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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS

March 30, 2016Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2016, 1:54 PM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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: Mar 30, 2016, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 51 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), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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
Mar 30, 2:08 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	3 Ese Udall, KS
Mar 30, 2:20 PM CDT	HAIL 0.25	3 Ese Rock, KS	LOTS OF PEA SIZE. SOME SMALLER.

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
Mar 30, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 593 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 579 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

104 
WUUS53 KICT 301854
SVRICT
KSC015-035-301945-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0002.160330T1854Z-160330T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
154 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 154 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OXFORD...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...DOUGLASS...UDALL AND ROCK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3715 9708 3718 9715 3738 9715 3760 9699
      3760 9668
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 213DEG 35KT 3728 9712 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KETCHAM

3 follow-up statements

421 
WWUS53 KICT 301903
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
203 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

KSC015-035-301945-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160330T1945Z/
BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-
203 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BUTLER AND NORTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTIES...

AT 203 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UDALL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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...
WINFIELD...DOUGLASS...UDALL AND ROCK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3715 9708 3718 9715 3738 9715 3760 9699
      3760 9668
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 214DEG 32KT 3734 9707 

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

KETCHAM

192 
WWUS53 KICT 301922
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
222 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

KSC015-035-301945-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160330T1945Z/
BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-
222 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BUTLER AND NORTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTIES...

AT 222 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOUGLASS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
DOUGLASS...UDALL AND ROCK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3731 9694 3738 9715 3760 9699 3760 9668
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 213DEG 35KT 3750 9694 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JAKUB

072 
WWUS53 KICT 301936
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
236 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

KSC015-035-301946-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160330T1945Z/
BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-
236 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BUTLER AND
NORTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3731 9694 3738 9715 3760 9699 3760 9668
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 213DEG 35KT 3750 9694 

$$

JAKUB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	47 min
Mar 30, 1:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	39 min
Mar 30, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	52 min
Mar 30, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	39 min
Mar 30, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	47 min
Mar 30, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	24 min
Mar 30, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	47 min
Mar 30, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	46 min
Mar 30, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Greenwood	43 min
Mar 30, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	38 min
Mar 30, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	68 min
Mar 30, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	52 min
Mar 30, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	29 min
Mar 30, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	42 min
Mar 30, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	15 min
Mar 30, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	36 min
Mar 30, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	44 min
Mar 30, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	44 min
Mar 30, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	51 min
Mar 30, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery	57 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.