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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Wichita, KS

April 26, 2016Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 4:38 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 min. 22 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 26, 2016, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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 26, 4:56 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	4 E Clearwater, KS
Apr 26, 5:00 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	2 S Haysville, KS
Apr 26, 5:00 PM CDT	HAIL 2	5 W Mulvane, KS	DELAYED REPORT.
Apr 26, 5:06 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 Nw Haysville, KS	REPORTED NEAR 55TH STREET AND RIDGE ROAD.
Apr 26, 5:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 E Clearwater, KS
Apr 26, 5:15 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	3 Ssw Downtown Wichita, KS	HEAVY HAIL MAX SIZE OF NICKEL AT BROADWAY AND MERIDIAN.
Apr 26, 5:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 S Downtown Wichita, KS	HAIL REPORTED AT WEST 47TH AND SOUTH BORADWAY IN WICHITA.
Apr 26, 5:22 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	South Wichita, KS	NEAR 55TH AND BROADWAY. REPORTED VIA TWITTER.
Apr 26, 5:25 PM CDT	HAIL 2	3 W Derby, KS
Apr 26, 5:25 PM CDT	HAIL 2	3 W Derby, KS
Apr 26, 5:29 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	East Wichita, KS	REPORTED IN COLLEGE HILL.
Apr 26, 5:31 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	2 Ese Downtown Wichita, KS	REPORTED AT GROVE AND KELLOG.
Apr 26, 5:32 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Northeast Wichita, KS	MEASURED BY EMPLOYEE AT KFDI.
Apr 26, 5:32 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	South Wichita, KS	PAWNEE AND INTERSTATE 135.
Apr 26, 5:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	2 E Downtown Wichita, KS	REPORTED AT HILLSIDE AND DOUGLAS.
Apr 26, 5:35 PM CDT	HAIL 2	2 E Downtown Wichita, KS	REPORTED AT DOUGLAS AND HILLSIDE.
Apr 26, 5:39 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	2 W Downtown Wichita, KS
Apr 26, 5:43 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Northeast Wichita, KS	REPORTED BY EMPLOYEE AT KFDI.
Apr 26, 5:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	7 Ne Downtown Wichita, KS	REPORT VIA SOICAL MEDIA. CORRECTED FOR TIME.
Apr 26, 5:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Bel Aire, KS	DELAYED REPORT. RECEIVED VIA TWITTER.
Apr 26, 5:47 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	2 Sw Northeast Wichita, KS	REPORTED AT OXFORD CIR AND ROCK RD.
Apr 26, 5:48 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Bel Aire, 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 16 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 18 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 26, 2:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 223 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: 1934 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 22.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

696 
WUUS53 KICT 262138
SVRICT
KSC173-191-262245-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0034.160426T2138Z-160426T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
438 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 438 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CLEARWATER...MOVING NORTH 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...
  WICHITA...DERBY...ANDOVER...HAYSVILLE...WELLINGTON...PARK CITY...VALLEY
  CENTER...BEL AIRE...MULVANE...MAIZE...CLEARWATER...BELLE PLAINE...
  DOWNTOWN WICHITA...KECHI...EASTBOROUGH...EISENHOWER NATIONAL  AIRPORT...
  EAST WICHITA...SOUTH WICHITA...NORTHEAST WICHITA AND WEST WICHITA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 20.
 INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 54.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3727 9761 3789 9746 3787 9715 3762 9715
      3749 9716 3726 9740
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 202DEG 26KT 3748 9741 

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

JAKUB

6 follow-up statements

449 
WWUS53 KICT 262153
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
453 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSC173-191-262245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160426T2245Z/
SEDGWICK KS-SUMNER KS-
453 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN SEDGWICK AND NORTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTIES...

AT 453 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAYSVILLE...
MOVING NORTH AT 20 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...
WICHITA...DERBY...ANDOVER...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...BEL
AIRE...MULVANE...MAIZE...CLEARWATER...BELLE PLAINE...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...
KECHI...EASTBOROUGH...SOUTH WICHITA...NORTHEAST WICHITA...EISENHOWER
NATIONAL  AIRPORT...WEST WICHITA...EAST WICHITA AND MCCONNELL AIR FORCE
BASE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3739 9758 3789 9746 3787 9715 3762 9715
      3749 9716 3734 9732
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 199DEG 16KT 3752 9740 

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

KETCHAM

302 
WWUS53 KICT 262158
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
458 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSC173-191-262245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160426T2245Z/
SEDGWICK KS-SUMNER KS-
458 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN SEDGWICK AND NORTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTIES...

AT 458 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HAYSVILLE...
MOVING NORTH AT 30 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...
WICHITA...DERBY...ANDOVER...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...BEL
AIRE...MULVANE...MAIZE...CLEARWATER...BELLE PLAINE...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...
KECHI...EASTBOROUGH...SOUTH WICHITA...NORTHEAST WICHITA...EISENHOWER
NATIONAL  AIRPORT...WEST WICHITA...EAST WICHITA AND MCCONNELL AIR FORCE
BASE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3739 9758 3789 9746 3787 9715 3762 9715
      3749 9716 3734 9732
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 202DEG 26KT 3755 9738 

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

KETCHAM

914 
WWUS53 KICT 262207
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
507 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSC173-191-262245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160426T2245Z/
SEDGWICK KS-SUMNER KS-
507 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN SEDGWICK AND NORTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTIES...

AT 506 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HAYSVILLE...
MOVING NORTH 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...
WICHITA...DERBY...ANDOVER...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...BEL
AIRE...MULVANE...MAIZE...CLEARWATER...BELLE PLAINE...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...
KECHI...EASTBOROUGH...SOUTH WICHITA...NORTHEAST WICHITA...EISENHOWER
NATIONAL  AIRPORT...WEST WICHITA...EAST WICHITA AND MCCONNELL AIR FORCE
BASE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3739 9758 3789 9746 3787 9715 3762 9715
      3749 9716 3734 9732
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 201DEG 22KT 3758 9736 

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

KETCHAM

238 
WWUS53 KICT 262215
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
515 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSC191-262225-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160426T2245Z/
SUMNER KS-
515 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3789 9746 3787 9715 3762 9715 3749 9721
      3748 9756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 200DEG 17KT 3759 9736 

$$

KSC173-262245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160426T2245Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
515 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY...

AT 515 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HAYSVILLE...
MOVING NORTH AT 20 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...
WICHITA...DERBY...ANDOVER...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...BEL
AIRE...MULVANE...MAIZE...CLEARWATER...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...KECHI...
EASTBOROUGH...SOUTH WICHITA...NORTHEAST WICHITA...EISENHOWER NATIONAL
AIRPORT...WEST WICHITA...EAST WICHITA...MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE AND
JABARA AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3789 9746 3787 9715 3762 9715 3749 9721
      3748 9756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 200DEG 17KT 3759 9736 

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

KETCHAM

669 
WWUS53 KICT 262229
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
529 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSC173-262245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160426T2245Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
529 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY...

AT 529 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DOWNTOWN
WICHITA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

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...
WICHITA...DERBY...ANDOVER...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...BEL
AIRE...MAIZE...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...KECHI...EASTBOROUGH...SOUTH WICHITA...
NORTHEAST WICHITA...EISENHOWER NATIONAL  AIRPORT...WEST WICHITA...EAST
WICHITA...MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...JABARA AIRPORT AND OAKLAWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3789 9746 3787 9715 3762 9715 3754 9719
      3757 9754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 202DEG 26KT 3769 9731 

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

KETCHAM

102 
WWUS53 KICT 262234
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
534 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSC173-262245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160426T2245Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
534 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY...

AT 533 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WICHITA...
MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

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...
WICHITA...DERBY...ANDOVER...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...BEL
AIRE...MAIZE...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...KECHI...EASTBOROUGH...SOUTH WICHITA...
NORTHEAST WICHITA...EISENHOWER NATIONAL  AIRPORT...WEST WICHITA...EAST
WICHITA...MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...JABARA AIRPORT AND OAKLAWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD
MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3789 9746 3787 9715 3762 9715 3754 9719
      3757 9754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 202DEG 26KT 3772 9729 

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

KETCHAM

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 26, 4:01 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 4:01 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
401 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 400 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

A CLUSTER OF SVR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED QUICKLY ON SCHEDULE ALONG
A DRY LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM JUST S OF KGBD...THRU BETWEEN K8K2 &
KP28...THEN SW ACROSS FAR WRN OK TO W TX. A 2ND AREAS OF SVR
THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN PROGRESS FROM JUST S OF KMHK...THRU KEMP...TO
BURLINGTON. LARGE HAIL HAD BEEN THE PRIMARY SVR MODE...BUT SINCE
ABOUT 315 PM A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WERE POSSIBLE OVER SW SUMNER CO.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 400 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

TONIGHT:
NO DOUBT SVR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF ALL 3 SVR MODES CONTINUE TO
DRAW GREATEST ATTENTION. AS AN UPPER-DECK LOW...THAT WAS SITUATED
OVER SE WY & NE CO THIS AFTERNOON...REMAINS PARKED OVER THESE AREAS
A 2ND UPPER LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SRN KS. THIS SHOULD PUSH THE DRY
LINE PERHAPS AS FAR E AS I-35/I-135 EARLY THIS EVENING. GREATEST
SFC-BASED CAPES (4,000-4,500 J/KG) EXTEND IN A WELL-DEFINED S-N
ORIENTED AXIS FROM THE NORTH-CENTRAL OK/SOUTH-CENTRAL KS BORDER TO
AROUND KSLN. AS SUCH THE GREATEST SVR POTENTIAL WOULD SPREAD N/NE
ACROSS THESE AREAS THRU MID-LATE EVENING. WITH THE LOWER-DECK FLOW
SLOWLY BACKING...THE 3KM VORTICITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS
DEEP-LAYER ASCENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE. AS SUCH THE TORNADIC
POTENTIAL WOULD LIKEWISE INCREASE WHERE TOR WATCH #108 IS IN EFFECT
TILL 10 PM CDT. AS THE INTENSE SFC LOW...CENTERED BETWEEN KSLN &
KCNK...LIFTS NNE THE WARM FRONT EXTENDING E FROM THE LOW WOULD LIFT
ALMOST DUE N...REACHING I-70 LATE THIS EVE BY WHICH TIME A PACIFIC
COLD FRONT WOULD PUSH ESE...APPROACHING THE I-135 CORRIDOR TOWARD
DAYBREAK WED. AS SUCH THUNDERSTORMS WOULD SHIFT E & NE OVERNIGHT &
BE CONCENTRATED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KS LATE TONIGHT & VERY EARLY WED
MORNING. AS SUCH THE PRIMARY SVR MODE WOULD SHIFT TOWARD A
DAMAGING WINDS.

WED:
WITH THE SFC LOW CONTINUING TO LIFT SLOWLY NNE TO ALONG THE IA/
NEBRASKA BORDER THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL &
SOUTHEAST KS WOULD END IN A SW-NE MANNER IN THE MORNING WHILE
AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WOULD SPREAD SE AROUND THED DEPARTING
SFC LOW INTO CENTRAL KS.

WED NIGHT-THU:
THERE'LL BE A BRIEF INTERMISSION AS WESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO OVER
SPREAD THE KS REGION...BUT EARLY THU MORNING...A BROAD SFC HIGH
WILL SPREAD E ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS THAT...CONBINED WITH WEAK SFC
LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE NM/TX PANHANDLE...WILL INDUCE EASTERLY FLOW
ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS EARLY THU MORNING.

THU NIGHT-FRI NIGHT:
RAIN & EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS QUICKLY RETURN TO THE KS REGION THU
NIGHT FOR AS THE SFC LOW LIFTS SLOWLY NE ACROSS THE TX PANHANDLE
FRI & FRI NIGHT...RAIN WOULD SPREAD NE ACROSS THE CWA. WITH A
NEGATIVELY-TILTED UPPER SHORTWAVE PUSHING ENE ACROSS THE TX/OK
PANHANDLES EMBEDDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO SPREAD ACROSS THE
CWA FRI & FRI NIGHT. SUFFICIENT LIFT WOULD BE INDUCED TO PRODUCE
A FEW SVR THUNDERSTORMS.

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 400 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE VIGOROUS MID
TO UPPER TROUGH MOVES OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN PLAINS. MAINTAINED MID-HIGH POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS
A SERIES OF SMALLER SCALE IMPULSES MOVE THROUGH THE MEAN MID/UPPER
TROUGH PROGGED TO REMAIN CAMPED ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS AREA.
THIS WILL ALSO BRING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA OVER
THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1241 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

EXPECTING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP BETWEEN
19-21Z THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE I-135
CORRIDOR...AS WELL AS FROM CENTRAL KS EAST/SOUTHEAST INTO EAST-
CENTRAL KS. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL PERSIST WELL INTO THE
EVENING...AS ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF OKLAHOMA.
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY...WITH VERY LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES.

ADK

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 400 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE WIDESPREAD RAINS & THUNDERSTORMS WILL KEEP THE GRASSLAND FIRE
DANGER IN CHECK THE REST OF THE WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    58  74  48  71 /  90  20   0   0
HUTCHINSON      54  69  44  69 /  80  30   0   0
NEWTON          57  73  46  69 /  90  30   0   0
ELDORADO        59  76  48  71 /  90  20   0   0
WINFIELD-KWLD   58  76  48  73 /  90  20   0   0
RUSSELL         50  66  41  66 /  70  40   0   0
GREAT BEND      50  67  41  67 /  60  40   0   0
SALINA          55  69  45  67 /  90  40  10   0
MCPHERSON       55  69  44  69 /  90  30   0   0
COFFEYVILLE     63  78  52  76 /  90  20   0   0
CHANUTE         62  76  50  73 /  90  20   0   0
IOLA            62  76  50  73 / 100  20   0   0
PARSONS-KPPF    63  77  51  73 /  90  20   0   0

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SYNOPSIS...EPS
SHORT TERM...EPS
LONG TERM...EPS
AVIATION...ADK
FIRE WEATHER...EPS

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 4:21 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
421 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-272130-
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-
421 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA. THE THREAT IS PRIMARILY EAST OF A LINE FROM
SALINA TO KINGMAN. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE UP TO BASEBALL SIZED
HAIL...75 MPH WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED AND BRIEF
TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS
IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...INCLUDING THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...IS POSSIBLE LATE IN THE WEEK. PLEASE
CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS AS DETAILS BECOME AVAILABLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

&&

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

HOWERTON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 4:11 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
411 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

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

0408 PM     HAIL             WEST WICHITA            37.69N 97.46W
04/26/2016  M1.75 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   PUBLIC

            REPORT VIA PICTURE ON FACEBOOK.

&&

JMR

Local storm report, Apr 26, 4:15 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
415 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

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

0414 PM     HAIL             DOUGLASS                37.52N 97.01W
04/26/2016  M0.25 INCH       BUTLER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HAIL WAS JUST BEGINNING TO FALL.

&&

JMR

Local storm report, Apr 26, 4:18 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
418 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

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

0400 PM     HAIL             5 SE VIOLA              37.44N 97.58W
04/26/2016  M1.75 INCH       SUMNER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL RANGING FROM QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE.

&&

JMR

Local storm report, Apr 26, 4:20 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
420 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

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

0419 PM     HAIL             1 NW BENTON             37.80N 97.12W
04/26/2016  M0.88 INCH       BUTLER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Apr 26, 4:25 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
425 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

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

0422 PM     HAIL             5 SSE CLEARWATER        37.45N 97.46W
04/26/2016  M1.00 INCH       SUMNER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            RELAYED FROM STORM SPOTTER.

&&

JMR

Local storm report, Apr 26, 4:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
438 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

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

0437 PM     HAIL             ELBING                  38.05N 97.13W
04/26/2016  M1.00 INCH       BUTLER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            RELAYED FROM TRAINED SPOTTER.

&&

JMR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	49 min
Apr 26, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	64 min
Apr 26, 3:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Sumner	47 min
Apr 26, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	54 min
Apr 26, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	30 min
Apr 26, 3:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Sumner	51 min
Apr 26, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	32 min
Apr 26, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	61 min
Apr 26, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	44 min
Apr 26, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	45 min
Apr 26, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	32 min
Apr 26, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	38 min
Apr 26, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	53 min
Apr 26, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	34 min
Apr 26, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick	36 min
Apr 26, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	64 min
Apr 26, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	46 min
Apr 26, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner	53 min
Apr 26, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	33 min
Apr 26, 6:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	16 hr
Apr 26, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	44 min
Apr 26, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	49 min
Apr 26, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	66 min
Apr 26, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	50 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.