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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Wichita, KS

October 4, 20165 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 4, 2016, 7:39 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 66 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, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Oct 4, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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, 7:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Benton, KS	LARGE TREE DOWNED.
Oct 4, 7:46 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Potwin, KS
Oct 4, 8:09 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 55	9 N El Dorado, 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
Oct 4, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 616 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1248 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 397 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 510 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 9.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

416 
WUUS53 KICT 050039
SVRICT
KSC015-017-073-079-115-050145-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0321.161005T0039Z-161005T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WEST CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 738 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER POTWIN...OR
  NEAR WHITEWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
  EL DORADO...TOWANDA...BENTON...WHITEWATER...POTWIN...ELBING...
  BURNS...CASSODAY...CEDAR POINT...EL DORADO STATE PARK...
  EL DORADO LAKE AND WONSEVU.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 100.
 
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... CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3781 9715 3791 9715 3791 9720 3799 9723
      3837 9676 3791 9635 3776 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 245DEG 35KT 3792 9706 

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

RITZMAN

2 follow-up statements

377 
WWUS53 KICT 050128
SVSICT

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

KSC079-050138-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-161005T0145Z/
HARVEY KS-
828 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY 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... CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3791 9714 3806 9700 3836 9675 3791 9635
      3776 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 262DEG 23KT 3801 9661 

$$

KSC015-017-073-115-050145-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-161005T0145Z/
BUTLER KS-CHASE KS-GREENWOOD KS-MARION KS-
828 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN BUTLER...SOUTHWESTERN CHASE...WEST CENTRAL GREENWOOD AND
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES...

AT 828 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES EAST OF
BURNS...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF EL DORADO...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
EL DORADO...TOWANDA...BENTON...POTWIN...BURNS...CASSODAY...
CEDAR POINT...EL DORADO STATE PARK...EL DORADO LAKE AND WONSEVU.

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... CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3791 9714 3806 9700 3836 9675 3791 9635
      3776 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 262DEG 23KT 3801 9661 

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

MCGUIRE

645 
WWUS53 KICT 050140
SVSICT

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

KSC015-017-073-115-050149-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-161005T0145Z/
BUTLER KS-CHASE KS-GREENWOOD KS-MARION KS-
840 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BUTLER...SOUTHWESTERN
CHASE...WEST CENTRAL GREENWOOD AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3791 9714 3806 9700 3836 9675 3791 9635
      3776 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 245DEG 35KT 3801 9661 

$$

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 4, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	31 min
Oct 4, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	49 min
Oct 4, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	23 min
Oct 4, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	28 min
Oct 4, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	34 min
Oct 4, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	33 min
Oct 4, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	20 min
Oct 4, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	31 min
Oct 4, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Woodson	48 min
Oct 4, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	55 min
Oct 4, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	31 min
Oct 4, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	36 min
Oct 4, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	36 min
Oct 4, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	49 min
Oct 4, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Neosho	64 min
Oct 5, 3:47 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 10 more	6 hr

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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.