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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Wichita, KS

April 26, 2016Butler County, Chase County, Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 7:39 PM CDT for Butler County, Chase County, Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 8:22 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Marion County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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, 8:13 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Cottonwood Falls, 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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 34 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 288 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: 851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

689 
WUUS53 KICT 270039
SVRICT
KSC015-017-115-270145-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0046.160427T0039Z-160427T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 738 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POTWIN...OR
  NEAR TOWANDA...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...POTWIN...BURNS...
  CASSODAY...BAZAAR...ELMDALE...MATFIELD GREEN...CEDAR POINT...
  SAFFORDVILLE...WONSEVU...TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE...HYMER...EL DORADO
  AIRPORT AND EL DORADO LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 110.
 
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 SOUTHEASTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3832 9635 3808 9652 3807 9652 3771 9682
      3785 9708 3851 9678 3852 9676 3852 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 205DEG 21KT 3788 9697 

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

JAKUB

4 follow-up statements

431 
WWUS53 KICT 270052
SVSICT

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

KSC015-017-115-270145-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160427T0145Z/
BUTLER KS-CHASE KS-MARION KS-
752 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

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

AT 752 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURNS...OR 14
MILES NORTH OF EL DORADO...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...
EL DORADO...TOWANDA...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...POTWIN...BURNS...
CASSODAY...BAZAAR...ELMDALE...MATFIELD GREEN...CEDAR POINT...SAFFORDVILLE...
WONSEVU...TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE...HYMER...EL DORADO AIRPORT AND EL
DORADO LAKE.

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 SOUTHEASTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3832 9635 3808 9652 3807 9652 3771 9682
      3785 9708 3851 9678 3852 9676 3852 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 208DEG 30KT 3802 9686 

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

KETCHAM

000 
WWUS53 KICT 270058
SVSICT

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

KSC015-017-115-270145-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160427T0145Z/
BUTLER KS-CHASE KS-MARION KS-
758 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

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

AT 758 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF
BURNS...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLORENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
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...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...POTWIN...BURNS...
CASSODAY...BAZAAR...ELMDALE...MATFIELD GREEN...CEDAR POINT...SAFFORDVILLE...
WONSEVU...TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE...HYMER...EL DORADO AIRPORT AND EL
DORADO LAKE.

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 SOUTHEASTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3832 9635 3808 9652 3807 9652 3771 9682
      3785 9708 3851 9678 3852 9676 3852 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 214DEG 33KT 3813 9672 

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

KETCHAM

902 
WWUS53 KICT 270116
SVSICT

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

KSC015-270126-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160427T0145Z/
BUTLER KS-
816 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3809 9651 3809 9697 3851 9678 3852 9676
      3852 9636 3832 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 205DEG 21KT 3823 9666 

$$

KSC017-115-270145-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160427T0145Z/
CHASE KS-MARION KS-
816 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR CHASE AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES...

AT 816 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...BURNS...BAZAAR...ELMDALE...MATFIELD
GREEN...CEDAR POINT...SAFFORDVILLE...WONSEVU...TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE
AND HYMER.

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 EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3809 9651 3809 9697 3851 9678 3852 9676
      3852 9636 3832 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 205DEG 21KT 3823 9666 

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

KETCHAM

741 
WWUS53 KICT 270122
SVSICT

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

KSC017-115-270132-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160427T0145Z/
CHASE KS-MARION KS-
822 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHASE AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 3809 9651 3809 9697 3851 9678 3852 9676
      3852 9636 3832 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 205DEG 21KT 3827 9664 

$$

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, 7:02 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 7:02 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
702 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 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 702 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

A LINE OF (+)TSRA...A FEW SVR W/ GR ARND 2.00 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
CONT TO MOVE NE AROUND 25KTS. AT ISSUANCE THE LINE XTND'D FROM WRN
OK...THRU SC KS TO NE KS...W/ A TSRA CLUSTER OVER XTRM NC KS & SC
NEBRASKA. THE (+)TSRA AXIS WL S-L-O-W-L-Y SHIFT E OVERNGT AS A SFC
LOW...CENTERED OVER NE KS AT 23Z...LIFTS DUE N ACRS THE NE KS/SE
NEBRASKA BORDER. AS THE LOW LIFTS N WRAP-ARND CIGS ~1,500FT WL
SPREAD SE ACRS KRSL & KGBD 05Z-07Z W/ CIGS QUICKLY LWR'G INTO IFR
COUNTRY. WINDS SUSTAINED ~30KTS W/ GUSTS ~40KTS...ARE LKLY IN &
CLOSE TO TSRA. WINDS ACRS CNTRL KS WL QUICKLY SHIFT TO NW-N ~13KTS
SUSTAINED LATE TNGT.

&&

.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 /  80  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 /  80  20   0   0
RUSSELL         50  66  41  66 /  60  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 /  80  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...EPS
FIRE WEATHER...EPS

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 4:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 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, 7:03 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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

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

0656 PM     HAIL             DOWNTOWN WICHITA        37.69N 97.34W
04/26/2016  E2.00 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   STORM CHASER

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:04 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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

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

0656 PM     HAIL             WICHITA EISENHOWER NATL 37.66N 97.44W
04/26/2016  M1.00 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OFFICIAL OBSERVATION AT THE AIRPORT.

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:13 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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

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

0706 PM     HAIL             SOUTH WICHITA           37.60N 97.31W
04/26/2016  M1.25 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            NEAR HYDRAULIC AND LINCOLN.

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:17 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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

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

0713 PM     HAIL             EAST WICHITA            37.68N 97.26W
04/26/2016  E1.00 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NEAR CENTRAL AND GREENWICH. COURTESY OF KSN.

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:35 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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

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

0733 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CLEARWATER              37.51N 97.50W
04/26/2016                   SEDGWICK           KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            CREEK IN CLEARWATER IS OUT OF ITS BANKS. VEHICLES ARE
            BEING MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

ADK

Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:38 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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

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

0735 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 WNW AUGUSTA           37.71N 97.03W
04/26/2016  E60 MPH          BUTLER             KS   COUNTY OFFICIAL

&&

METZGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick	55 min
Apr 26, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	58 min
Apr 26, 7:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	3 hr
Apr 26, 7:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harper	12 hr
Apr 26, 7:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	12 hr
Apr 26, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	52 min
Apr 26, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	36 min
Apr 26, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	41 min
Apr 26, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	39 min
Apr 26, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	51 min
Apr 26, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	50 min
Apr 26, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	29 min
Apr 26, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	32 min
Apr 26, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	28 min
Apr 26, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	50 min
Apr 26, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk, Wilson	47 min
Apr 26, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	40 min
Apr 26, 10:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	12 hr
Apr 26, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	24 min
Apr 26, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	51 min
Apr 26, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	27 min
Apr 27, 4:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	29 min
Apr 27, 7:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	29 hr
Apr 27, 7:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	19 hr
Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	49 hr
Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	62 hr
Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	3 days
Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	4 days
Apr 27, 4:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	18 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.