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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Wichita, KS

October 4, 2016Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 4, 2016, 3:41 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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: Oct 4, 2016, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired: Oct 4, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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
Oct 4, 4:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	3 S Lincoln, KS	ON K-14.
Oct 4, 4:33 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	2 W Westfall, KS	ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS.
Oct 4, 4:37 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	3 Sw Beverly, KS
Oct 4, 4:37 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	3 Sw Beverly, KS	OCCURRED WITH 70 MPH WINDS.

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
Oct 4, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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.

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: 305 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -361 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1323 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 292 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

700 
WUUS53 KICT 042041
SVRICT
KSC053-105-042130-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0310.161004T2041Z-161004T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
341 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 340 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF
  ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
  LINCOLN...BEVERLY...BARNARD AND WESTFALL. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 210 AND 226.
 
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 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3896 9793 3876 9828 3887 9843 3922 9817
      3922 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 218DEG 30KT 3888 9828 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RITZMAN

3 follow-up statements

037 
WWUS53 KICT 042058
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
358 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

KSC053-105-042130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-161004T2130Z/
LINCOLN KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
358 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR LINCOLN AND NORTH CENTRAL ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...

AT 354 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
LINCOLN...BEVERLY...BARNARD AND WESTFALL. 

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 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3896 9793 3876 9828 3887 9843 3922 9817
      3922 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 218DEG 30KT 3898 9818 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MCGUIRE

773 
WWUS53 KICT 042104
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
404 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

KSC053-105-042130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-161004T2130Z/
LINCOLN KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
404 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR LINCOLN AND NORTH CENTRAL ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...

AT 404 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
LINCOLN...BEVERLY...BARNARD AND WESTFALL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3896 9793 3876 9828 3887 9843 3922 9817
      3922 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 212DEG 37KT 3885 9827 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MCGUIRE

534 
WWUS53 KICT 042117
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
417 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

KSC053-105-042130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-161004T2130Z/
LINCOLN KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
417 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN LINCOLN AND NORTH CENTRAL ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...

AT 416 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS
REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN.

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...
LINCOLN...BEVERLY...BARNARD AND WESTFALL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3896 9793 3876 9828 3887 9831 3922 9817
      3922 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 225DEG 32KT 3894 9816 

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

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 4, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	33 min
Oct 4, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	52 min
Oct 4, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	38 min
Oct 4, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	23 min
Oct 4, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	64 min
Oct 4, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	31 min
Oct 4, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	26 min
Oct 4, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	57 min
Oct 4, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	60 min
Oct 4, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	24 min
Oct 4, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	52 min
Oct 4, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	45 min
Oct 4, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	27 min
Oct 4, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	39 min
Oct 4, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	23 min
Oct 4, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	34 min
Oct 4, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Dickinson	42 min
Oct 4, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	32 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.