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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS

March 30, 2016Chase County, Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2016, 3:19 PM CDT for Chase County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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: Mar 30, 2016, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2016, 4:02 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chase County, KS, Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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
Mar 30, 3:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	2 S Matfield Green, KS	AT THE MATFIELD GREEN SERVICE STATION ON THE KS TURNPIKE.
Mar 30, 3:39 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	7 Ne Matfield Green, KS	ON THE KS TURNPIKE AT MM107

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 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 30, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 593 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 579 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

123 
WUUS53 KICT 302019
SVRICT
KSC017-073-302115-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0007.160330T2019Z-160330T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
319 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 319 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES EAST OF
  BURNS...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF EUREKA...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...
  MADISON...BAZAAR...MATFIELD GREEN...SAFFORDVILLE AND THRALL. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 116.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9635 3817 9604 3786 9652 3808 9652
      3809 9670 3849 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 213DEG 35KT 3801 9657 

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

JAKUB

4 follow-up statements

860 
WWUS53 KICT 302037
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
337 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

KSC017-073-302115-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160330T2115Z/
CHASE KS-GREENWOOD KS-
337 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHASE AND NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES...

AT 336 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF
COTTONWOOD FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.  PUBLIC REPORTED 1.25
INCH HAIL AT THE SERVICE STATION AT MATFIELD GREEN ON INTERSTATE 35.

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

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

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...
MADISON...BAZAAR...MATFIELD GREEN...SAFFORDVILLE AND THRALL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9635 3817 9604 3786 9652 3808 9652
      3809 9670 3849 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 224DEG 57KT 3818 9645 

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

COOK

367 
WWUS53 KICT 302044
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
344 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

KSC017-073-302115-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160330T2115Z/
CHASE KS-GREENWOOD KS-
344 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHASE AND NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES...

AT 341 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

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...
MADISON...BAZAAR...MATFIELD GREEN...SAFFORDVILLE AND THRALL. 

THIS STORM CONTINUES TO TRACK RIGHT ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE AND
WAS LOCATED BETWEEN MILE MARKER 105 AND 110.  DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW
DOWN DUE TO STORMS AND HAIL. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY LED TO ACCIDENTS
ALONG THE TURNPIKE FURTHER SOUTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9635 3817 9604 3786 9652 3808 9652
      3809 9670 3849 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 213DEG 34KT 3821 9642 

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

COOK

267 
WWUS53 KICT 302048
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
348 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

KSC073-302057-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160330T2115Z/
GREENWOOD KS-
348 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

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

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

LAT...LON 3849 9636 3809 9636 3809 9670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 213DEG 34KT 3826 9638 

$$

KSC017-302115-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160330T2115Z/
CHASE KS-
348 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHASE COUNTY...

AT 347 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

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...
BAZAAR...MATFIELD GREEN AND SAFFORDVILLE. 

THIS STORM CONTINUES TO TRACK RIGHT ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE AND
WAS LOCATED BETWEEN MILE MARKER 108 AND 116.  DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW
DOWN DUE TO STORMS AND HAIL. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY LED TO ACCIDENTS
ALONG THE TURNPIKE FURTHER SOUTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3849 9636 3809 9636 3809 9670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 213DEG 34KT 3826 9638 

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

COOK

856 
WWUS53 KICT 302102
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
402 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

KSC017-302111-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160330T2115Z/
CHASE KS-
402 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHASE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 3849 9636 3809 9636 3809 9670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 213DEG 35KT 3838 9628 

$$

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 Mar 30, 1:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 1:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
146 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 137 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

MAIN CONCERN WILL BE SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KS AND TIMING THE ENDING OF THE CONVECTION.

CLUSTERS OF PRIMARILY ELEVATED STRONG TO PERHAPS MARGINALLY SEVERE
STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST KS THROUGH
AT LEAST MID AFTERNOON WITH HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. CLEARING/HEATING
WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR JUST WEST OF THIS CONVECTION (PER SATELLITE
IMAGERY)...NEAR THE DRYLINE OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS/FLINT HILLS
THIS AFTERNOON...ALLOWING MLCAPES TO INCREASE TO ~1500-2000 J/KG
IN THE 19Z-00Z TIME-FRAME...BEFORE DIMINISHING SOME TOWARD MID
EVE. DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING TO 45-60 KNOTS OVER EASTERN KS AS THE STRONG
MID-UPPER JET STREAK ADVANCES OVER THE REGION FROM THE WEST.
FORCING FROM THE MID-UPPER JET STREAK AND SOME DRYLINE CONVERGENCE
WILL PROVIDE ASCENT. THIS WILL LIKELY ALLOW FOR A FEW SUPERCELL-
TYPE STORMS TO DEVELOP NEAR/JUST EAST OF THE DRYLINE MID-LATE
AFTERNOON...ACROSS PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL KS INTO THE FLINT
HILLS/SOUTHEAST KS...WITH THE WESTERN EXTENT OF SEVERE WEATHER
POSSIBLY ALONG A LINE FROM HILLSBORO...TO WICHITA...TO WELLINGTON.
VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY IS ALREADY SHOWING CONVECTIVE UPDRAFTS
TRYING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KS/FLINT HILLS. LARGE HAIL
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH
ANY OF THESE SURFACE-BASED STORMS. IN ADDITION...LOW-LEVEL
HODOGRAPH CURVATURE INCREASES TOWARD 00Z-03Z OVER THE FLINT
HILLS/SOUTHEAST KS SUGGESTING A SMALL TORNADO THREAT MAY ALSO
BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...SLIGHTLY BACKED MID-LEVEL WIND FIELDS MAY
PRECLUDE MORE THAN A LOW PROBABILITY OCCURRENCE. STORM MOTIONS
(RIGHT-MOVERS) ARE PROJECTED TO BE FAIRLY RAPID TO THE EAST-
NORTHEAST AT 40-45 MPH.

STORMS SHOULD LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS OVER SOUTHEAST KS
BEFORE SHIFTING EAST OUT OF THE AREA...ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THREAT
SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH TOWARD MID-LATE EVENING AS DIURNALLY
MODULATED INSTABILITY DROPS.

COOLER/DRIER AIR/MORE SEASONAL AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL
DROP SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE MISSOURI VALLEY
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS FEATURE SHOULD BRING SOME MID-
LEVEL CLOUDINESS TO THE AREA...AND PERHAPS A BRIEF SPRINKLE OR TWO
IN CENTRAL KS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 137 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

THE LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA THIS WEEKEND...WITH
THE FLOW ALOFT BACKING TO MORE NORTHWEST-WESTERLY. THIS WILL ALLOW
FOR TEMPERATURES TO GRADUALLY CLIMB BACK ABOVE NORMAL BY
SUNDAY/MONDAY. ALTHOUGH A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE
REGION MONDAY...LITTLE COOLING IS EXPECTED BEHIND IT AND
PRECIPITATION CHANCES LOOK LESS THAN 15% WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE SO
WILL MAINTAIN DRY FORECAST. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ARE SLATED FRIDAY
THROUGH MONDAY.

THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SHOW HIGH UNCERTAINTY WITH THE HANDLING OF
AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BEGINNING EARLY NEXT
WEEK...AND HOW IT TRANSLATES EASTWARD THROUGH MID-WEEK. THIS MAY
RESULT IN A COLD FRONT PASSAGE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH
PERHAPS SMALL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. AGAIN...UNCERTAINTY IN
PRECIPITATION CHANCES IS HIGH...GIVEN DISPARITIES AMONG THE MEDIUM
RANGE GFS...ECMWF...AND SPREAD AMONGST THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1223 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

ONGOING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY EAST OF I-35 WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. THIS IS WELL AHEAD OF A DRYLINE WHICH EXTENDED
FROM KHYS-KGAG. WINDS SHIFT FROM 210 TO 270 BEHIND THE DRYLINE AS
IT ADVANCES.

MAIN AVIATION CONCERN IS CONVECTION AND WIND SHIFT. CONFIDENCE IN
CONVECTIVE BEHAVIOR IS LOW. CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE
DRYLINE WHEN THE CAP BREAKS. THIS SHOULD BE AROUND 00Z.
HOWEVER...THE STORMS TO THE EAST MAY HAVE A INFLUENCING FACTOR TO
WHERE THE STORMS WILL JUST PERSIST THEN STRENGTHEN QUICKLY AS THE
DRYLINE APPROACHES THEM.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE IS WHETHER THERE WILL BE ANY
CONVECTION WEST OF I-35/I-135. RIGHT NOW...OUR BEST ASSESSMENT IS
PROBABLY NOT. AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE CONVECTION WILL HAVE THE
CHANCE OF IT PERSIST UNTIL THE DRYLINE PASSES THROUGH. TIMING
VARIES FROM 03Z WEST OF I-35/I-135 TO 12Z AT KCNU.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 137 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER LEVELS WILL PERSIST OVER CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING DUE TO
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS.

BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL ALLOW THE GRASSLAND
FIRE DANGER INDEX TO REMAIN IN THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS...MAINLY FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    77  45  63  37 /  30  10  10  10
HUTCHINSON      81  44  62  33 /  20  10  10  10
NEWTON          78  43  62  36 /  30  20  10  10
ELDORADO        78  44  64  38 /  40  30  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   78  43  66  37 /  40  30  10  10
RUSSELL         78  40  60  31 /  10  20  10  10
GREAT BEND      79  39  60  32 /  10  10  10  10
SALINA          82  45  61  34 /  10  20  10  10
MCPHERSON       82  43  61  33 /  20  10  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     76  47  65  39 /  60  60  10  10
CHANUTE         74  47  64  38 /  60  60  10  10
IOLA            72  46  63  37 /  60  60  10  10
PARSONS-KPPF    73  47  65  39 /  60  60  10  10

&&

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

SHORT TERM...JMC
LONG TERM...JMC
AVIATION...KRC
FIRE WEATHER...JMC

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 3:03 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
303 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-312015-
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-
303 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING
MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE...FROM HILLSBORO TO DERBY TO
CALDWELL. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
LIKELY...WITH A LOWER RISK FOR A TORNADO.

VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER LEVELS WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RETURN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY RESULTING
IN A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER LEVELS MAY BECOME VERY
HIGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED UNTIL 9 PM...GENERALLY EAST OF A
LINE FROM HILLSBORO TO DERBY TO CALDWELL.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 2:58 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
258 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

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

0257 PM     HAIL             1 SW STROTHER FIELD AIR 37.15N 97.04W
03/30/2016  E1.00 INCH       COWLEY             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

BDK

Local storm report, Mar 30, 3:01 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
301 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

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

0301 PM     HAIL             4 SE EL DORADO          37.78N 96.81W
03/30/2016  E1.75 INCH       BUTLER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HAIL IS COVERING THE GROUND.

&&

BDK

Local storm report, Mar 30, 3:02 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
302 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

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

0255 PM     HAIL             5 SE EL DORADO          37.77N 96.79W
03/30/2016  E1.00 INCH       BUTLER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE.

&&

BDK

Local storm report, Mar 30, 3:05 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
305 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

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

0304 PM     HAIL             EL DORADO LAKE          37.86N 96.79W
03/30/2016  E1.75 INCH       BUTLER             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            AT THE PARK RANGERS OFFICE.

&&

BDK

Local storm report, Mar 30, 3:07 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
307 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

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

0255 PM     HAIL             4 E AUGUSTA             37.69N 96.90W
03/30/2016  E1.00 INCH       BUTLER             KS   PUBLIC

            VIA TWITTER, ON HIGHWAY 400.

&&

BDK

Local storm report, Mar 30, 3:11 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
311 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

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

0300 PM     HAIL             6 SE EL DORADO          37.76N 96.78W
03/30/2016  M2.00 INCH       BUTLER             KS   PUBLIC

            VIA TWITTER.

&&

BDK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	47 min
Mar 30, 1:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	39 min
Mar 30, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	51 min
Mar 30, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	52 min
Mar 30, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	39 min
Mar 30, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	47 min
Mar 30, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	24 min
Mar 30, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	47 min
Mar 30, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	46 min
Mar 30, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	38 min
Mar 30, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	68 min
Mar 30, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	52 min
Mar 30, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	29 min
Mar 30, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	42 min
Mar 30, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	15 min
Mar 30, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	36 min
Mar 30, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	44 min
Mar 30, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	44 min
Mar 30, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	51 min
Mar 30, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery	57 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2016 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.