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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

July 6, 2015Chautauqua County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2015, 8:13 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Chautauqua County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 1656 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.8

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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 Jul 6, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
424 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-072130-
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-
424 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
AT LEAST TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE
TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR LIKELY. A FEW MICROBURSTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED
THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN ISOLATED GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST ON
TUESDAY...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE FRONT WILL LIFT BACK
NORTH WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY...RENEWING THE THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS AREA WIDE. THIS COULD LEAD TO MORE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND/OR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS.

HEAT INDICES WILL BE NEAR 100 OVER MOST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

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

HOWERTON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
625 PM CDT MON JUL 06 2015

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

0623 PM     HEAVY RAIN       EAST WICHITA            37.68N 97.26W
07/06/2015  M3.60 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURES 3.6 INCHES IN THE LAST 2 HOURS
            AT KELLOGG AND HILLSIDE.

&&

VJP

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
629 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

KSZ091-092-070000-
HARPER KS-SUMNER KS-
629 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA TO GEUDA SPRINGS TO
  NEAR CALDWELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CALDWELL...OXFORD...SOUTH HAVEN...GEUDA SPRINGS AND PERTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3701 9781 3713 9787 3727 9733 3737 9715
      3701 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 289DEG 25KT 3739 9669 3713 9713 3704 9767

BILLINGS WRIGHT

Local storm report, Jul 6, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
632 PM CDT MON JUL 06 2015

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

0630 PM     LIGHTNING        EAST WICHITA            37.68N 97.26W
07/06/2015                   SEDGWICK           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LIGHTNING STRUCK A HOUSE, STARTING A LARGE FIRE. VIA KWCH
            TV.

&&

BDK

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
632 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

KSZ069>072-094>096-070000-
WOODSON KS-ELK KS-WILSON KS-ALLEN KS-GREENWOOD KS-NEOSHO KS-
BUTLER KS-
632 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR MORAN TO 10 MILES WEST OF HOWARD...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHANUTE...IOLA...FREDONIA...HUMBOLDT...YATES CENTER...HOWARD...LA
  HARPE...GAS...MORAN...MOLINE...TORONTO...SEVERY...BUFFALO...
  GRENOLA...FALL RIVER...LATHAM...SAVONBURG...ELSMORE...BENEDICT AND
  CLIMAX.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3775 9509 3730 9648 3731 9652 3748 9652
      3748 9695 3768 9642 3803 9537 3804 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 286DEG 25KT 3797 9515 3751 9644

BILLINGS WRIGHT

Local storm report, Jul 6, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
637 PM CDT MON JUL 06 2015

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

0635 PM     HEAVY RAIN       EAST WICHITA            37.68N 97.26W
07/06/2015  M3.20 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT VIA TWITTER OF 3.2 INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST
            UNDER 2 HOURS NEAR HARRY AND ROCK.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jul 6, 6:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	28 min
Jul 6, 7:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	4 hr
Jul 6, 7:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	24 min
Jul 6, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	28 min
Jul 6, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery, Neosho	31 min
Jul 6, 8:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	5 hr
Jul 6, 8:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery	5 hr
Jul 6, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho	31 min
Jul 6, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	30 min
Jul 6, 9:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	12 hr
Jul 6, 9:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	5 hr
Jul 7, 1:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	12 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.