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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

April 2, 2015Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 2, 2015, 12:45 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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: Apr 2, 2015, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2015, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Lincoln County, KS

The radar

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 1, 11:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 11:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 10:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1018 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-030330-
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-
1018 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...WITH THE GREATER
CHANCES IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND ONLY A SLIGHT
CHANCE IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY
MORNING AREA WIDE. OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY
BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

SEVERAL HOURS OF VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER ARE POSSIBLE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...AND PERIODICALLY
OVER THE REST OF THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

IN ADDITION...SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE
FORECAST SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...MAINLY FOR THE FLINT HILLS
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. STORM
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOUTHEAST
KANSAS CLOSER TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER.

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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 2, 12:45 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1245 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSZ033-020615-
LINCOLN KS-
1245 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1243 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BARNARD...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF LINCOLN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BARNARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3911 9793 3908 9812 3922 9817 3922 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 253DEG 37KT 3919 9806

KETCHAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	41 min
Apr 2, 1:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	52 min
Apr 2, 2:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	38 min
Apr 2, 4:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	24 min
Apr 2, 4:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	50 min
Apr 2, 5:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	45 min
Apr 2, 5:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Neosho	39 min
Apr 2, 5:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	34 min
Apr 2, 6:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.