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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Wichita, KS

April 29, 2016Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2016, 3:06 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2016, 3:39 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Butler County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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, 3:09 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 55	Towanda, KS
Apr 29, 3:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N El Dorado, KS	TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED. NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.

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 14 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

986 
WUUS53 KICT 292006
SVRICT
KSC015-292100-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0055.160429T2006Z-160429T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
306 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 306 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR WHITEWATER TO TOWANDA TO NEAR DOUGLASS...MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...DOUGLASS...TOWANDA...LEON...POTWIN...LATHAM...
  ROSALIA...EL DORADO AIRPORT...EL DORADO LAKE AND SANTA FE LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 88.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
&&

LAT...LON 3751 9702 3794 9714 3809 9678 3789 9655
      3754 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 253DEG 39KT 3793 9710 3778 9702 3757 9700 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CARUSO

2 follow-up statements

242 
WWUS53 KICT 292026
SVSICT

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

KSC015-292100-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160429T2100Z/
BUTLER KS-
326 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY...

AT 325 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF BURNS TO NEAR EL DORADO TO NEAR
LEON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EL DORADO...LEON...ROSALIA...EL DORADO LAKE AND EL DORADO AIRPORT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3760 9683 3801 9698 3809 9678 3789 9655
      3764 9654
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 253DEG 39KT 3798 9688 3783 9680 3762 9678 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CARUSO

323 
WWUS53 KICT 292039
SVSICT

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

KSC015-292049-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160429T2100Z/
BUTLER KS-
339 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3760 9683 3801 9698 3809 9678 3789 9655
      3764 9654
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 253DEG 39KT 3802 9672 3787 9664 3766 9662 

$$

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, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 12:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 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, 4 hours 29 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, 2:31 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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

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

0231 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 W WEST WICHITA        37.69N 97.48W
04/29/2016  E60 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:35 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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

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

0231 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 N CLEARWATER          37.56N 97.51W
04/29/2016  E64 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:45 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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

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

0244 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 WNW DOWNTOWN WICHITA  37.69N 97.38W
04/29/2016  E70 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:50 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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

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

0249 PM     TSTM WND GST     PARK CITY               37.80N 97.32W
04/29/2016  M62 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:02 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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

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

0301 PM     TSTM WND GST     BENTON                  37.79N 97.11W
04/29/2016  E56 MPH          BUTLER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SGS

Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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

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

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BENTON                  37.79N 97.11W
04/29/2016                   BUTLER             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            10 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB REPORTED DOWN ACROSS MAIN
            STREET IN BENTON.

&&

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, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	59 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, 3:19 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.