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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

May 9, 2016Harvey County, McPherson County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 9, 2016, 5:06 PM CDT for Harvey County, McPherson County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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
May 9, 2016, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Harvey County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 9, 2:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 2:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
341 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-102045-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
341 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS,
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS, SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE GOLF BALL
SIZED HAIL AND WINDS TO 65 MPH. A TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED
OUT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EAST LATE THIS
EVENING INTO THE FLINT HILLS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WITH THE
PRIMARY THREAT BECOMING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY IN THE
DETAILS...BUT SOME STRONG STORMS ARE PROBABLE. AT THIS TIME...THE
BEST CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF
A LINE FROM SALINA TO WICHITA TO WELLINGTON.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT:
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/

JMR/KETCHAM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 4:34 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper30 min
May 8, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell58 min
May 8, 8:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno36 min
May 8, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno21 min
May 8, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper31 min
May 8, 10:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell29 min
May 8, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell61 min
May 8, 11:06 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell39 min
May 8, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln, Russell47 min
May 8, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell67 min
May 9, 12:21 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRussell9 hr
May 9, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln28 min
May 9, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln31 min
May 9, 1:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln36 min
May 9, 2:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick46 min
May 9, 2:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln27 min
May 9, 2:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson40 min
May 9, 2:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler24 min
May 9, 9:15 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRussell9 hr
May 9, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman23 min
May 9, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman45 min
May 9, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno43 min
May 9, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman46 min
May 9, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno, Rice40 min
May 9, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper43 min
May 9, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick38 min
May 9, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman37 min
May 9, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Rice41 min
May 9, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Sumner41 min
May 9, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick35 min
May 9, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner28 min
May 9, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner46 min
May 9, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion, Saline20 min
May 9, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick49 min
May 9, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner47 min
May 9, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, Sedgwick43 min
May 9, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner50 min
May 9, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner49 min
May 9, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Marion33 min
May 9, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase32 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.