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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

April 10, 2016Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2016, 10:10 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2016, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2016-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2443 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2016-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1418 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
13.4

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The text

As transmitted.

049 
WWUS83 KICT 110310
SPSICT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1010 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

KSZ092-093-110345-
SUMNER KS-COWLEY KS-
1010 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF WELLINGTON...MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARKANSAS CITY...WELLINGTON...OXFORD AND GEUDA SPRINGS. 

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 3706 9743 3723 9748 3734 9709 3707 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 259DEG 18KT 3716 9736 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery32 min
Apr 10, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Montgomery40 min
Apr 10, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley64 min
Apr 10, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery34 min
Apr 10, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson37 min
Apr 10, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley, Elk65 min
Apr 10, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Montgomery, Wilson55 min
Apr 10, 9:45 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley, Montgomery9 hr
Apr 10, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner57 min
Apr 10, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery36 min
Apr 10, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley53 min
Apr 11, 3:28 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryICTAllen, Butler, Elk, Greenwood, Harper, Kingman and 5 more29 hr
Apr 11, 3:28 AM CDTFreeze WarningICTBarton, Chase, Ellsworth, Harvey, Lincoln, McPherson and 5 more29 hr
Apr 11, 6:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley, Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner23 min
Apr 11, 7:05 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningICTButler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno and 2 more2 hr
Apr 11, 10:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.