Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Wichita, KS

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WWUS53 KICT 130109
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
809 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

KSC159-130130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-150413T0130Z/
RICE KS-
809 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN RICE COUNTY...

AT 809 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LITTLE
RIVER...OR 12 MILES EAST OF LYONS...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
LYONS AND LITTLE RIVER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3840 9822 3852 9793 3817 9792 3817 9814
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 252DEG 36KT 3836 9797 

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

$$

KETCHAM

372 
WWUS53 KICT 130117
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
817 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

KSC159-130130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-150413T0130Z/
RICE KS-
817 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN RICE COUNTY...

AT 817 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINDOM...OR 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF INMAN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR 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...
LITTLE RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3844 9812 3852 9793 3817 9792 3818 9807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 256DEG 37KT 3834 9786 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

KETCHAM

388 
WWUS53 KICT 130125
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
825 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

KSC159-130135-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-150413T0130Z/
RICE KS-
825 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RICE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3844 9812 3852 9793 3817 9792 3818 9807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 251DEG 38KT 3834 9786 

$$

KETCHAM

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
641 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

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

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 307 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SW KS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS JUST AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE
THAT IS PUSHING SLOWLY EAST.  LATEST SHORT TERM HI-RES MODELS TRY TO
DEVELOP CONVECTION OVER SOUTHWEST KS ALONG THIS DRYLINE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING...AS THE AIRMASS IN SW KS RECOVERS
AND THE ELEVATED MIXED LAYER ERODES.  SO THINK AREAS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL KS MAY SEE THE INITIAL CONVECTIVE CHANCES LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...AS THIS CAP WEAKENS AND STORMS DEVELOP IN AN UNSTABLE
AIRMASS.  BUT THINK STORMS IN THIS AREA MAY BE MORE ISOLATED AS
CONVERGENCE ISN'T VERY IMPRESSIVE. AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH
SBCAPE VALUES OF 2000-2500 J/KG AND BULK SHEAR OF 30-40 KTS...MAY
LEAD TO STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS...WITH MULTICELLS
STORMS...AND EVEN A FEW SUPERCELLS...GIVEN THE DIRECTIONAL SHEAR.
EXPECT LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN.

MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE DRYLINE AND COLD FRONT MERGING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KS THIS EVENING. PREVIOUS CONCERNS WERE THAT
CENTRAL KS WOULD BE WHERE CONVECTION WOULD DEVELOP FIRST...BUT THINK
THAT STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY LATER THAN PREVIOUSLY
THOUGHT...AS IT PUSHES SOUTH LATER THIS EVENING...AS CAP HOLDS UNTIL
CONVERGENCE INCREASES LATER THIS EVENING.  AS THIS BOUNDARY PUSHES
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50...THINK CONVECTION WILL MERGE WITH THE SOUTH
CENTRAL KS CONVECTION AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD SOUTH OF THE
BOUNDARY IN THE WARM SECTOR. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN KS OVERNIGHT...AS
THIS BOUNDARY PUSHES SOUTH.

MON: MAIN SURFACE BOUNDARY AND CONVECTION MAY LINGER OVER SRN KS FOR
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MON...BUT GENERAL TREND WILL BE TO KEEP
PUSHING THIS CONVECTION FURTHER SOUTH INTO OK FOR MON AFTERNOON AS
THE BOUNDARY PUSHES SOUTH. THIS WILL LEAD A FAIRLY PLEASANT DAY FOR
MOST OF THE REGION FOR MON AFTERNOON.

TUE-WED: NOT EXPECTING THE BOUNDARY TO MOVE TOO FAR SOUTH INTO
OK...FOR LATE MON...AS A SOUTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY IN NRN
MEXICO LIFTS INTO THE SRN PLAINS.  LATEST MODEL SOLUTIONS CONTINUE
TO LIFT THIS SHORTWAVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE ERN HALF OF KS DURING
THE DAYTIME ON TUE.  THIS SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO MOISTURE RETURNING TO
MOST OF THE ERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA....WITH SHOWER CHANCES THE
HIGHEST FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE KS TURNPIKE. NOT A LOT OF
INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISTURBANCE...SO DO NOT EXPECT
MUCH MORE THAN SOME EMBEDDED THUNDER.

MODELS SUGGEST THAT SHOWERS SHOULD LINGER OVER THE ERN SECTIONS OF
KS ON WED AS WELL. AS THE IMPULSE MAKES SLOW PROGRESS TO THE EAST OF
THE AREA.

KETCHAM

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 307 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY ON HOW THE END OF THE WEEK WILL
PLAY OUT...AS A MORE SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY SOUTH OF THE
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS WILL PUSH EAST INTO THE PACIFIC NW AND EVENTUALLY
DROP SOUTHEAST OVER THE ROCKIES LATE WED.  SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ON HOW DEEP THIS LOW WILL BECOME AND HOW FAST IT
WILL EJECT INTO THE PLAINS. THE GFS ACTUALLY CLOSES OFF THIS LOW
OVER THE ROCKIES...BEFORE PULLING IT OUT INTO THE PLAINS.  AS THIS
SYSTEM DEEPENS...TIMING INTO THE PLAINS WILL BE TROUBLESOME AT BEST.
MODEL CONSENSUS IS TO GO WITH POPS THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED FOR NOW
AS THE GFS/ECMWF PUSH IT INTO THE PLAINS LATE IN THE WEEK. THIS WILL
LEAD TO MORE DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS AS LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH AND LIFT CREATED BY THIS SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW
WILL LEAD TO CHANCES EACH DAY.

KETCHAM

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 641 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

THE MAIN AVIATION FORECAST CONCERN IS THE CHANCES FOR CONVECTION
THIS EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED AND HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
AND WILL TRACK EASTWARD WITH TIME. UTILIZED THE SHORT-TERM HIGH-
RESOLUTION GUIDANCE FOR TIMING FOR TEMPO GROUPS FOR TSRA AT
TERMINALS. A COLD FRONT WILL PLOW SOUTHWARD AND WILL BE A
SECONDARY SOURCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
EXPECT THIS FRONT TO MOVE QUICKLY SOUTHWARD AS THE UPPER WAVE
MOVES QUICKLY OVERHEAD. WINDS WILL SWITCH AROUND TO THE NORTH WITH
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND BE BREEZY. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
DROP CONDITIONS TO MVFR OR IFR BRIEFLY FOR VIS OR CEILINGS. OTHER
THAN THAT DO NOT NECESSARILY EXPECT WIDESPREAD MVFR OR IFR
CONDITIONS. EXPECT PRECIP TO EXIT IN THE MORNING AND BREEZY
NORTHERLY WINDS TO DIMINISH AND BECOME MORE NORTHEASTERLY TO
EASTERLY ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

BILLINGS WRIGHT

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 307 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

PERIODIC CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS FROM SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA EVENING AND TONIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN
TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL GENERALLY KEEP THE GRASSLAND
FIRE DANGER LOW TO MODERATE INTO THE COMING WEEK. THERE MAY BE A
FEW WINDOWS OF ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ON MONDAY OVER THE FLINT
HILLS AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN KANSAS.

KED/KETCHAM

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    53  68  45  67 /  60  10  10  30
HUTCHINSON      50  67  42  67 /  50  10   0  20
NEWTON          50  67  44  66 /  60  10   0  20
ELDORADO        54  67  44  66 /  70  10  10  30
WINFIELD-KWLD   55  68  45  66 /  60  20  10  30
RUSSELL         45  68  41  69 /  40   0   0  10
GREAT BEND      46  66  41  68 /  40   0   0  10
SALINA          46  68  42  69 /  50   0   0  10
MCPHERSON       48  67  43  67 /  50  10   0  20
COFFEYVILLE     58  69  45  66 /  70  30  10  30
CHANUTE         54  68  44  66 /  70  10  10  30
IOLA            54  68  44  66 /  80  10  10  20
PARSONS-KPPF    57  68  45  66 /  70  20  10  30

&&

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
610 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-132315-
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-
610 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING...CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. THERE IS A RISK FOR
STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MAIN RISKS WILL BE
QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

GUSTY NORTH WINDS ON MONDAY WILL ELEVATE THE GRASSLAND FIRE
DANGER INTO THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO SOUTHERN KANSAS ON
TUESDAY...WITH PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FROM
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WHILE THE RISK FOR ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS LOW...A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
LATER IN THE WEEK. CHECK LATER OUTLOOKS FOR ANY CHANGES ON THE
RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS THIS EVENING.

&&

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

BDK/BILLINGS WRIGHT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
653 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

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

0649 PM     HAIL             GREAT BEND              38.36N 98.81W
04/12/2015  E0.88 INCH       BARTON             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN
            GREAT BEND.

&&

VJP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
727 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

KSZ050-130100-
RICE KS-
727 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
  LYONS TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAYMOND...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LYONS...STERLING...LITTLE RIVER...CHASE...ALDEN...RAYMOND AND
  SILICA.

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 3851 9804 3817 9797 3817 9847 3826 9847
      3826 9848 3840 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 270DEG 35KT 3832 9826 3821 9855

HOWERTON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
740 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

KSZ032-047-130115-
RUSSELL KS-BARTON KS-
740 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF DORRANCE...OR 11
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

* THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
  RUSSELL AND NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES.

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 3885 9849 3859 9848 3862 9871 3877 9872
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 238DEG 18KT 3870 9862

HOWERTON

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
752 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

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

0752 PM     TSTM WND GST     ALDEN                   38.24N 98.31W
04/12/2015  E50 MPH          RICE               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JMBW

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
754 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

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

0754 PM     HAIL             LYONS                   38.35N 98.20W
04/12/2015  E1.00 INCH       RICE               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

VJP