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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2016, 5:03 PM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2016, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Sw Leon, KS | |
| May 27, 5:21 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 S Leon, KS | |
| May 27, 5:21 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 8 Ene Douglass, KS | 50 MPH WINDS ALSO. |
| May 27, 5:26 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Sw Leon, KS | VERY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS. |
| May 27, 5:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 S Leon, KS | NICKEL HAIL ALSO REPORTED |
| May 27, 5:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 2 W Leon, KS | |
| May 27, 5:27 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Sw Leon, KS | |
| May 27, 5:31 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Leon, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 1552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KICT 272203
SVRICT
KSC015-035-272245-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0151.160527T2203Z-160527T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
503 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 501 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DOUGLASS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINFIELD...ANDOVER...AUGUSTA...ROSE HILL...DOUGLASS...UDALL...
LEON...ATLANTA...ROCK...WINFIELD CITY LAKE...
AUGUSTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...SANTA FE LAKE AND EL DORADO AIRPORT.
* THIS WARNING REPLACING THE EXISTING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR COWLELY AND BUTLER COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3725 9713 3768 9714 3781 9673 3748 9667
3726 9692
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 228DEG 13KT 3748 9699
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
METZGER4 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KICT 272213
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
513 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
KSC015-035-272245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-160527T2245Z/
BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-
513 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER AND NORTH CENTRAL COWLEY COUNTIES...
AT 513 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LEON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AUGUSTA...DOUGLASS...LEON...ATLANTA...ROCK...
WINFIELD CITY LAKE AND EL DORADO AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3743 9705 3770 9704 3781 9673 3748 9667
3731 9690
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 214DEG 20KT 3760 9685
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JAKUB847
WWUS53 KICT 272226
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
526 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
KSC035-272235-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-160527T2245Z/
COWLEY KS-
526 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COWLEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3773 9695 3781 9673 3748 9667 3748 9691
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 222DEG 20KT 3761 9674
$$
KSC015-272245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-160527T2245Z/
BUTLER KS-
526 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY...
AT 525 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEON AND EL DORADO AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3773 9695 3781 9673 3748 9667 3748 9691
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 222DEG 20KT 3761 9674
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JAKUB505
WWUS53 KICT 272230
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
530 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
KSC015-272245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-160527T2245Z/
BUTLER KS-
530 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY...
AT 530 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LEON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEON AND EL DORADO AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3773 9695 3781 9673 3748 9667 3748 9691
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 216DEG 28KT 3764 9667
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
JAKUB291
WWUS53 KICT 272240
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
540 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
KSC015-272250-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-160527T2245Z/
BUTLER KS-
540 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3773 9695 3781 9673 3748 9667 3748 9691
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 228DEG 13KT 3764 9667
$$
JAKUBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Reno | 32 min |
| May 26, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 49 min |
| May 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 43 min |
| May 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 52 min |
| May 26, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 48 min |
| May 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Reno, Rice | 64 min |
| May 26, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 44 min |
| May 26, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 46 min |
| May 26, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 24 min |
| May 26, 8:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 12 hr |
| May 26, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 66 min |
| May 26, 9:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 12 hr |
| May 26, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 53 min |
| May 26, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 4 hr |
| May 26, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 54 min |
| May 26, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 26 min |
| May 26, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 43 min |
| May 26, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 44 min |
| May 26, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 34 min |
| May 26, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 30 min |
| May 26, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner | 61 min |
| May 27, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 55 min |
| May 27, 12:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 9 hr |
| May 27, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 64 min |
| May 27, 1:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 5 hr |
| May 27, 1:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson | 39 hr |
| May 27, 1:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 55 hr |
| May 27, 1:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Saline | 65 hr |
| May 27, 2:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 53 hr |
| May 27, 2:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Lyon | 67 hr |
| May 27, 2:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey | 30 hr |
| May 27, 7:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 27 hr |
| May 27, 8:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 3 days |
| May 27, 9:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 24 hr |
| May 27, 9:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Rice | 72 hr |
| May 27, 10:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 71 hr |
| May 27, 11:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 6 days |
| May 27, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 65 min |
| May 27, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 67 min |
| May 27, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 59 min |
| May 27, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 57 min |
| May 27, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 34 min |
| May 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 40 min |
| May 27, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 55 min |
| May 27, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 54 min |
| May 27, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 42 min |
| May 27, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 54 min |
| May 27, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 36 min |
| May 27, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 26 min |
| May 27, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 25 min |
| May 27, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sedgwick | 25 min |
| May 27, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 54 min |
| May 27, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 66 min |
| May 27, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 34 min |
| May 27, 4:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson | 15 hr |
| May 27, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 29 min |
| May 27, 4:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 18 hr |
| May 27, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 20 min |
| May 27, 4:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 18 hr |
| May 27, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 28 min |
| May 27, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 43 min |
| May 27, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 27 min |
| May 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 34 min |
| May 27, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 26 min |
| May 27, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 36 min |
| May 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 25 min |
| May 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 63 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.