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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Wichita, KS

June 15, 2016Harvey County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2016, 5:38 PM CDT for Harvey County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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: Jun 15, 2016, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Harvey County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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
Jun 15, 5:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Sedgwick, KS
Jun 15, 5:42 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	Sedgwick, KS	FACEBOOK PICTURE OF 2.5 INCH SIZED HAIL. TIME IS BASED ON RADAR.
Jun 15, 5:59 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 71	3 W Halstead, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 71 MPH WINDS AND PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
Jun 15, 5:59 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 W Halstead, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 2 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 845 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

409 
WUUS53 KICT 152238
SVRICT
KSC079-152330-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0182.160615T2238Z-160615T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
538 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 536 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HALSTEAD...
  AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWTON...HESSTON...HALSTEAD...NORTH NEWTON...SEDGWICK...BURRTON...
  WALTON AND NEWTON AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 42.

OTHER SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WHITEWATER AND 2 MILES EAST OF HESSTON...WITH SLOW ERRATIC
MOVEMENTS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE
STORMS ALSO. 

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
AFFECTING HARVEY COUNTY. 
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3791 9770 3817 9770 3817 9716 3791 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 134DEG 3KT 3795 9760 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CARUSO

1 follow-up statement

289 
WWUS53 KICT 152305
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
605 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

KSC079-152330-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-160615T2330Z/
HARVEY KS-
605 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR HARVEY COUNTY...

AT 605 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HALSTEAD...
MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
NEWTON...HESSTON...HALSTEAD...NORTH NEWTON...SEDGWICK...BURRTON...
WALTON AND NEWTON 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 3791 9770 3817 9770 3817 9716 3791 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 184DEG 7KT 3801 9750 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

MCGUIRE

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 15, 3:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Wichita KS
324 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Saturday night)
Issued at 324 PM CDT Wed Jun 15 2016

Excessive heat will linger through at least the weekend as a
mid/upper ridge builds over the Central Conus and an excessive heat
watch will be issued for much of the area from Friday through
Sunday. With limited advection of low level moisture...the PBL
should gradually begin to dry out...especially along and west of I-
35 so the higher heat indices are expected to remain along and east
of I-35 through much of the period. Otherwise...a persistence-type
forecast will be issued with little change anticipated from day-to-
day. Warm mid-lvl temperatures should preclude more widespread deep
moist convection although a rogue storm or two may develop through
the period.

.LONG TERM...(Sunday through Wednesday)
Issued at 324 PM CDT Wed Jun 15 2016

Hot and dry weather conditions will linger through the
beginning of the week.  As we move toward the middle of the week we
may see a brief break from the heat and the GFS/ECMWF both break
down the mid/upper ridge driving a cold front south bisecting Kansas
Tue/Wed. Maintained low probabilities for storms and trended
temperatures down.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Thursday afternoon)
Issued at 1248 PM CDT Wed Jun 15 2016

VFR conditions expected to prevail through the forecast valid
period. Upper ridge will remain in place over the area with
weak to modest southerly flow at the surface. Strong diurnal
heating may result in isolated showers/storms during the late
afternoon/evening with potential for downburst winds. However
due to the isolated nature will omit from the terminals.

KED

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Wichita-KICT    76 101  75 100 /  10  10  10  10
Hutchinson      75 102  75 100 /  10  10  10  10
Newton          75 101  75  99 /  20  10  10  10
ElDorado        76  99  74  98 /  20  10  10  10
Winfield-KWLD   77  99  76  99 /  10  10  10  10
Russell         73 104  71 103 /  10  10  10  10
Great Bend      72 104  72 102 /  10  10  10  10
Salina          76 104  76 103 /  20  10  10  10
McPherson       74 103  75 100 /  20  10  10  10
Coffeyville     76  97  77  96 /  10  10  10  10
Chanute         76  96  77  96 /  20  10  10  10
Iola            76  96  77  96 /  10  10  10  10
Parsons-KPPF    77  97  77  96 /  10  10  10  10

&&

.ICT Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
Heat Advisory until 7 AM CDT Friday for KSZ048>053-067>072-082-
083-091>096-098>100.

Excessive Heat Watch from Friday morning through Sunday evening
for KSZ049-051>053-068>072-083-092>096-098>100.

Heat Advisory from 1 PM Thursday to 7 AM CDT Friday for KSZ033.

&&

SHORT TERM...MWM
LONG TERM...MWM
AVIATION...KED

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 4:54 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
454 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-162200-
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-
454 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES OF 102 TO 107 DEGREES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EARLY EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST INDICES
ALONG AND EAST OF A SALINA TO HUTCHINSON TO WICHITA LINE. REFER TO
THE LATEST HEAT ADVISORY FOR MORE DETAILS.

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. QUARTER SIZED HAIL
AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE SLOW
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS MAY ALSO LEAD TO LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA INTO THE
WEEKEND WITH HEAT INDICES FROM 105 TO 110 LIKELY...CHECK THE
LATEST EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE TUESDAY BRINGING
INCREASING CHANCES FOR STORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS LATE TUESDAY MAY
BE SEVERE.

.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, Jun 15, 5:06 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
506 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

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

0505 PM     HAIL             ELLSWORTH               38.74N 98.23W
06/15/2016  E0.88 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:13 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
513 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

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

0509 PM     HAIL             HALSTEAD                38.00N 97.51W
06/15/2016  M1.50 INCH       HARVEY             KS   PUBLIC

            PICTURE SENT VIA TWITTER OF PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL.

0512 PM     HAIL             VALLEY CENTER           37.84N 97.37W
06/15/2016  E1.00 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   PUBLIC

            TWITTER REPORT OF PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:20 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
520 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

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

0518 PM     HAIL             VALLEY CENTER           37.84N 97.37W
06/15/2016  M1.00 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            KWCH TWEETED A PICTURE OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:22 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
522 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

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

0521 PM     HAIL             PARK CITY               37.80N 97.32W
06/15/2016  E0.75 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:36 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
536 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

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

0535 PM     HAIL             BENTLEY                 37.89N 97.52W
06/15/2016  E1.75 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   PUBLIC

            TWITTER PICTURE SENT OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:37 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
537 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

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

0534 PM     HAIL             WHITEWATER              37.96N 97.15W
06/15/2016  E1.00 INCH       BUTLER             KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

VJP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 3:34 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	Butler, Chase, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 8 more	42 hr
Jun 15, 3:07 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 12 more	37 hr
Jun 15, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	39 min
Jun 15, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	24 min
Jun 15, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	50 min
Jun 15, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	46 min
Jun 15, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	57 min
Jun 15, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno	39 min
Jun 15, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	68 min
Jun 15, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey	62 min
Jun 15, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	19 min
Jun 15, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	61 min
Jun 15, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	65 min
Jun 15, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion	41 min
Jun 15, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	55 min
Jun 15, 5:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	6 hr
Jun 15, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	39 min
Jun 15, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	43 min
Jun 15, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	42 min
Jun 15, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	44 min
Jun 15, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	59 min
Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey	67 min
Jun 15, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	27 min
Jun 15, 6:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	15 hr
Jun 15, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	59 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.