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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2016, 3:05 PM CDT for Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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 30, 2016, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Elk County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 855 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jun 30, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 9:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 947 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-011500- 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- 947 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS, SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING OVER FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS...DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL KANSAS AND SPREAD EAST AND SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. ONCE AGAIN...WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WILL BE CAPABLE OF 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS AND DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...ESPECIALLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. FURTHERMORE...THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH RAINFALL RATES MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING TIME FRAME. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HIGH RAINFALL RATES THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING. WHILE MUCH OF THE AREA WILL RECEIVE SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL...THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS LOOK TO OCCUR NORTH OF HIGHWAY 400. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING THREAT...50 MPH WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING TIME FRAME SHOULD CONTINUE TO CHECK BACK FOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS. .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/
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:12 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 212 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016 KSZ083-301945- SEDGWICK KS- 212 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 245 PM CDT * AT 210 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GODDARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WICHITA...HAYSVILLE...GODDARD...CLEARWATER...GARDEN PLAIN... VIOLA AND LAKE AFTON. 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 3766 9771 3773 9752 3748 9731 3748 9764 TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 325DEG 12KT 3762 9757 KLEINSASSER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:05 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 305 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016 KSZ094-302030- ELK KS- 305 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EASTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOWARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOWARD...LONGTON AND ELK FALLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. && LAT...LON 3751 9632 3760 9612 3740 9597 3731 9621 TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 331DEG 14KT 3749 9618 KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 53 min |
| Jun 30, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 40 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.