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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

March 30, 2016Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2016, 2:21 PM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2:57 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 Sw Strother Field Air, 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
Mar 30, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 571 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 328 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

501 
WUUS53 KICT 301921
SVRICT
KSC035-191-302000-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0003.160330T1921Z-160330T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 221 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GEUDA
  SPRINGS...OR 9 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  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...
  ARKANSAS CITY...WINFIELD...OXFORD...GEUDA SPRINGS AND STROTHER FIELD
  AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3738 9715 3727 9683 3700 9710 3700 9732
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 212DEG 30KT 3705 9721 

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

JAKUB

2 follow-up statements

721 
WWUS53 KICT 301945
SVSICT

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

KSC035-191-302000-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160330T2000Z/
COWLEY KS-SUMNER KS-
245 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN COWLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTIES...

AT 245 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GEUDA SPRINGS...
OR NEAR ARKANSAS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
ARKANSAS CITY...WINFIELD...OXFORD...GEUDA SPRINGS AND STROTHER FIELD
AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3738 9715 3727 9683 3703 9707 3706 9729
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 226DEG 24KT 3713 9708 

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

JAKUB

851 
WWUS53 KICT 301950
SVSICT

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

KSC191-301959-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160330T2000Z/
SUMNER KS-
250 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER 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 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3738 9715 3727 9683 3703 9707 3705 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 226DEG 24KT 3716 9705 

$$

KSC035-302000-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160330T2000Z/
COWLEY KS-
250 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTY...

AT 249 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
ARKANSAS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
ARKANSAS CITY...WINFIELD...GEUDA SPRINGS AND STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3738 9715 3727 9683 3703 9707 3705 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 226DEG 24KT 3716 9705 

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

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, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	51 min
Mar 30, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	52 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.