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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2016, 4:05 AM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 28, 2016, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2016, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Saline County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jun 28, 2:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 404 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-290915- 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- 404 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS, SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL, 60 MPH WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH LOCATIONS ALONG AND ESPECIALLY WEST OF I-135 HAVING THE BEST CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE STORMS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...60 MPH WINDS ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN LOOKS TO BE SETTING UP FOR THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TIME FRAME. THE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY TIME FRAME LOOKS TO BE THE MOST ACTIVE. WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS POSSIBLE...HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING LOOKS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT. HOWEVER...ANY STORM DEVELOPING THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO PRODUCE 50 MPH DOWNBURST WINDS ALONG WITH NICKEL SIZE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/ LAWSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 7:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 52 min |
| Jun 28, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 33 min |
| Jun 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 46 min |
Nearby
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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.