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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

April 27, 2016Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 27, 2016, 4:46 AM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 2016, 4:46 AM CDT (09:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2016, 5:15 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Barton County, KS

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 27, 3:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 3:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 12:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 27, 12:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 12:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 12:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 1:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 2:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
253 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

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

0243 AM     FLOOD            1 W HUMBOLDT            37.81N 95.46W
04/27/2016                   ALLEN              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BRIDGE ON RURAL ROAD UNDER WATER.

&&

KED

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 4:46 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
446 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

KSZ047-271015-
BARTON KS-
446 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 443 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF ELLINWOOD...MOVING
  NORTH AT 15 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELLINWOOD...CLAFLIN...ODIN AND CHEYENNE BOTTOMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3864 9868 3864 9848 3858 9848 3835 9852
      3836 9873
TIME...MOT...LOC 0943Z 195DEG 13KT 3840 9862

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick	55 min
Apr 26, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	58 min
Apr 26, 7:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	3 hr
Apr 26, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Marion	43 min
Apr 26, 7:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harper	12 hr
Apr 26, 7:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	12 hr
Apr 26, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	52 min
Apr 26, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	36 min
Apr 26, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	41 min
Apr 26, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	39 min
Apr 26, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	51 min
Apr 26, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	50 min
Apr 26, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	29 min
Apr 26, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	32 min
Apr 26, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	28 min
Apr 26, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	50 min
Apr 26, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk, Wilson	47 min
Apr 26, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	40 min
Apr 26, 10:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	12 hr
Apr 26, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	24 min
Apr 26, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	51 min
Apr 26, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	27 min
Apr 27, 7:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	29 hr
Apr 27, 7:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	19 hr
Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	49 hr
Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	62 hr
Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	3 days
Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	4 days
Apr 27, 4:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	18 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.