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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2015, 3:14 PM CDT for Butler 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 10, 2015, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Butler County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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 174 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 10, 12:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 12:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1220 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015 ...UPDATED FOR 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 327 AM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AND MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY IS SPARKED IN ADVANCE OF A SHORT WAVE/RIPPLE OF DISTURBANCE MOVING OFF OF THE UPPER LOW OVER THE WEST. MORNING LOWS ARE IN THE UPPER 60S WITH LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS. BILLINGS WRIGHT && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 327 AM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015 TODAY-TONIGHT: THE MAIN CONCERN IS SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE LATEST HIGHER RESOLUTION HRRR/NAM GUIDANCE INDICATE THAT THE ONGOING CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...IMPACTING CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY COULD IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL TO SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AS THE AFTERNOON WARES ON...YET ANOTHER DISTURBANCE/SHORT WAVE/RIPPLE IN THE UPPER FLOW WILL EJECT NORTHEASTWARD AND MOVE OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL HELP TO POTENTIALLY FIRE MORE CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL TO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL ALSO MOVE NORTHEAST...FOCUSING ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE CLOUD COVER AND POTENTIAL RAIN AND HIGHER DEWPOINTS WILL HELP TO KEEP TEMPERATURES ON THE COOLER SIDE. HIGHS IN THE 80S ARE ANTICIPATED. SATURDAY - SUNDAY: THE MAIN THREAT THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL CHANCE FROM PRECIPITATION TO THE HEAT. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY SOAR BACK INTO THE 90S AND 100S. THE HIGHER DEWPOINTS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WILL CAUSE HEAT INDICES TO REACH TO CLOSE TO AND EVEN POSSIBLY EXCEED 105 SUNDAY. A SURFACE TROUGH/LOW PRESSURE WITH DRY AIR WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS ON SATURDAY...AND EVEN FURTHER EASTWARD ON SUNDAY WHICH WILL HELP TO DRY OUT AND HEAT UP TEMPERATURES IN CENTRAL KANSAS. HAVE INCREASED HIGHS IN CENTRAL KANSAS TO UP TO 105 IN CENTRAL KANSAS DUE TO THE DRIER AIR FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...AS MENTIONED ABOVE...THE COMBINATION OF THE HOT TEMPS DUE TO THE DRIER AIR AND THE UPPER 90S/LOWER 100S WITH THE HIGHER DEWPOINTS WILL CAUSE HEAT INDICIES TO BE EXTREME. HEAT HEADLINES MAY BE NEEDED FOR SUNDAY. BILLINGS WRIGHT .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 327 AM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015 THE UPPER RIDGE RETROGRADES BACK TO THE WEST THROUGHOUT THE WORK WEEK. KEEPING TEMPERATURES HOT. AGAIN ON MONDAY HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SIMILAR TO SUNDAY WITH THE DRY AIR IN CENTRAL KANSAS...AND TEMPS EXCEEDING 100 ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE AND HEAT INDICES CLOSE TO OR EXCEEDING 105. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO BE HOT ACROSS THE STATE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK...WITH LITTLE CHANGE COMING TO THE PATTERN. THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION SCATTERED THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH THE BEST CHANCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH AT THIS TIME DUE TO DISCREPANCIES WITH TIMING IN THE LATER PERIODS OF THE MID-RANGE GUIDANCE. BILLINGS WRIGHT && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1220 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015 A CORRIDOR OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...SUPPORTED BY MODERATE TO STRONG ELEVATED MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND A SHORTWAVE ALOFT MOVING ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS. CHANCES FOR CONVECTION TONIGHT SHOULD GENERALLY FOCUS CLOSER TO THE I-70 CORRIDOR AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH...BEFORE SHIFTING NORTH OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY. WHILE MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST VALID PERIOD...PERIODS OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH BRIEF IFR POSSIBLE IN CONVECTION. SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. KED && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 87 73 94 73 / 50 30 10 10 HUTCHINSON 86 73 96 74 / 40 30 10 10 NEWTON 86 72 94 73 / 70 40 10 10 ELDORADO 87 73 93 73 / 50 30 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 89 73 93 73 / 30 20 10 10 RUSSELL 87 72 100 73 / 50 30 10 10 GREAT BEND 90 72 98 73 / 30 30 10 10 SALINA 86 73 98 75 / 60 40 10 10 MCPHERSON 86 72 96 74 / 50 40 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 89 73 91 73 / 20 10 10 10 CHANUTE 87 73 91 73 / 30 20 10 10 IOLA 87 73 91 73 / 30 20 10 10 PARSONS-KPPF 88 73 91 73 / 20 20 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 11:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1134 AM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-111645- 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- 1134 AM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE TURNPIKE...WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP EAST OF THE TURNPIKE AS WELL DURING THE AFTERNOON. WHILE A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING. A FEW STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HEAT IS THE CONCERN FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. HEAT INDICES WILL BE AROUND 100 SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE HEAT WILL BE EVEN MORE EXTREME ON SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH CENTRAL KANSAS HAVING SOME VALUES AT OR EXCEEDING 105 ON SUNDAY AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS EXPERIENCING THOSE SAME VALUES FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ALL LOCATIONS WILL BE IN THE 100 TO 105 RANGE FOR SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND INTO THURSDAY ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
208 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015
KSZ053-101945-
CHASE KS-
208 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL 6 MILES WEST OF
COTTONWOOD FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH
A FUNNEL CLOUD.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...ELMDALE...TALLGRASS PRAIRIE
PRESERVE AND TALLGRASS PRAIRIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BESIDES LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF
FUNNEL CLOUDS. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE THE GROUND...
HOWEVER A VERY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IS A REMOTE POSSIBILITY. IF SO...THEY
COULD RESULT IN MINOR WIND DAMAGE.
&&
LAT...LON 3851 9635 3842 9636 3826 9660 3834 9678
3852 9664 3852 9638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 219DEG 29KT 3836 9666
DARMOFALLocal storm report, Jul 10, 2:26 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
226 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0217 PM TSTM WND DMG ELMDALE 38.37N 96.65W
07/10/2015 CHASE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEMI BLOWN OVER IN ELMDALE.
&&
KRCLocal storm report, Jul 10, 2:41 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
241 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0239 PM HAIL COTTONWOOD FALLS 38.37N 96.54W
07/10/2015 E1.00 INCH CHASE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
PEA TO QUARTER HAIL.
&&
KRCSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 2:44 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 244 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015 KSZ068-069-083-092-093-102015- SEDGWICK KS-HARVEY KS-SUMNER KS-BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS- 244 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MAIZE TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WELLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH VEARY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH A QUICK ONE INCH OF RAIN LIKELY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WICHITA...DERBY...ANDOVER...HAYSVILLE...AUGUSTA...PARK CITY... VALLEY CENTER...BEL AIRE...MULVANE...GODDARD...ROSE HILL...MAIZE... CLEARWATER...DOUGLASS...BELLE PLAINE...TOWANDA...COLWICH... OXFORD...BENTON AND UDALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE STORMS WILL 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 3711 9726 3774 9765 3809 9712 3741 9680 TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 228DEG 42KT 3773 9748 3718 9730 DARMOFAL
Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:02 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
302 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0236 PM HEAVY RAIN W HILLSBORO 38.35N 97.21W
07/10/2015 M2.75 INCH MARION KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
KRCSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 3:14 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
314 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015
KSZ052-068-069-083-093-102045-
SEDGWICK KS-HARVEY KS-MARION KS-BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-
314 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
EASTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 311 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WALTON TO AUGUSTA TO WINFIELD...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ALONG
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH A QUICK ONE TO ONE AND HALF INCHES
OF RAIN POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON...EL DORADO...WINFIELD...ANDOVER...AUGUSTA...BEL AIRE...
NORTH NEWTON...DOUGLASS...TOWANDA...PEABODY...BENTON...
WHITEWATER...LEON...FLORENCE...BURDEN...POTWIN...WALTON...ELBING...
BURNS AND ATLANTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3724 9705 3765 9712 3808 9738 3832 9694
3817 9684 3809 9684 3809 9678 3783 9661
3732 9661
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 243DEG 36KT 3807 9723 3769 9696 3729 9696
DARMOFALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 1:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 2:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 3:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 5:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 6:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 5 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.