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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

August 8, 2015Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2015, 9:28 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 8, 2015, 9:28 PM CDT (02:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 822 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
822 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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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 8, 6:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 6:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 8:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
338 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

KSZ032-082145-
RUSSELL KS-
338 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 337 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
  NEAR RUSSELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSSELL...LURAY...BUNKER HILL...RUSSELL AIRPORT...WILSON LAKE AND
  WILSON STATE PARK.

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 3896 9848 3894 9848 3879 9874 3891 9890
      3914 9869 3913 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 224DEG 25KT 3891 9876

CARUSO
Local storm report, Aug 8, 4:28 PM CDT, 5 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
428 PM CDT SAT AUG 08 2015

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

0428 PM     HAIL             5 SSW SYLVAN GROVE      38.95N 98.43W
08/08/2015  E0.25 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS
Local storm report, Aug 8, 5:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
548 PM CDT SAT AUG 08 2015

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

0547 PM     TSTM WND GST     NNW SUSANK              38.64N 98.78W
08/08/2015  E55 MPH          BARTON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CWH
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
550 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

KSZ032-047-082315-
RUSSELL KS-BARTON KS-
550 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF HOISINGTON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DORRANCE 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 3886 9857 3871 9848 3860 9848 3854 9878
      3870 9887
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 245DEG 12KT 3865 9875

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton30 min
Aug 9, 9:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner28 min
Aug 9, 9:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick26 min
Aug 9, 9:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner46 min
Aug 9, 10:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick36 min
Aug 9, 10:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper46 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.