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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

August 28, 2015Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 28, 2015, 8:13 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 2015, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Butler County, KS

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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 28, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 3:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
343 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-291000-
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-
343 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG A SLOW MOVING
COLD FRONT...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THE
STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60
MPH...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF AN
EL DORADO TO CHANUTE LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT DUE
TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE THREATS.

&&

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

LAWSON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 4:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
441 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015

KSZ052-053-282230-
CHASE KS-MARION KS-
441 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORENCE...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...FLORENCE...BAZAAR...ELMDALE...
  CEDAR POINT AND TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3825 9705 3835 9687 3847 9680 3848 9644
      3823 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 265DEG 23KT 3835 9681

KETCHAM

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
536 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015

KSZ053-069-282315-
CHASE KS-BUTLER KS-
536 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURNS...OR 9
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLORENCE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CASSODAY...MATFIELD GREEN...CEDAR POINT AND WONSEVU.

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 3824 9638 3809 9651 3808 9652 3807 9652
      3793 9664 3808 9685 3809 9685 3809 9684
      3832 9684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 286DEG 18KT 3818 9677

KETCHAM

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 28, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 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
Aug 28, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	66 min

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