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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

May 8, 2016Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2016, 8:39 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Reno 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 7:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 8:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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

KSZ067-082-090215-
KINGMAN KS-RENO KS-
839 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 837 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CUNNINGHAM...OR 20 MILES WEST OF
  KINGMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINGMAN...PRETTY PRAIRIE...ARLINGTON...CUNNINGHAM...TURON...SYLVIA...
  PLEVNA...ABBYVILLE...WILLOWDALE...LANGDON...PENALOSA AND KINGMAN
  AIRPORT.

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 3817 9847 3817 9831 3772 9788 3744 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 219DEG 49KT 3762 9848

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	30 min
May 8, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	58 min
May 8, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	21 min
May 8, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	31 min
May 8, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	29 min
May 8, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	61 min
May 8, 11:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Russell	39 min
May 8, 11:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	47 min
May 8, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	67 min
May 9, 12:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Russell	9 hr
May 9, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	28 min
May 9, 1:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	31 min
May 9, 1:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	36 min
May 9, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	46 min
May 9, 2:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	27 min
May 9, 2:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	40 min
May 9, 2:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	24 min
May 9, 9:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Russell	9 hr
May 9, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	23 min
May 9, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	45 min
May 9, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	43 min
May 9, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	46 min
May 9, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	40 min
May 9, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	43 min
May 9, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	38 min
May 9, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	37 min
May 9, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	41 min
May 9, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	41 min
May 9, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Sedgwick	24 min
May 9, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	35 min
May 9, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	28 min
May 9, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	46 min
May 9, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	20 min
May 9, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	49 min
May 9, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	47 min
May 9, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	43 min
May 9, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	50 min
May 9, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	49 min
May 9, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Marion	33 min
May 9, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.