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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Wichita, KS

May 16, 2015Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2015, 7:35 PM CDT for Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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 16, 2015, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Harper County, KS, Sumner County, KS

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 16, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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: 86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

795 
WUUS53 KICT 170035
SVRICT
KSC077-191-170130-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0098.150517T0035Z-150517T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
735 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 734 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
  EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARPER...TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST 
  OF WAKITA...TO NEAR JEFFERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WELLINGTON...MULVANE...ANTHONY...BELLE PLAINE...CONWAY SPRINGS...
  CALDWELL...OXFORD...ARGONIA...SOUTH HAVEN...GEUDA SPRINGS...
  MAYFIELD...MILAN...HUNNEWELL...BLUFF CITY...DANVILLE...FREEPORT...
  RIVERDALE...PERTH AND WELLINGTON AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 32.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3700 9811 3718 9816 3747 9763 3747 9715
      3700 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 223DEG 52KT 3722 9796 3697 9783 3669 9771 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KLEINSASSER

4 follow-up statements

585 
WWUS53 KICT 170045
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
745 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

KSC077-191-170130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-150517T0130Z/
HARPER KS-SUMNER KS-
745 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN HARPER AND SUMNER COUNTIES...

AT 745 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ARGONIA...TO CALDWELL...TO 5 MILES WEST OF DEER 
CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLINGTON...MULVANE...ANTHONY...BELLE PLAINE...CONWAY SPRINGS...
CALDWELL...OXFORD...ARGONIA...SOUTH HAVEN...GEUDA SPRINGS...
MAYFIELD...MILAN...HUNNEWELL...BLUFF CITY...DANVILLE...FREEPORT...
RIVERDALE...PERTH AND WELLINGTON AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3700 9811 3718 9816 3747 9763 3747 9715
      3700 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 227DEG 54KT 3729 9779 3704 9764 3679 9762 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KLEINSASSER

856 
WWUS53 KICT 170101
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
801 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

KSC077-170111-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-150517T0130Z/
HARPER KS-
801 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HARPER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3700 9780 3737 9780 3747 9762 3747 9715
      3700 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 226DEG 46KT 3746 9762 3718 9747 3692 9746 

$$

KSC191-170130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-150517T0130Z/
SUMNER KS-
801 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

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

AT 801 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM NEAR VIOLA...TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLINGTON...TO 
7 MILES WEST OF BRAMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLINGTON...MULVANE...BELLE PLAINE...CONWAY SPRINGS...CALDWELL...
OXFORD...ARGONIA...SOUTH HAVEN...GEUDA SPRINGS...MAYFIELD...MILAN...
HUNNEWELL...RIVERDALE...PERTH AND WELLINGTON AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3700 9780 3737 9780 3747 9762 3747 9715
      3700 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 226DEG 46KT 3746 9762 3718 9747 3692 9746 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KLEINSASSER

677 
WWUS53 KICT 170117
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
817 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

KSC191-170130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-150517T0130Z/
SUMNER KS-
817 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

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

AT 817 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BELLE PLAINE...TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
OXFORD...TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRAMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLINGTON...MULVANE...BELLE PLAINE...OXFORD...SOUTH HAVEN...GEUDA
SPRINGS...MAYFIELD...HUNNEWELL...RIVERDALE...PERTH AND WELLINGTON
AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3734 9757 3747 9757 3747 9715 3700 9715
      3700 9751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 231DEG 40KT 3740 9736 3721 9728 3698 9728 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KLEINSASSER

552 
WWUS53 KICT 170127
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
827 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

KSC191-170136-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-150517T0130Z/
SUMNER KS-
827 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SUMNER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
830 PM CDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3734 9757 3747 9757 3747 9715 3700 9715
      3700 9751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 223DEG 52KT 3740 9736 3721 9728 3698 9728 

$$

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 16, 6:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 6:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
622 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

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

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 235 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS: SEVERE WEATHER/FLOODING POTENTIAL THROUGH
TONIGHT.

ONGOING MESOSCALE COMPLEX OF STORMS OVER CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL KS IS
BEING AIDED BY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ON THE NOSE OF THE
UPPER JET STREAK OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO...AND SOUTHERLY 850
MOISTURE TRANSPORT. THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF THIS MCS MAY HAVE A FEW
STORMS TURN SEVERE THIS PM/EVE WHERE STRONGER INSTABILITY IS FEEDING
INTO THE SYSTEM.

THE MAIN PV ANOMALY OVER NEW MEXICO WILL ROTATE NORTHEASTWARD OUT
OVER WESTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING WITH MID-LEVEL
COOLING AND STRONG ASCENT. A STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL JET
WILL BE NOSING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KS/NORTHWEST OK EARLY THIS
EVENING...BEFORE VEERING OVERNIGHT. ANTICIPATING SUPERCELL-TYPE
STORMS OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO TRAVERSE NORTHEASTWARD...INTO
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KS TOWARD EVENING. IT'S UNCLEAR
HOW MUCH RECOVERY WILL OCCUR WITH THE ONGOING MCS AND WHETHER OR NOT
THE NEXT ROUND OF STORMS WILL BE ABLE TO REMAIN SURFACE-BASED OR GO
ELEVATED AS THEY MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. IN ADDITION...STORM
MERGER POTENTIAL COULD MAKE IT TOUGHER FOR DISCRETE STORMS IN OUR
FORECAST AREA. CONFIDENCE IS DECENT THAT SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE
SEVERE NEVERTHELESS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE STILL
APPEARS TO BE TORNADO POTENTIAL MAINLY CLOSE TO THE OKLAHOMA
BORDER IN SOUTH CENTRAL KS...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN FLINT HILLS
INTO THIS EVENING...WHERE STORMS MAY BE SURFACE-BASED WITH
STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL SHEAR AND EHI'S OF 1-3 M2/S2. THIS COULD
CHANGE WITH TRENDS THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
STORMS MAY BECOME LINEAR LATER TONIGHT AS THEY TRAVERSE INTO
SOUTHEAST KS. CONFIDENCE IS MODERATE FOR SEVERE STORMS IN SOUTH
CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KS...BUT HAS LESSENED CONSIDERABLY FOR CENTRAL
KS WHERE THAT AREA MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE BETTER INSTABILITY.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING IS EXPECTED THIS
PM/EVE IN SOUTH CENTRAL KS FROM THE ONGOING MCS AND ADDITIONAL
CONVECTION PROGGED TO REACH AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING.
THEREFORE... ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT.

THE DRYLINE WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHEAST KS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY BEHIND
THE DEPARTING UPPER STORM SYSTEM. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THIS SYSTEM
SHOULD KEEP FORECAST AREA DRY SUNDAY-SUNDAY NIGHT WITH ABOVE NORMAL
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S SUNDAY PM. A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL DROP
SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. A FEW STRONG
STORMS COULD DEVELOP IN SOUTHEASTERN KS AS THIS FRONT OVERTAKES THE
DRYLINE IN A STRONGLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH LESSER SHEAR. THE
COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO MAKE IT SOUTH TO THE RED RIVER BEFORE
STALLING TUESDAY. THE NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS PROGGED TO EJECT
NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.
ISENTROPIC LIFT AND STRONG MOISTURE TRANSPORT SHOULD RESULT IN A
GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS AREA-WIDE.

JMC

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 235 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD WILL FEATURE A CONTINUED SPLIT UPPER FLOW
PATTERN ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. A MEAN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE LOCATED
OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES WITHIN THE SOUTHERN BRANCH JET STREAM.
THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW ONE UPPER WAVE EJECTING OUT OF THIS MEAN
UPPER TROUGH AT MIDWEEK. MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND ISENTROPIC
UPGLIDE...NORTH OF THE OLD SYNOPTIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD RESULT
IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR FORECAST AREA. THERE
COULD BE A BREAK IN RAIN CHANCES THURSDAY-THURSDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER
STORM SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO SLIDE INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TOWARD
THE END OF THE WEEK...WHICH WILL LIKELY BRING ADDITIONAL STORM
CHANCES TO THE KANSAS REGION TOWARD THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES SHOULD
BEGIN THE PERIOD COOLER THAN AVERAGE WITH THE RAIN AROUND
MIDWEEK...WITH TEMPERATURES MODERATING TOWARD SEASONAL VALUES TOWARD
THE WEEKEND.

JMC

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 618 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

MAIN HAZARDS: THUNDERSTORMS WITH BLINDING RAINFALL RATES AND
POTENTIALLY STRONG-SEVERE WIND GUSTS TONIGHT.

STRONG STORM SYSTEM LIFTING OUT OVER KANSAS IS INDUCING A
SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL JET WITH STRONG MOISTURE/INSTABILITY TRANSPORT
INTO CENTRAL/EASTERN KANSAS. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG-SEVERE AFFECTING
THE TERMINALS. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ICT...HUT AND
CNU WHERE IFR VSBYS/CIGS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORM
ACTIVITY...AND VARIABLE WIND GUSTS OF 35-45 KNOTS.

MVFR/IFR STRATUS CEILINGS MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT BEHIND THE
DEPARTING CONVECTION...WITH A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER LINGERING.

JMC

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    60  82  58  76 /  70   0   0  10
HUTCHINSON      59  83  55  73 /  60   0   0  10
NEWTON          59  82  55  73 /  70   0   0  10
ELDORADO        61  82  57  76 /  90  10   0  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   61  82  62  78 /  80  10  10  10
RUSSELL         54  82  49  70 /  50   0  10  10
GREAT BEND      53  81  50  71 /  40   0   0  10
SALINA          60  82  53  70 /  60   0  10  10
MCPHERSON       59  82  54  71 /  60   0  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     65  84  64  80 /  90  10  10  20
CHANUTE         64  83  62  76 /  90  10  10  10
IOLA            64  82  61  75 /  90  10  10  10
PARSONS-KPPF    64  83  63  80 /  90  10  10  20

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR KSZ067>069-082-083-
091>093.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 4:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
421 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-172130-
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-
421 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
THE HIGHEST SEVERE THREAT AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF
THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THE MAIN STORM THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL OF
1 TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.
IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND THE FLINT HILLS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE MONDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS ALONG THE FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTHWARD
ACROSS THE STATE.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION FOR
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND 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, May 16, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
538 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

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

0510 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 E MATFIELD GREEN      38.16N 96.49W
05/16/2015  M58 MPH          CHASE              KS   MESONET

&&

SGS

Local storm report, May 16, 5:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
542 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

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

0540 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SW EL DORADO          37.81N 96.87W
05/16/2015  M1.25 INCH       BUTLER             KS   COCORAHS

            1.25 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN A 40 MINUTE TIME FRAME.

&&

CWH

Local storm report, May 16, 5:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
553 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

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

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MADISON                 38.13N 96.14W
05/16/2015                   GREENWOOD          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DELAYED REPORT OF SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN IN MADISON.

&&

SGS

Special weather statement, May 16, 5:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
554 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

KSZ070-162315-
GREENWOOD KS-
554 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EUREKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
  MPH.

PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

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

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR
MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3779 9651 3817 9632 3817 9610 3809 9596
      3796 9596 3771 9631
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 209DEG 46KT 3782 9631

KLEINSASSER

Special weather statement, May 16, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
618 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

KSZ070-162330-
GREENWOOD KS-
618 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMILTON...OR 7
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MADISON...HAMILTON...VIRGIL AND THRALL.

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.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR
MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3774 9613 3800 9636 3817 9632 3817 9596
      3789 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 227DEG 41KT 3804 9607

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Special weather statement, May 16, 6:56 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
656 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

KSZ082-091-170030-
HARPER KS-KINGMAN KS-
656 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
  EAST OF NASHVILLE...TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF ATTICA...TO NEAR
  BYRON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...MURDOCK...WATERLOO...
  WILLOWDALE...ZENDA...SPIVEY...CLEVELAND...DANVILLE...WALDRON...
  CRYSTAL SPRINGS...RAGO...RUNNYMEDE AND CORWIN.

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.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR
MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9835 3738 9835 3738 9836 3750 9836
      3773 9791 3740 9787 3700 9795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 217DEG 35KT 3742 9822 3714 9818 3686 9827

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 7:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	6 hr
May 16, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	34 min
May 16, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	28 min
May 16, 8:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	31 hr
May 16, 8:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	40 hr
May 16, 9:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	6 hr
May 16, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	27 min
May 16, 9:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson	35 min
May 16, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	22 min
May 16, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	26 min
May 16, 10:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	17 hr
May 16, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	57 min
May 16, 11:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more	9 hr
May 16, 11:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	9 hr
May 17, 12:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	31 hr
May 17, 1:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Marion	9 hr
May 17, 2:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	45 hr
May 17, 7:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	38 hr
May 17, 8:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	64 hr
May 17, 2:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	56 hr
May 17, 2:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	34 hr
May 17, 2:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	51 hr

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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.