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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

August 5, 2015Ellsworth County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2015, 3:45 AM CDT for Ellsworth 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: Aug 5, 2015, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2015, 4:15 AM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Ellsworth County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 5, 3:07 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 3:07 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
307 AM CDT WED AUG 5 2015

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 307 AM CDT WED AUG 5 2015

THIS MORNING:

ANTICIPATING SCATTERED TO AT TIMES NUMEROUS SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS MORNING...MAINLY NORTHEAST OF A
LINE EXTENDING FROM GREAT BEND- WICHITA-ARKANSAS CITY...GRADUALLY
EXITING TO THE SOUTHEAST LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS
ACTIVITY IS IN RESPONSE TO MODEST/STRONG 850-700MB WARM/MOIST
ADVECTION AHEAD OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY APPROACHING FROM THE
NORTHWEST. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...AMPLE
ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR COMBO (INCLUDING DECENT
0-3KM SHEAR FOR AN ORGANIZED WIND THREAT) SHOULD SUPPORT A
HANDFUL OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS...CAPABLE OF MARGINALLY SEVERE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS
OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN FACT...POCKETS OF
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR COULD
PRODUCE ISOLATED INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING.

THIS AFTERNOON-EVENING:

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LATER THIS AFTERNOON-EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST
KS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON HOW FAR SOUTH THIS MORNING'S CONVECTIVE
OUTFLOW PUSHES. IF CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW PUSHES WELL SOUTH INTO
OK...AS ADVERTISED BY THE NAM...THEN ADDITIONAL PM STORM CHANCES
WILL LIKELY BE MINIMAL. HOWEVER...THE LESS BULLISH RAP WOULD
SUGGEST AT LEAST AN ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE STORM CHANCE OVER
SOUTHEAST KS LATER THIS AFTERNOON-EVENING...AS IT KEEPS THE
EFFECTIVE FRONTAL ZONE A BIT FURTHER NORTH OVER SOUTHEAST KS. ALL-
IN-ALL THOUGH...BRUNT OF LATE AFTERNOON-EVENING CONVECTION SHOULD
REMAIN SOUTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY:

A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY-FRIDAY...AS THE
SOUTHWEST CONUS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS/MOVES EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL PLAINS. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD PUSH THE CENTURY MARK
BOTH DAYS...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE OK BORDER OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL
KS...WITH HEAT INDICES APPROACHING 105 DEGREES. SLIGHT TO MODEST
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES EXIST BOTH DAYS...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHEAST
HALF OF KS THURSDAY EVENING-NIGHT...AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF KS
FRIDAY EVENING-NIGHT.

ADK

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 307 AM CDT WED AUG 5 2015

SATURDAY-TUESDAY:

CONTINUED HOT SUMMER WEATHER SHOULD CONTINUE FOR SATURDAY-
SUNDAY...AS THE UPPER HIGH REMAINS ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
CONUS...AND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS JUST NORTH OF THE FORECAST
AREA. DEWPOINT MAY BE TEMPERED SOME...ALTHOUGH HEAT INDICES IN THE
100-105 DEGREE RANGE (IF NOT HIGHER OVER SOUTHERN/SOUTHEAST KS)
REMAIN PLAUSIBLE. ANY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SATURDAY-SUNDAY WILL
LIKELY BE LIMITED TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF KS AND NE DURING THE
EVENING-OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOMEWHAT COOLER WEATHER TO NEAR SEASONAL
NORMALS ALONG WITH STORM CHANCES SPREADING SOUTH IS SUPPORTED BY
THE MEDIUM RANGE CONSENSUS FOR MONDAY-TUESDAY...AS A SHORTWAVE
DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO RIVER VALLEY...DRIVING
A COLD FRONT SOUTH. FOR NOW ONLY WENT WITH SLIGHT CHANCES POPS
SUNDAY EVENING-MONDAY.

ADK

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1150 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 2015

A RATHER INTERESTING AVIATION FORECAST OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY
WED...AS WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA IN
SW KS LEADS TO CHANCES OF SHOWERS/STORMS EARLY WED MORNING. EXPECT
MOST AREAS TO REMAIN DRY FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS...BUT THINK TSRA
CHANCES WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT...INITIALLY OVER CENTRAL KS.
WHERE A FEW STORMS MAY PROPAGATE SE INTO CENTRAL KS AFTER 08Z.

CHANCES FOR AREAS NE OF KICT LOOK TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT
TOWARDS 08-09Z AS MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND WARM ADVECTION INCREASES
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KS...AHEAD OF THE MAIN SURFACE LOW. THIS WILL
LEAD TO CONVECTION BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS FROM KSLN SE TO KCNU
EARLY WED MORNING. SO WILL GO WITH VCTS FOR KCNU/KSLN FOR EARLY
WED.

WILL SEE A GRADUAL PUSH TO THE EAST OF THE STORM ACTIVITY ON WED
MORNING...WHICH WILL KEEP VCTS/SHRA OVER THE KCNU TAF FOR MOST OF
WED...WITH SHRA ENDING WEST TO EAST. AFTER THE STORMS MOVE OUT IN
CENTRAL KS...COULD SEE SOME MVFR CIGS FOR KICT/KHUT AND KRSL/KSLN
FOR EARLY WED MORNING.

KETCHAM

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    89  71  96  73 /  20  10  10  10
HUTCHINSON      89  70  95  71 /  20  10  10  10
NEWTON          86  69  93  71 /  40  10  10  20
ELDORADO        87  70  93  72 /  50  20  10  20
WINFIELD-KWLD   91  72  96  74 /  30  20  10  10
RUSSELL         88  68  95  69 /  20   0  10  20
GREAT BEND      89  69  96  70 /  10   0  10  10
SALINA          86  70  94  71 /  40  10  10  20
MCPHERSON       87  69  95  71 /  30  10  10  20
COFFEYVILLE     89  71  94  75 /  60  40  10  20
CHANUTE         86  70  92  72 /  70  40  10  30
IOLA            84  70  91  72 /  70  40  10  30
PARSONS-KPPF    87  71  93  74 /  70  40  10  20

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 10:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1011 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 2015

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-060315-
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-
1011 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ALONG A LINE FROM
SALINA TO CHANUTE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND THE POTENTIAL LOW-LAND
FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY EXIT THE
EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A
SLIGHT CHANCE THAT STORMS MAY REDEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER RAIN-COOLED AIR
SHOULD RESULT IN LIMITED INSTABILITY AND SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
ANTICIPATED.

PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE IN THE FORECAST FROM THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...PRIMARILY DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON...EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF
OF KANSAS. STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD.

FINALLY...HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES ARE FORECAST
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN KANSAS EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.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/

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 5, 2:57 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
257 AM CDT WED AUG 05 2015

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

0255 AM     HAIL             LINCOLN                 39.04N 98.15W
08/05/2015  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MOSTLY NICKEL SIZE HAIL WITH A COUPLE NEAR QUARTER SIZE.

&&

KED

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:58 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
258 AM CDT WED AUG 5 2015

KSZ047-050830-
BARTON KS-
258 AM CDT WED AUG 5 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 256 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILBERGER...OR
  8 MILES NORTH OF OTIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOISINGTON...OLMITZ...GALATIA AND SUSANK.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9903 3870 9873 3844 9872 3853 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0756Z 295DEG 29KT 3865 9902

DARMOFAL

Local storm report, Aug 5, 3:20 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
320 AM CDT WED AUG 05 2015

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

0315 AM     TSTM WND GST     17 W SALINA             38.82N 97.93W
08/05/2015  E50 MPH          ELLSWORTH          KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ALONG I-70 NEAR MILE MARKER
            233.

&&

KED

Local storm report, Aug 5, 3:35 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
335 AM CDT WED AUG 05 2015

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

0333 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 NW SALINA             38.84N 97.64W
08/05/2015  E60 MPH          SALINE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH.

&&

KED

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:38 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
338 AM CDT WED AUG 5 2015

KSZ047-050915-
BARTON KS-
338 AM CDT WED AUG 5 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 336 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOISINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOISINGTON...CLAFLIN...ODIN AND CHEYENNE BOTTOMS.

LAT...LON 3870 9873 3870 9871 3866 9848 3836 9848
      3845 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 290DEG 27KT 3854 9870

DARMOFAL

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:45 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
345 AM CDT WED AUG 5 2015

KSZ048-049-051-052-050915-
SALINE KS-ELLSWORTH KS-MCPHERSON KS-MARION KS-
345 AM CDT WED AUG 5 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 344 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
  CARLTON TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALINA...LINDSBORG...ELLSWORTH...KANOPOLIS...MARQUETTE...ASSARIA...
  GYPSUM...GENESEO...SMOLAN...TAMPA...FALUN...KANOPOLIS STATE PARK...
  KANOPOLIS LAKE...BRIDGEPORT AND ROXBURY.

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 3861 9737 3861 9718 3855 9713 3852 9818
      3873 9845 3877 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0844Z 308DEG 26KT 3872 9732 3868 9832

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	43 min
Aug 5, 1:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	37 min
Aug 5, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	42 min
Aug 5, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	28 min
Aug 5, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	32 min
Aug 5, 3:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	40 min
Aug 5, 3:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	37 min
Aug 5, 4:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Marion, Rice	42 min
Aug 5, 4:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	5 hr
Aug 5, 4:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	37 min
Aug 5, 4:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno	28 min
Aug 5, 4:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick	39 min
Aug 5, 5:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	26 min
Aug 5, 5:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	34 min
Aug 5, 5:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno, Rice and 1 more	5 hr
Aug 5, 5:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	37 min
Aug 5, 5:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	5 hr
Aug 5, 5:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	34 min
Aug 5, 6:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	24 min
Aug 5, 6:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	31 min
Aug 5, 6:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	4 hr
Aug 5, 7:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho	24 min
Aug 5, 8:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Woodson	4 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.