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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS

March 30, 2016Chautauqua County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2016, 6:24 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 3 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, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Chautauqua County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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, 6:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Chautauqua, KS
Mar 30, 6:36 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Chautauqua, KS	ACCUMULATING QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
Mar 30, 6:37 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 E Chautauqua, KS

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.

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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.

793 
WUUS53 KICT 302324
SVRICT
KSC019-310015-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0009.160330T2324Z-160331T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 624 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAUTAUQUA...
  OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEDAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
  SEDAN...PERU...CHAUTAUQUA...ELGIN...NIOTAZE AND HALE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3707 9648 3730 9620 3730 9596 3700 9597
      3700 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 237DEG 27KT 3704 9624 

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

JAKUB

3 follow-up statements

787 
WWUS53 KICT 302337
SVSICT

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

KSC019-310015-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160331T0015Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-
637 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...

AT 637 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAUTAUQUA...OR
9 MILES WEST OF CANEY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEDAN...PERU...CHAUTAUQUA...ELGIN...NIOTAZE AND HALE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3707 9648 3730 9620 3730 9596 3700 9597
      3700 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 261DEG 44KT 3700 9610 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

CARUSO

142 
WWUS53 KICT 302351
SVSICT

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

KSC019-310015-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160331T0015Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-
651 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...

AT 651 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CANEY...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEDAN...PERU...CHAUTAUQUA...ELGIN...NIOTAZE AND HALE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3707 9648 3730 9620 3730 9596 3700 9597
      3700 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 258DEG 24KT 3701 9598 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

CARUSO

529 
WWUS53 KICT 310008
SVSICT

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

KSC019-310018-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160331T0015Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-
708 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 715 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 3707 9648 3730 9620 3730 9596 3700 9597
      3700 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 237DEG 27KT 3701 9598 

$$

CARUSO

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, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Greenwood	43 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, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery	57 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.