29 min
Apr 8, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	26 min
Apr 8, 9:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	23 min
Apr 8, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	32 min
Apr 9, 1:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	50 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.