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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Wichita, KS

April 29, 2016Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Elk County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2016, 2:16 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 2 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 29, 2016, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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 29, 2:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Se Dexter, KS	13 POWER POLES SNAPPED ALONG 291ST ROAD, FROM 272ND TO 282ND. DELAYED REPORT.
Apr 29, 2:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	2 S Dexter, KS	ALONG K-14. DELAYED REPORT VIA TWITTER. TIME ADJUSTED BY RADAR.

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 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 nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 219 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

186 
WUUS53 KICT 291916
SVRICT
KSC019-035-049-292015-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0052.160429T1916Z-160429T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
216 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 215 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF DEXTER...OR 13 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 70 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 
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CEDAR VALE...MOLINE...DEXTER AND GRENOLA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3723 9682 3742 9631 3700 9629 3700 9673
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 246DEG 37KT 3706 9680 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CARUSO

2 follow-up statements

919 
WWUS53 KICT 291948
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
248 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

KSC035-291958-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160429T2015Z/
COWLEY KS-
248 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

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

LAT...LON 3700 9652 3734 9653 3742 9631 3700 9629
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 244DEG 39KT 3721 9640 

$$

KSC019-049-292015-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160429T2015Z/
ELK KS-CHAUTAUQUA KS-
248 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ELK AND WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...

AT 248 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF CEDAR VALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CEDAR VALE...MOLINE AND GRENOLA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9652 3734 9653 3742 9631 3700 9629
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 244DEG 39KT 3721 9640 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CARUSO

595 
WWUS53 KICT 292008
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
308 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

KSC019-049-292018-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160429T2015Z/
ELK KS-CHAUTAUQUA KS-
308 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ELK AND WESTERN
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3700 9652 3734 9653 3742 9631 3700 9629
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 246DEG 37KT 3721 9640 

$$

CARUSO

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 29, 12:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 12:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1228 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 256 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

NUMEROUS SHOWERS/STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING AND LINGER DURING THE DAY.
THIS CONVECTION COULD LIMIT THE NORTHWARD EXPANSION OF THE MOISTURE
TRANSPORT TRYING TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO KANSAS...AND RESULTANT
PRECIPITATION COVERAGE. WE STILL EXPECT SOME SHOWERS/STORMS TO
SPREAD INTO KANSAS TODAY...AND LOOKS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE FOR
THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT AS MAIN UPPER LEVEL WAVE PUSHES OUT INTO
THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF DECENT WIND SHEAR/ELEVATED
INSTABILITY COULD YIELD A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE ELEVATED STORMS
OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. THE BULK OF THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF FOR LATE TONIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL
WAVE ROTATES ACROSS KANSAS...WITH SOME LINGERING LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY/SUNDAY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN
KANSAS.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 256 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL ON MONDAY/TUESDAY AS
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL OVER THE REGION. OTHERWISE
TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM THEREAFTER WITH LONG RANGE MODELS
SHOWING A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION.
THIS PERIOD IS LOOKING MAINLY DRY AS RICH GULF MOISTURE IS SHOVED
WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1214 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST-NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING. THIS WILL BE IN PART DUE TO EASTERLY BOUNDARY
LAYER WINDS AND INCREASED MOISTURE ADVECTION FROM OKLAHOMA...AND
PARTLY FROM OCCASIONAL SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGER STORM
CORES WILL BE IN THE SOUTH...AFFECTING HUT...ICT...AND CNU LATE
THIS PM/EVE. HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS IN
ADDITION TO CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE LOW STRATUS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN CEILINGS SHOULD
IMPROVE AND DISSIPATE TOWARD MID MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY...AS
WESTERLY BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS ENSUE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    59  48  68  45 /  80  80  10  10
HUTCHINSON      56  46  65  44 /  80  80  20  10
NEWTON          58  48  67  45 /  80  80  20  10
ELDORADO        62  52  69  46 /  80  80  20  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   62  50  70  46 /  80  80  10  10
RUSSELL         51  41  59  41 / 100  90  40  20
GREAT BEND      52  42  61  41 / 100  80  20  20
SALINA          55  45  65  44 / 100  80  40  20
MCPHERSON       56  46  65  44 /  80  80  20  20
COFFEYVILLE     68  54  73  48 /  80  80  20  10
CHANUTE         64  57  70  48 /  80  80  30  10
IOLA            64  57  70  48 /  80  80  30  10
PARSONS-KPPF    66  56  72  48 /  80  80  20  10

&&

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

SHORT TERM...CDJ
LONG TERM...CDJ
AVIATION...JMC

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 10:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1037 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-301545-
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-
1037 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE
SEVERE THREAT WILL BE MAINLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN
KANSAS...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER...WHERE HAIL OF
QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE IS POSSIBLE.

MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING WILL PERSIST ALONG THE NEOSHO RIVER IN
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNING
STATEMENTS FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY...HOWEVER
STRONG OR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

RIVER FLOODING ON THE NEOSHO IS FORECAST TO PERSIST INTO SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A FEW STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:02 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
202 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

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

0202 PM     HAIL             ARKANSAS CITY           37.07N 97.04W
04/29/2016  E1.00 INCH       COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:03 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
203 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

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

0203 PM     HAIL             2 S ARKANSAS CITY       37.04N 97.04W
04/29/2016  E1.25 INCH       COWLEY             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:05 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
205 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

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

0205 PM     HAIL             ARKANSAS CITY           37.07N 97.04W
04/29/2016  E1.00 INCH       COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME PONDING OF WEATHER

&&

SGS

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 2:05 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
205 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

KSZ067-068-082-083-092-292000-
SEDGWICK KS-HARVEY KS-KINGMAN KS-SUMNER KS-RENO KS-
205 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 202 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF PRETTY PRAIRIE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF NORWICH...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WICHITA...DERBY...HAYSVILLE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...BEL AIRE...
  GODDARD...MAIZE...CLEARWATER...CHENEY...SEDGWICK...COLWICH...CONWAY
  SPRINGS...GARDEN PLAIN...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...KECHI...ANDALE...
  EASTBOROUGH...BENTLEY AND NORWICH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3738 9780 3739 9787 3768 9799 3801 9739
      3759 9716 3733 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 245DEG 40KT 3767 9794 3737 9782

CARUSO

Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:13 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
213 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

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

0213 PM     HAIL             9 E ARKANSAS CITY       37.07N 96.88W
04/29/2016  E2.00 INCH       COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:14 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
214 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

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

0214 PM     TSTM WND GST     9 E ARKANSAS CITY       37.07N 96.88W
04/29/2016  E60 MPH          COWLEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	29 min
Apr 29, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	66 min
Apr 29, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	55 min
Apr 29, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	59 min
Apr 29, 2:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	5 hr
Apr 29, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	66 min
Apr 29, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	33 min
Apr 29, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	18 min
Apr 29, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	55 min
Apr 29, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	30 min
Apr 29, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	33 min
Apr 29, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	26 min

Nearby

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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.