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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Wichita, KS

April 24, 20164 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2016, 8:53 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 7 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: Apr 24, 2016, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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
Apr 24, 8:53 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Salina, KS	LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MANY OTHERS REPORTING NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
Apr 24, 8:53 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Salina, KS
Apr 24, 9:10 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	4 Nw Marquette, KS	PUBLIC REPORT VIA A TWITTER PICTURE OF TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL. HAIL HAS BEEN FALLING FOR 30 MINUTES.
Apr 24, 9:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 N Lindsborg, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
Apr 24, 9:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	4 N Lindsborg, KS	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
Apr 24, 9:50 PM CDT	HAIL 2	2 N Lindsborg, KS	PUBLIC REPORT VIA TWITTER OF A MEASURED 2.18 INCH HAIL STONE WHICH WAS FOUND OVER 30 MINUTES AFTER IT FELL. THE TIME IS APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 24, 9:52 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Bridgeport, KS	SPOTTER REPORTS PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

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 5 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 0 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 24, 3:04 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

710 
WUUS53 KICT 250153
SVRICT
KSC053-113-115-169-250245-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0024.160425T0153Z-160425T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
853 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 852 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARQUETTE...
  OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINDSBORG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF 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. 

THIS THUNDERSTORM WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE WARNINGS THAT
WERE IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREAS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALINA...LINDSBORG...MARQUETTE...ASSARIA...GYPSUM...BROOKVILLE...SMOLAN...
  NEW CAMBRIA...FALUN...KIPP...BRIDGEPORT...SALINA AIRPORT...KANOPOLIS
  STATE PARK...ROXBURY AND KANOPOLIS LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 95.
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 244 AND 266.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3896 9737 3892 9738 3891 9737 3861 9737
      3861 9725 3850 9722 3853 9805 3879 9794
      3896 9763
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 254DEG 32KT 3863 9779 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JAKUB

3 follow-up statements

810 
WWUS53 KICT 250203
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
903 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

KSC053-113-115-169-250245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160425T0245Z/
SALINE KS-MARION KS-MCPHERSON KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
903 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR SALINE...NORTHWESTERN MARION...NORTHERN MCPHERSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...

AT 902 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARQUETTE...OR
8 MILES WEST OF LINDSBORG...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF 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...
SALINA...LINDSBORG...MARQUETTE...ASSARIA...GYPSUM...BROOKVILLE...SMOLAN...
NEW CAMBRIA...FALUN...KIPP...BRIDGEPORT...SALINA AIRPORT...KANOPOLIS STATE
PARK...ROXBURY AND KANOPOLIS LAKE.

OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL INDICATIONS WERE 2 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NEW CAMBRIA...AND NEAR GYPSUM. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO
MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3896 9737 3892 9738 3891 9737 3861 9737
      3861 9725 3850 9722 3853 9805 3879 9794
      3896 9763
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 257DEG 13KT 3861 9782 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CARUSO

144 
WWUS53 KICT 250212
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
912 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

KSC115-250221-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160425T0245Z/
MARION KS-
912 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3851 9737 3853 9805 3870 9794 3887 9761
      3896 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 265DEG 22KT 3861 9785 

$$

KSC053-113-169-250245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160425T0245Z/
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
912 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR SALINE...NORTHERN MCPHERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH
COUNTIES...

AT 911 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARQUETTE...OR
9 MILES WEST OF LINDSBORG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF 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...
SALINA...LINDSBORG...MARQUETTE...ASSARIA...GYPSUM...SMOLAN...NEW CAMBRIA...
FALUN...KIPP...BRIDGEPORT...SALINA AIRPORT...ROXBURY...KANOPOLIS STATE
PARK AND KANOPOLIS LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3851 9737 3853 9805 3870 9794 3887 9761
      3896 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 265DEG 22KT 3861 9785 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CARUSO

738 
WWUS53 KICT 250220
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
920 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

KSC053-113-169-250245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160425T0245Z/
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
920 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SALINE...NORTHERN MCPHERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN
ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...

AT 920 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARQUETTE...OR
7 MILES WEST OF LINDSBORG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TWO INCH 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...
SALINA...LINDSBORG...MARQUETTE...ASSARIA...GYPSUM...SMOLAN...NEW CAMBRIA...
FALUN...KIPP...BRIDGEPORT...SALINA AIRPORT...ROXBURY AND KANOPOLIS LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3851 9737 3853 9803 3868 9792 3883 9761
      3896 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 266DEG 20KT 3861 9782 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CARUSO

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 Apr 24, 7:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 7:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
708 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 657 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

STARTING TO LOOK LIKE WE MAYBE DONE WITH CONVECTION FOR THE
REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.

STORMS THAT DEVELOPED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL KS HAVE
RACED OFF INTO NORTHEAST KS. LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE HAS NOW SET-IN
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KS WHICH IS EVIDENT BY CU RAPIDLY DISSIPATING ALONG
THE DRYLINE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KS. THE EXCEPTION MAYBE FAR
NORTHEAST KS AFTER 04Z AS THE FRONT STARTS TO PUSH SOUTHEAST. SO
FOR NOW REDUCED POPS SIGNIFICANTLY AND WILL START TO CHAT WITH SPC
IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO ABOUT CANCELING SOME OF THE WATCH EARLY.

LAWSON

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 220 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT:
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO EJECT NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. A DRYLINE WILL BECOME
BETTER FOCUSED BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING FROM CENTRAL KANSAS
TO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL DEVELOP EAST OF THE
DRYLINE...WITH INCREASING MID-LEVEL WESTERLY WINDS PROVIDING
STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR. ASCENT FROM THE UPPER TROUGH AND
INCREASING DRYLINE CONVERGENCE...SHOULD ALLOW ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON...WHICH COULD EVOLVE EASTWARD INTO THE FLINT HILLS
BEFORE WEAKENING LATER THIS EVENING. EXPECTING THE GREATER STORM
COVERAGE IN CENTRAL-EAST CENTRAL KS INTO THE FLINT HILLS...WITH
ANY STORMS FURTHER SOUTH MORE ISOLATED. LARGE HAIL OF 1 TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE THE MAIN
THREATS...WITH LOW-LEVEL GULF MOISTURE ON THE MARGINAL SIDE.

MONDAY-MONDAY NIGHT:
A TRAILING...PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE
SOUTHWARD...STALLING OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH MODERATE-STRONG INSTABILITY WILL RESIDE NEAR AND
SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY MONDAY AFTERNOON...AN ELEVATED MIXED LAYER
WILL LIKELY KEEP THIS BOUNDARY DORMANT VIA CONVECTIVE INHIBITION.
THE BOUNDARY MAY LIFT NORTHWARD SLIGHTLY AS A WARM FRONT MONDAY
NIGHT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STRONG UPPER TROUGH IN THE SOUTHWEST.
LOW PROBABILITIES OF STORMS (20-25%) WILL EXIST NORTH OF THE WARM
FRONT MONDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER THE ELEVATED MIXED LAYER MAY KEEP
THE AREA CAPPED TO EVEN ELEVATED CONVECTION.

TUESDAY-TUESDAY NIGHT:

THIS PERIOD CONTINUES TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF A POTENTIALLY HIGH IMPACT
SEVERE WEATHER DAY ACROSS CENTRAL/EASTERN KANSAS. A STRONG UPPER
TROUGH WILL EJECT OUT OF THE FOUR CORNERS REGION ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...IN A NEGATIVELY-TILTED FASHION...AS A STRONG MID-LEVEL JET
STREAK (~70 KNOTS) ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE TROUGH. THE WARM FRONT IS
PROGGED TO LIFT NORTHWARD OF INTERSTATE 70 BY MIDDAY...ALLOWING A
MOIST...VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN
TWO-THIRDS OF KANSAS. THERE IS STILL SOME MODEL FORECAST UNCERTAINTY
ON THE EXACT POSITIONINGS OF SURFACE/UPPER AIR FEATURES TUESDAY
PM/EVE. FORECAST CONTINUITY WOULD KEEP THE DRYLINE...EXTENDING
SOUTHWARD FROM A TRIPLE POINT IN NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...PERHAPS
ALONG THE HIGHWAY 14 CORRIDOR (OR SLIGHTLY WEST) INTO WESTERN
OKLAHOMA. MLCAPES OF 3,000-4,000 J/KG ARE LIKELY IN THE WARM SECTOR
WITH DIURNAL HEATING AND MID 60S TO NEAR 70 DEWPOINTS.
CONSIDERABLE MID-LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS AND THE STRONG MID-LEVEL JET
STREAK NOSING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE REGION...SHOULD ALLOW THE CAP
TO BREAK TOWARD MID-LATE AFTERNOON...WITH INITIAL STORM UPDRAFT
DEVELOPMENT LIKELY TO BE EXPLOSIVE (GIVEN THERMAL PROFILES).
INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY DEEP-LAYER SHEAR VECTORS SPREADING IN
FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WOULD FAVOR ISOLATED-WIDELY SEPARATED DISCRETE
SUPERCELL-TYPE STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WARM SECTOR MID-LATE
AFTERNOON. A 50 KNOT LOW-LEVEL JET IS PROGGED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY
EVENING...AND STORM COVERAGE MAY INCREASE INTO AN MCS BY MID-LATE
TUESDAY EVENING IN THE WARM SECTOR. ALTHOUGH SOME MODEL
DISPARITIES CONTINUE TO EXIST AND FORECAST DETAILS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE REFINED LEADING UP TO TUESDAY...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TO SEVERAL HIGH-END SEVERE REPORTS (VERY LARGE HAIL, TORNADOES,
DAMAGING WINDS) ESPECIALLY IN APPROXIMATELY THE 20Z-03Z TIME-
FRAME.

WEDNESDAY-WEDNESDAY NIGHT:
THE NEGATIVELY-TILTED STRONG UPPER TROUGH
ACROSS THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS...IS PROGGED TO LIFT
NORTHEASTWARD REACHING THE CORNBELT (IOWA/EASTERN NEBRASKA) BY LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL EFFECTIVELY PUSH THE DRYLINE EASTWARD OUT
OF EASTERN KANSAS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WILL MAINTAIN SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MAINLY CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KS DURING
THE DAY WEDNESDAY...AS THERE MAY BE A FEW RESIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS
UNDERNEATH THE MID-LEVEL COLD POCKET. SLIGHTLY COOLER/DRIER AIR
SHOULD INFILTRATE THE FORECAST AREA BEHIND THE DEPARTING UPPER
TROUGH.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 220 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SHOW AN UPPER TROUGH RELOADING OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN STATES BEHIND THE MIDWEEK DEPARTING UPPER TROUGH. A
SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF THIS NEXT UPPER TROUGH IS PROGGED TO EJECT OUT
ACROSS THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS TOWARD FRIDAY/SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH
THE EXACT EVOLUTION IS UNCERTAIN AND THERE ARE SOME PRECIPITATION
TIMING CONCERNS...IT APPEARS RICH GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE NORTHWARD
INTO KANSAS AHEAD OF THIS NEXT TROUGH. THEREFORE...WE EXPECT CHANCES
FOR THUNDERSTORMS (SOME STRONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL)...TO INCREASE
TOWARD FRIDAY/SATURDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES LOOK NEAR SEASONAL
DURING THIS PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 657 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

MAIN AVIATION CONCERN WILL BE LOW CLOUDS EARLY MON MORNING.

STORMS HAVE PUSHED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST WITH LITTLE IF ANY
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE INCREASING LATE TONIGHT WITH SOME LOWER CLOUDS GETTING
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KS AFTER 09Z. CONFIDENCE AT WHAT LEVEL THEY
COME IN AT IS FAIRLY LOW. FOR NOW WILL ONLY MENTION IFR AT KICT
AND KHUT FOR MON MORNING.

LAWSON

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 220 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

DESPITE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
AND THE FLINT HILLS...THE RECENT GREEN-UP AND HIGHER HUMIDITY VALUES
WILL KEEP THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER BELOW ELEVATED LEVELS.
GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW MONDAY-TUESDAY AS
WELL.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    59  80  63  83 /  20  10  20  40
HUTCHINSON      55  79  58  81 /  20  10  20  40
NEWTON          57  79  60  81 /  20  10  20  40
ELDORADO        58  79  62  81 /  20  20  20  40
WINFIELD-KWLD   60  79  65  82 /  20  20  20  40
RUSSELL         49  77  53  78 /  10   0  20  40
GREAT BEND      50  78  54  79 /  10  10  20  30
SALINA          55  79  56  80 /  30  10  20  40
MCPHERSON       55  79  57  81 /  20  10  20  40
COFFEYVILLE     61  79  65  81 /  20  20  20  30
CHANUTE         60  78  64  80 /  20  20  20  30
IOLA            59  77  63  80 /  20  20  20  30
PARSONS-KPPF    60  78  65  81 /  20  20  20  30

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ049-051>053-
068>071-083-092>094.

&&

UPDATE...RBL
SHORT TERM...JMC
LONG TERM...JMC
AVIATION...RBL
FIRE WEATHER...JMC

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
825 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-252045-
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-
825 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF TORNADO OR
TWO. LOCATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 400 WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO
EXPERIENCE A SEVERE STORM THIS EVENING. STORM INTENSITY AND CHANCES
WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE.

A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK REMAINS POSSIBLE ON
TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. SUPERCELL
STORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND
STRONG LONG TRACK TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM
LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT. DETAILS WILL BE REFINED
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER AND SOME HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE
BY EARLY NEXT WEEKEND. PLEASE CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS
AS DETAILS BECOME AVAILABLE.

NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO REVIEW YOUR FAMILY AND WORKPLACE STORM
SAFETY PLANS IN PREPARATION FOR THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER
THIS WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
652 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

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

0400 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     HOLYROOD                38.59N 98.41W
04/24/2016                   ELLSWORTH          KS   STORM CHASER

0405 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 W ELLSWORTH           38.74N 98.28W
04/24/2016                   ELLSWORTH          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0412 PM     TORNADO          3 NW HOLYROOD           38.62N 98.45W
04/24/2016                   ELLSWORTH          KS   STORM CHASER

0417 PM     HAIL             7 S SYLVAN GROVE        38.91N 98.39W
04/24/2016  E1.50 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0417 PM     HAIL             8 WSW ELLSWORTH         38.69N 98.37W
04/24/2016  E1.00 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   PUBLIC

0420 PM     HAIL             6 NW ELLSWORTH          38.80N 98.31W
04/24/2016  E1.00 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0425 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     10 NNW HOLYROOD         38.72N 98.48W
04/24/2016                   ELLSWORTH          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0440 PM     HAIL             1 N ELLSWORTH           38.75N 98.23W
04/24/2016  E1.00 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0453 PM     HAIL             2 NNE ELLSWORTH         38.76N 98.21W
04/24/2016  E2.00 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

0500 PM     HAIL             5 NE ELLSWORTH          38.79N 98.16W
04/24/2016  E1.75 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0509 PM     HAIL             WESTFALL                38.93N 98.00W
04/24/2016  E0.88 INCH       LINCOLN            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0517 PM     HAIL             2 W GLENDALE            38.90N 97.91W
04/24/2016  E2.50 INCH       SALINE             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0519 PM     TORNADO          4 S GLENDALE            38.84N 97.87W
04/24/2016                   SALINE             KS   STORM CHASER

0521 PM     HAIL             1 NE GLENDALE           38.91N 97.86W
04/24/2016  E1.25 INCH       SALINE             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0611 PM     HAIL             5 N SALINA AIRPORT      38.87N 97.65W
04/24/2016  E1.75 INCH       SALINE             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MEDIA REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL MM94 I135

0619 PM     HAIL             6 NNE SALINA AIRPORT    38.88N 97.61W
04/24/2016  E2.75 INCH       SALINE             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL RPTD 12TH AND 9TH IN SALINA BY SHERIFF

0629 PM     HAIL             2 NNW NEW CAMBRIA       38.91N 97.52W
04/24/2016  E3.00 INCH       SALINE             KS   STORM CHASER

0630 PM     HAIL             NEW CAMBRIA             38.88N 97.51W
04/24/2016  E2.75 INCH       SALINE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0637 PM     HAIL             3 NE NEW CAMBRIA        38.91N 97.47W
04/24/2016  E2.75 INCH       SALINE             KS   STORM CHASER

0642 PM     HAIL             6 E NEW CAMBRIA         38.88N 97.39W
04/24/2016  E1.75 INCH       SALINE             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROTATING WALL CLOUD REPORTED BY CHASER SAME LOCATION

&&

SMF

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 8:05 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
805 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

KSZ049-051-250145-
SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-
805 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 803 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
  NEAR ASSARIA...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF LINDSBORG...MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALINA...LINDSBORG...MARQUETTE...ASSARIA...GYPSUM...SMOLAN...NEW CAMBRIA...
  FALUN...KIPP...ROXBURY...BRIDGEPORT AND SALINA AIRPORT.

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 3855 9737 3844 9792 3871 9792 3895 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 252DEG 37KT 3867 9766

JAKUB

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
825 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

KSZ048-250200-
ELLSWORTH KS-
825 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANOPOLIS...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KANOPOLIS LAKE AND KANOPOLIS 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 3875 9793 3865 9792 3858 9793 3855 9805
      3869 9813
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 246DEG 33KT 3866 9800

JAKUB

Local storm report, Apr 24, 8:32 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
832 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

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

0825 PM     HAIL             LINDSBORG               38.57N 97.67W
04/24/2016  M1.25 INCH       MCPHERSON          KS   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT VIA A PICTURE ON TWITTER OF QUARTER TO HALF
            DOLLAR SIZED HAIL.

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Apr 24, 8:44 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
844 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

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

0839 PM     HAIL             BRIDGEPORT              38.63N 97.60W
04/24/2016  E0.88 INCH       SALINE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0843 PM     HAIL             BRIDGEPORT              38.63N 97.60W
04/24/2016  E1.00 INCH       SALINE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

VJP

Local storm report, Apr 24, 8:53 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
853 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

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

0853 PM     HAIL             SALINA                  38.82N 97.62W
04/24/2016  E1.00 INCH       SALINE             KS   STORM CHASER

&&

RBL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	40 min
Apr 24, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	48 min
Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	35 min
Apr 24, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline	42 min
Apr 24, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	50 min
Apr 24, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	66 min
Apr 24, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	36 min
Apr 24, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	42 min
Apr 25, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	36 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.