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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2015, 3:14 PM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 6, 2015, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Marion County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 625 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jul 6, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:17 AM CDT, 10 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 417 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-070930- 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- 417 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND A PORTION OF THE FLINT HILLS. THE MAIN RISK WILL BE DOWN-BURST WINDS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL BE CONFINED TO MAINLY SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WITH CONTINUED CHANCES ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WHILE THE RISK FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW...A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH OR END ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY NEXT WEEKEND...EXCEPT FOR PERIODIC SLIGHT CHANCES ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE RISK FOR ORGANIZED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS APPEARS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:58 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
258 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
KSZ083-062030-
SEDGWICK KS-
258 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST WICHITA...OR 6 MILES WEST
OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WICHITA...DERBY...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...BEL
AIRE...GODDARD...MAIZE...CLEARWATER...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...
EASTBOROUGH...WEST WICHITA...MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...SOUTH
WICHITA...WICHITA EISENHOWER NATIONAL AIRPORT...EAST WICHITA AND
OAKLAWN.
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 3771 9760 3788 9738 3763 9717 3747 9748
3748 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 225DEG 35KT 3768 9746
LAWSONSpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 3:14 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
314 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
KSZ052-053-068-062045-
CHASE KS-HARVEY KS-MARION KS-
314 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
LINCOLNVILLE TO NEAR GOESSEL...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HESSTON...HILLSBORO...MARION...NORTH NEWTON...PEABODY...FLORENCE...
WALTON...LINCOLNVILLE...MARION LAKE...PILSEN AND HYMER.
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 3809 9703 3807 9748 3817 9740 3817 9737
3820 9737 3851 9712 3852 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 268DEG 33KT 3853 9696 3824 9729
LAWSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Neosho | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Neosho | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Neosho | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 3:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 8 more | 52 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 3:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Harvey, Marion | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 4:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 4:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sedgwick | 15 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 5:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 5:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Greenwood | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 5:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sumner | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Elk, Greenwood, Woodson | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Elk, Wilson, Woodson | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 28 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.