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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Wichita, KS

April 26, 2016Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 5:52 PM CDT for Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. 8 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, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 5:58 PM CDTHAIL 1West Wichita, KSNEAR CENTRAL AND RIDGE.
Apr 26, 6:13 PM CDTHAIL 1.57 Ne Downtown Wichita, KSREPORT VIA SOICAL MEDIA.
Apr 26, 6:25 PM CDTHAIL 1.252 E Conway Springs, KSQUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT FIRESTATION TO THE EAST OF CONWAY SPRINGS.
Apr 26, 6:36 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Clearwater, KS
Apr 26, 6:45 PM CDTHAIL 1.53 N Clearwater, KS
Apr 26, 6:51 PM CDTHAIL 1.25South Wichita, KSNEAR 71ST AND BROADWAY. COURTESY KWCH STORM CHASER.
Apr 26, 6:52 PM CDTHAIL 1.5South Wichita, KSNEAR HYDRAULIC AND MACARTHUR.
Apr 26, 6:52 PM CDTHAIL 1.75South Wichita, KSNEAR SOUTH MERIDIAN AND INTERSTATE 235.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 26, 2:12 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

944 
WUUS53 KICT 262252
SVRICT
KSC079-173-191-262345-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0039.160426T2252Z-160426T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 552 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GODDARD...
  MOVING NORTH AT 35 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...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...BEL AIRE...GODDARD...
  MAIZE...CLEARWATER...SEDGWICK...COLWICH...CONWAY SPRINGS...DOWNTOWN
  WICHITA...KECHI...ANDALE...EASTBOROUGH...BENTLEY...VIOLA...EISENHOWER
  NATIONAL  AIRPORT...EAST WICHITA AND SOUTH WICHITA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 23.
 INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 47.

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 3740 9770 3798 9762 3791 9717 3735 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 194DEG 28KT 3761 9752 

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

JAKUB
3 follow-up statements
719 
WWUS53 KICT 262304
SVSICT

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

KSC079-173-191-262345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160426T2345Z/
SEDGWICK KS-SUMNER KS-HARVEY KS-
604 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SEDGWICK...NORTHWESTERN SUMNER AND SOUTHWESTERN HARVEY
COUNTIES...

AT 603 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST WICHITA...
OR NEAR MAIZE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 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...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...BEL AIRE...GODDARD...
MAIZE...CLEARWATER...SEDGWICK...COLWICH...CONWAY SPRINGS...DOWNTOWN
WICHITA...KECHI...ANDALE...EASTBOROUGH...BENTLEY...VIOLA...EISENHOWER
NATIONAL  AIRPORT...EAST WICHITA AND SOUTH WICHITA.

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 3740 9770 3798 9762 3791 9717 3735 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 199DEG 29KT 3771 9746 

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

KETCHAM
153 
WWUS53 KICT 262322
SVSICT

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

KSC079-173-191-262345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160426T2345Z/
SEDGWICK KS-SUMNER KS-HARVEY KS-
622 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SEDGWICK...NORTHWESTERN SUMNER AND SOUTHWESTERN HARVEY
COUNTIES...

AT 621 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER VALLEY
CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF CONWAY SPRINGS. 

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...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...BEL AIRE...GODDARD...
MAIZE...CLEARWATER...SEDGWICK...COLWICH...CONWAY SPRINGS...DOWNTOWN
WICHITA...KECHI...ANDALE...EASTBOROUGH...BENTLEY...VIOLA...EISENHOWER
NATIONAL  AIRPORT...EAST WICHITA AND SOUTH WICHITA.

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 3740 9770 3798 9762 3791 9717 3735 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 204DEG 29KT 3784 9735 

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

KETCHAM
170 
WWUS53 KICT 262329
SVSICT

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

KSC079-173-191-262345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160426T2345Z/
SEDGWICK KS-SUMNER KS-HARVEY KS-
629 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SEDGWICK...NORTHWESTERN SUMNER AND SOUTHWESTERN HARVEY
COUNTIES...

AT 628 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLEARWATER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...BEL AIRE...GODDARD...
MAIZE...CLEARWATER...SEDGWICK...COLWICH...CONWAY SPRINGS...DOWNTOWN
WICHITA...KECHI...ANDALE...EASTBOROUGH...BENTLEY...VIOLA...EISENHOWER
NATIONAL  AIRPORT...EAST WICHITA AND SOUTH WICHITA.

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 SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3740 9770 3798 9762 3791 9717 3735 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 205DEG 33KT 3747 9754 

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

KETCHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler49 min
Apr 26, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Sumner64 min
Apr 26, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSumner47 min
Apr 26, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner54 min
Apr 26, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner30 min
Apr 26, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSumner51 min
Apr 26, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick32 min
Apr 26, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler61 min
Apr 26, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion44 min
Apr 26, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner67 min
Apr 26, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner45 min
Apr 26, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson, Woodson32 min
Apr 26, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Marion38 min
Apr 26, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner53 min
Apr 26, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler34 min
Apr 26, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick36 min
Apr 26, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase64 min
Apr 26, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper46 min
Apr 26, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner33 min
Apr 26, 6:05 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner16 hr
Apr 26, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion44 min
Apr 26, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase49 min
Apr 26, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick66 min
Apr 26, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner50 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.