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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 315, NWS Wichita, KS

October 4, 2016Kingman County, Reno County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 4, 2016, 6:08 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: Oct 4, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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
Oct 4, 6:19 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 Ne Murdock, KS
Oct 4, 6:20 PM CDT	HAIL 2	Cheney, KS
Oct 4, 6:22 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 Ene Cheney, 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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 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
Oct 4, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.

050 
WUUS53 KICT 042308
SVRICT
KSC095-155-173-050000-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0315.161004T2308Z-161005T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 608 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
  CHENEY...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...
  GODDARD...CHENEY...GARDEN PLAIN...MURDOCK...WATERLOO...
  CHENEY LAKE...MT VERNON AND CHENEY STATE PARK.

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 SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3750 9794 3761 9801 3787 9782 3768 9751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 227DEG 29KT 3760 9790 

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

RITZMAN

3 follow-up statements

428 
WWUS53 KICT 042321
SVSICT

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

KSC095-155-173-050000-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0315.000000T0000Z-161005T0000Z/
SEDGWICK KS-KINGMAN KS-RENO KS-
621 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL SEDGWICK...NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
RENO COUNTIES...

AT 621 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CHENEY...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...
GODDARD...CHENEY...GARDEN PLAIN...CHENEY LAKE...MT VERNON AND CHENEY
STATE PARK.

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 SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3752 9788 3771 9793 3787 9782 3768 9751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 227DEG 29KT 3767 9780 

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

MCGUIRE

693 
WWUS53 KICT 042328
SVSICT

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

KSC095-042337-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0315.000000T0000Z-161005T0000Z/
KINGMAN KS-
628 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3755 9781 3772 9780 3787 9782 3768 9751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 233DEG 30KT 3769 9771 

$$

KSC155-173-050000-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0315.000000T0000Z-161005T0000Z/
SEDGWICK KS-RENO KS-
628 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL SEDGWICK AND SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTIES...

AT 627 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GARDEN
PLAIN... 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...
GODDARD...CHENEY...GARDEN PLAIN...CHENEY LAKE AND CHENEY STATE PARK. 

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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3755 9781 3772 9780 3787 9782 3768 9751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 233DEG 30KT 3769 9771 

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

MCGUIRE

859 
WWUS53 KICT 042355
SVSICT

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

KSC155-173-050004-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0315.000000T0000Z-161005T0000Z/
SEDGWICK KS-RENO KS-
655 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SEDGWICK AND
SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHERN SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM.

LAT...LON 3755 9781 3772 9780 3787 9782 3768 9751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 227DEG 29KT 3769 9771 

$$

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 Oct 4, 3:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 3:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Wichita KS
311 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Thursday night)
Issued at 308 PM CDT Tue Oct 4 2016

Forecast highlights: Active weather for early October standards,
with severe thunderstorms this afternoon- evening, and more
strong/severe storms and heavy rain Thursday late afternoon-
night. Much cooler weather by Friday.

Latest observational trends in concert with short-term hi-res
guidance suggests greatest threat for severe weather this
afternoon/evening will be generally along east of a line extending
from Lincoln to Lyons to Pratt, and generally along/west of the
Flint Hills, along and ahead of an approaching dryline/cold front.
Stout deep layer shear oriented nearly perpendicular to the
dryline (reference 2pm Norman OK sounding) along with decent
instability for October standards will support a handful of
supercells initially, with large hail (possibly up to baseball
size), damaging winds and a few tornadoes possible. Greatest
threat for a tornado or two will be mainly south-central Kansas
into Oklahoma, where greatest instability/low-level moisture will
reside, and also where storms should stay discrete the longest.
Given strong forcing/mid-level cooling, activity should tend to go
linear (broken squall line) within 2-3 hours of initiation, with
the main threat transitioning to marginally severe hail and wind,
although any "tail-end Charlie" storms on the far southern end
over south-central/southeast Kansas/Oklahoma could maintain a
large hail and possible tornado threat well into the evening. As
convection outruns instability, severe threat should tend to wane
later in the evening over far southeast Kansas.

A lull in activity expected Wednesday, although should see
gradually increasing shower/thunderstorm chances by late afternoon
over southeast Kansas as 850-600mb warm advection/moisture
transport increases ahead of an impressive digging western CONUS
trough. These chances will increase/expand for many areas of
eastern Kansas Wednesday night, but severe weather is unlikely
given marginal instability.

Attention then shifts to severe weather and heavy rain potential
Thursday late afternoon-night, especially over southeast Kansas,
as a strong shortwave and associated strong cold front approach
the region. Low-level moisture, precipitable waters and
instability looks to increase for this next system, which will
favor additional strong/severe storms along with the potential for
heavy rain. Heavy rain threat will be amplified by mid/upper flow
oriented parallel to the cold front, and especially if the cold
front slows down as advertised by the GFS. Will continue to
monitor.

.LONG TERM...(Friday through Tuesday)
Issued at 308 PM CDT Tue Oct 4 2016

*Much* cooler weather spreading south across the region by
Friday, with highs in the 60s. Gradual warming trend back into the
70s by Sunday. Slight chances of rain/isolated storms by Sunday
afternoon, but not expecting widespread activity.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Wednesday afternoon)
Issued at 1236 PM CDT Tue Oct 4 2016

Strong to severe convection is expected late this afternoon and
evening along a surface front/dryline across central Kansas with
evolution eastward into southeast Kansas overnight. Confidence is
fairly high on timing though impacts may be greater than indicated
with regard to wind gusts/VSBYS and will amend as needed. Some
indications suggest stratus CIGS in the MVFR category may develop
over southern Kansas late tonight.

KED

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Wichita-KICT    61  83  65  84 /  60  10  40  40
Hutchinson      54  81  61  82 /  40   0  30  30
Newton          57  81  63  81 /  70  10  40  40
ElDorado        61  83  65  82 /  80  10  50  40
Winfield-KWLD   62  85  67  85 /  60  10  50  40
Russell         46  79  54  75 /  10   0  10  10
Great Bend      47  80  55  78 /  10   0  10  10
Salina          51  81  60  81 /  30   0  20  30
McPherson       53  81  60  81 /  40  10  30  30
Coffeyville     65  85  69  87 /  70  20  50  40
Chanute         62  83  67  84 /  70  20  60  50
Iola            62  82  67  84 /  80  20  60  60
Parsons-KPPF    63  85  68  85 /  70  20  60  40

&&

.ICT Watches/Warnings/Advisories...None.

&&

SHORT TERM...ADK
LONG TERM...ADK
AVIATION...KED

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 4, 3:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
338 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-052045-
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-
338 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS...MAINLY ALONG
AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS CORRIDOR. VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO
BASEBALL SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS TO 75 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE. TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER SOUTH-
CENTRAL KANSAS. LATER INTO THE EVENING...THE MAIN RISK IS EXPECTED
TO BE DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AS A BROKEN LINE
OF STORMS EVOLVES AND MOVES ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS AND INTO
SOUTHEAST KANSAS BEFORE WEAKENING OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WITH
LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT.

PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS.

A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS
LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...EXPANDING TO INCLUDE MUCH OF EASTERN
KANSAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED
WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ONCE
AGAIN ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A
STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. HEAVY RAIN AND
ASSOCIATED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS WELL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS...MAINLY
ALONG AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS CORRIDOR.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 4, 5:37 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
537 PM CDT TUE OCT 04 2016

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

0536 PM     HAIL             9 ESE KANOPOLIS         38.66N 98.00W
10/04/2016  E1.00 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

KED

Local storm report, Oct 4, 5:52 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
552 PM CDT TUE OCT 04 2016

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

0540 PM     HAIL             10 W SALINA             38.82N 97.80W
10/04/2016  E1.50 INCH       SALINE             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

KED

Local storm report, Oct 4, 5:55 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
555 PM CDT TUE OCT 04 2016

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

0555 PM     HAIL             10 NNW SALINA           38.95N 97.68W
10/04/2016  E0.75 INCH       SALINE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KED

Special weather statement, Oct 4, 6:00 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
600 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

KSZ051-067-068-050000-
HARVEY KS-MCPHERSON KS-RENO KS-
600 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAVEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUTCHINSON...HALSTEAD...INMAN...BUHLER...HAVEN...BURRTON...
  YODER AND HUTCHINSON AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3830 9772 3803 9739 3788 9787 3799 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 228DEG 17KT 3796 9784

RITZMAN

Special weather statement, Oct 4, 6:06 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
606 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

KSZ067-082-083-042330-
SEDGWICK KS-KINGMAN KS-RENO KS-
606 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF CHENEY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WICHITA...GODDARD...CHENEY...HAVEN...GARDEN PLAIN...ANDALE...
  MURDOCK...WATERLOO...CHENEY LAKE...MT VERNON AND CHENEY STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUES BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3747 9797 3762 9805 3792 9781 3771 9746
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 226DEG 30KT 3761 9792

RITZMAN

Local storm report, Oct 4, 6:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
608 PM CDT TUE OCT 04 2016

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

0606 PM     HAIL             5 W BURRTON             38.02N 97.76W
10/04/2016  E0.75 INCH       RENO               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RBL

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, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	49 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, 6:15 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.