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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

May 8, 2016Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2016, 1:41 PM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 8, 2016, 1:41 PM CDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Cowley 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 May 8, 1:13 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 1:13 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 5:06 AM CDT, 8 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 7:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 1:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
141 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSZ093-081945-
COWLEY KS-
141 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 138 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ARKANSAS CITY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARKANSAS CITY...WINFIELD...UDALL...BURDEN...ATLANTA...GEUDA SPRINGS...
  ROCK...STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT AND WINFIELD CITY LAKE.

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 3701 9714 3722 9715 3747 9714 3748 9688
      3746 9655 3700 9699
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 224DEG 39KT 3714 9706

COOK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 12:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	24 min
May 8, 7:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	38 min
May 8, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	45 min
May 8, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	24 min
May 8, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	31 min
May 8, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	31 min
May 8, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	52 min
May 8, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	30 min
May 8, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.