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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Wichita, KS

May 6, 2015Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2015, 6:01 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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: May 6, 2015, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2015, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 6, 1:41 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 178 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.

941 
WUUS53 KICT 062301
SVRICT
KSC053-105-062345-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0086.150506T2301Z-150506T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
601 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 600 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
  HOLYROOD...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELLSWORTH...LINCOLN...BEVERLY AND ELLSWORTH AIRPORT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 209 AND 228.
 
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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3862 9829 3869 9848 3907 9834 3902 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 209DEG 27KT 3868 9837 

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

JAKUB

3 follow-up statements

810 
WWUS53 KICT 062312
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
612 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

KSC053-105-062345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-150506T2345Z/
LINCOLN KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
612 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...

AT 612 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
ELLSWORTH...LINCOLN...BEVERLY AND ELLSWORTH AIRPORT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3862 9829 3869 9848 3907 9834 3902 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 210DEG 39KT 3884 9827 

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

KLEINSASSER

065 
WWUS53 KICT 062324
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
624 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

KSC053-105-062345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-150506T2345Z/
LINCOLN KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
624 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...

AT 624 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF
LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINCOLN AND BEVERLY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3878 9815 3882 9843 3907 9834 3902 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 211DEG 33KT 3892 9821 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KLEINSASSER

505 
WWUS53 KICT 062340
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
640 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

KSC053-105-062350-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-150506T2345Z/
LINCOLN KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
640 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN AND
NORTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3878 9815 3882 9843 3907 9834 3902 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 209DEG 27KT 3892 9821 

$$

KLEINSASSER

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 May 6, 2:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 2:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
227 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 220 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH
PERIODIC BOUTS OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED.

MID-LEVEL VORT MAX IS CURRENTLY MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...WHICH MAY GIVE ENOUGH OF A GLANCING BLOW FOR
SOME LARGE SCALE ASCENT ACROSS THE REGION. MEANWHILE...WIDESPREAD
LOW CLOUDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SCATTER OUT SOME FROM WEST-
EAST...WITH AMPLE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE STREAMING NORTH...YIELDING
MODEST-STRONG INSTABILITY AND LITTLE CAP BY PEAK HEATING
ALONG/WEST OF I-135. WEAK/MODEST DRYLINE CONVERGENCE IN CONCERT
WITH GLANCING BLOW FROM HIGH PLAINS VORT MAX SHOULD FAVOR MORE
ISOLATED STORM COVERAGE ALONG DRYLINE BY MID-AFTERNOON...WITH
BETTER COVERAGE OVER CENTRAL/NORTHERN KS CLOSER TO UPPER FORCING.
INSTABILITY/DEEP LAYER SHEAR COMBO WILL FAVOR SUPERCELLS. OF
PARTICULAR NOTE IS THE EXPECTED LOW-LEVEL INSTABILITY...LOW-LEVEL
SHEAR AND LOWER CLOUD HEIGHTS PROGGED BY ALL THE GUIDANCE.
CONSEQUENTLY...ANY DISCRETE STORM MOVING/DEVELOPING IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT WILL CARRY THE THREAT FOR A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO
BEFORE 10 PM GENERALLY ALONG/WEST OF I- 135. NOT EXPECTING LONG-
TRACK TORNADOES GIVEN WEAKER MID/UPPER FLOW.

ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY LATE AFTERNOON-
NIGHT...AS A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL ZONE APPROACHES CENTRAL KS FROM
THE NORTHWEST. DESPITE LACK OF APPRECIABLE LARGE SCALE ASCENT
OTHER THAN SUBTLE RIPPLES ALOFT...EXPECTED STRONG INSTABILITY
SHOULD FAVOR VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER CENTRAL KS
ALONG FRONT BY MID- LATE AFTERNOON. MARGINAL SHEAR COUPLED WITH
THE STRONG INSTABILITY WILL FAVOR STRONG/SEVER MULTI-CELL AND
SUPERCELL STRUCTURES...WITH PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE
HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS. IF A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX CAN
MATERIALIZE...MAIN THREAT SHOULD TRANSITION TO LOCALLY VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AMOUNTS THU EVENING/NIGHT...DUE TO WEAKER FLOW ALOFT
ORIENTED PARALLEL TO FRONTAL ZONE.

FRONTAL PLACEMENT FRIDAY WILL LARGELY DEPEND ON STRENGTH OF
CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW FROM THU NIGHT/EARLY FRI STORMS.
NONETHELESS...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BOUNDARY TO REMAIN DRAPED/STALLED
ACROSS THE REGION...AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY CONTINUES TO ENCROACH FROM
THE SOUTHWEST CONUS. ONCE AGAIN...DEPENDING ON AMOUNT OF
DESTABILIZATION...COULD SEE ADDITIONAL STRONG/SEVERE STORMS
FRIDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING IN VICINITY OF THE FRONT. LIKE
THU...THINKING MARGINAL DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL LIKELY PREVENT A
WIDESPREAD SEVERE OUTBREAK...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT.

ADK

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 220 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

SATURDAY-SUNDAY TIMEFRAME STILL HAS THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR A
MORE WIDESPREAD/SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK...AS POWERFUL
SOUTHWEST CONUS TROUGH FINALLY EJECTS EAST/NORTHEAST OVER THE
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS ATOP AN INCREASINGLY MOIST/UNSTABLE WARM
SECTOR. THERE REMAINS QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING
TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF VARIOUS SYNOPTIC FEATURES...WHICH WILL
HEAVILY INFLUENCE SEVERE POTENTIAL AND PLACEMENT.
CONSEQUENTLY...WILL NOT YET GET TOO CAUGHT UP IN SPECIFICS
SURROUNDING THIS PERIOD.

MEDIUM RANGE CONSENSUS SUPPORTS A RETURN TO A MUCH QUIETER
WEATHER PATTERN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND
SEASONAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED.

ADK

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1220 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

ONGOING WIDESPREAD IFR/MVFR CEILINGS ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL
KS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE WITH HEIGHT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS
WITH SOME BREAKS LIKELY AS MIXING INCREASES.

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SEPARATED SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS
PM/EVE...POSSIBLY AFFECTING TERMINALS ALONG/WEST OF INTERSTATE
135. WILL INCLUDE VCTS AT RSL...SLN...HUT...ICT SINCE COVERAGE IS
EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED. STORMS MAY AFFECT CNU LATE TONIGHT
ALTHOUGH DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY BY THEN. AREAS OF LOW MVFR OR
IFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KS UNDERNEATH LOW-LEVEL JET AXIS.

JMC

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    66  79  62  77 /  40  40  70  50
HUTCHINSON      64  79  59  76 /  40  40  70  50
NEWTON          64  78  60  76 /  40  40  70  50
ELDORADO        65  78  62  77 /  40  40  70  50
WINFIELD-KWLD   66  78  63  78 /  40  30  70  50
RUSSELL         61  80  55  69 /  40  50  50  40
GREAT BEND      62  79  56  71 /  30  50  60  40
SALINA          65  79  58  74 /  40  50  60  40
MCPHERSON       64  78  59  75 /  40  40  70  50
COFFEYVILLE     66  79  64  79 /  30  40  60  50
CHANUTE         65  79  63  78 /  30  40  60  50
IOLA            64  78  63  78 /  30  30  60  50
PARSONS-KPPF    66  79  64  79 /  30  40  60  50

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-
047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 2:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
236 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-071945-
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-
236 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE
HIGHEST THREAT WILL BE GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE
135...WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO ARE
POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF
40 TO 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THIS AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE FOR BOTH THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY GRADUALLY
STALLS ACROSS THE REGION. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE
MAIN CONCERNS...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND FLOODING. A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL.

THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AND PERHAPS EVEN SUNDAY...AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM
APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ALL FACETS OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...ARE ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE. THE
SEVERE WEATHER ON SATURDAY IS LIKELY TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING
GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 135.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 4:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
448 PM CDT WED MAY 06 2015

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

0442 PM     HAIL             MOUNT HOPE              37.87N 97.66W
05/06/2015  E1.00 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MWM

Local storm report, May 6, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
452 PM CDT WED MAY 06 2015

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

0451 PM     TORNADO          MOUNT HOPE              37.87N 97.66W
05/06/2015                   SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JMR

Local storm report, May 6, 5:05 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
505 PM CDT WED MAY 06 2015

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

0504 PM     BLIZZARD         6 SE BURRTON            37.95N 97.61W
05/06/2015                   HARVEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO OBSERVED BY STORM SPOTTER

&&

MWM

Local storm report, May 6, 5:24 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
524 PM CDT WED MAY 06 2015

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

0521 PM     HAIL             VIOLA                   37.48N 97.64W
05/06/2015  M1.00 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JMR

Local storm report, May 6, 5:45 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
545 PM CDT WED MAY 06 2015

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

0538 PM     TORNADO          6 N VIOLA               37.56N 97.63W
05/06/2015                   SEDGWICK           KS   STORM CHASER

            OBSERVED BRIEFLY CROSSING 71ST STREET SOUTH BETWEEN 247TH
            WEST AND 263RD WEST.

&&

MWM

Special weather statement, May 6, 5:49 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
549 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

KSZ051-067-068-062330-
HARVEY KS-MCPHERSON KS-RENO KS-
549 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BURRTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCPHERSON...MOUNDRIDGE...INMAN...BUHLER...BURRTON...GALVA AND
  MCPHERSON 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 3836 9737 3797 9765 3802 9783 3845 9773
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 203DEG 34KT 3807 9771

JAKUB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 2:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	7 hr
May 6, 2:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	7 hr
May 6, 2:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	5 hr
May 6, 11:05 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more	11 hr
May 6, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	39 min
May 6, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	40 min
May 6, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	47 min
May 6, 2:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Lincoln	24 min
May 6, 2:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	ICT	Lincoln	18 min
May 6, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	28 min
May 6, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	30 min
May 6, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	42 min
May 6, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	35 min
May 6, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	24 min
May 6, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	30 min
May 6, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	27 min
May 6, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	55 min
May 6, 4:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick	38 min
May 6, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	18 min
May 6, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	22 min
May 6, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	41 min
May 6, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	29 min
May 6, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	39 min
May 6, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	36 min
May 6, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	49 min
May 6, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	35 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.