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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

July 12, 2016Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2016, 4:01 AM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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: Jul 12, 2016, 4:01 AM CDT (09:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Butler County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2533 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1388 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 12, 3:21 AM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:21 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Wichita KS
321 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

.SHORT TERM...(Today through Thursday night)
Issued at 321 AM CDT Tue Jul 12 2016

MCS will continue to develop and track eastward from central
across eastern Kansas through mid-morning. Resultant storm-scale
outflow boundary will likely push south of HWY 50 before it
weakens by midday. Expect the effective boundary or front to
become reestablished over central Kansas this afternoon where
diurnal heating should promote surface based convection by early
evening. The approach of another shortwave aloft will graze the
area tonight which may support some upscale growth and MCS again
which would track ESE from central into portions of southeast
Kansas. A repeat pattern is possible again Wednesday night with a
somewhat similar track or perhaps a bit further south across the
area. However the potential for a more significant/widespread
convective event with severe weather and heavy rainfall is looming
Thursday afternoon into Thursday night. While the resultant
convection/outflow will play key in where the effective surface
front will be situated on Thursday, the quasi-stationary front is
expected to lay out across far southern Kansas with increasing
easterly upslope flow north of the front resulting in strong deep
layer shear in excess of 50 kts. An MCS with not only severe
weather but training/excessive rainfall is possible across
southern Kansas Thursday afternoon into Thursday night.

The going temperature forecast seems on track with heat indices
continuing to hover in the 100 to 104 range this afternoon and
Wednesday afternoon which is just below advisory levels.

Darmofal

.LONG TERM...(Friday through Monday)
Issued at 321 AM CDT Tue Jul 12 2016

Surface frontal boundary will likely settle south for a time
Friday across Oklahoma before moving north across Kansas during
Saturday. This boundary will remain the focus for convection to
start the weekend. The trend remains for the upper ridge to build
over the region by early next week portending to hot and mainly
dry weather by Sunday night and Monday.

KED

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Tuesday night)
Issued at 1150 PM CDT Mon Jul 11 2016

VFR conditions forecast at all sites for the next 24 hours. A cold
front currently located near KRSL will make slow progress into
Central KS overnight, with convection starting to fill in along the
boundary. So will go with VCTS for KRSL with a tempo group for some
gusty winds and possibly some MVFR vsbys. Expect the convection to
become a little more numerous as the overnight progresses as mid
level warm advection/moisture transport increases along the
boundary, especially across Central KS along Highway 56. Will also
go with VCTS for KHUT, KSLN for the overnight hours. Could also see
some more widely scattered convection develop across South Central
KS as well late tonight, so will include a VCTS for KICT after 09z.

Ketcham

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Wichita-KICT    94  74  96  72 /  10  20  10  20
Hutchinson      95  73  97  70 /  20  30  20  20
Newton          93  73  95  71 /  20  40  10  30
ElDorado        92  73  94  71 /  20  30  10  30
Winfield-KWLD   93  75  95  73 /  10  20  10  20
Russell         93  70  97  69 /  20  20  20  20
Great Bend      94  71  97  69 /  20  20  20  20
Salina          94  73  97  71 /  20  30  20  30
McPherson       94  73  96  70 /  30  40  20  30
Coffeyville     92  74  93  73 /  30  30  20  30
Chanute         91  73  93  72 /  30  40  20  40
Iola            90  73  92  71 /  40  40  20  40
Parsons-KPPF    91  74  93  73 /  30  30  20  30

&&

.ICT Watches/Warnings/Advisories...None.
&&

SHORT TERM...KED
LONG TERM...KED
AVIATION...BDK

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 10:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1035 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-130345-
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-
1035 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT.
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN RISKS BEING
DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.

WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST KANSAS MAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

AN ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
WEEK...WITH PERIODIC CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AS A FRONT STALLS ACROSS THE
REGION. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING MAY ALSO BE A THREAT. STAY TUNED
FOR UPDATES...AS DETAILS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE CLEAR THE NEXT
FEW DAYS.

HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE REGION TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND AGAIN OVER THE
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

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

KETCHAM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
256 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

KSZ069-070-093-094-120845-
ELK KS-GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-
256 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WESTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTA...OR 10
  MILES SOUTH OF LEON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEON...BURDEN...GRENOLA...ATLANTA...LATHAM...CAMBRIDGE...
  BEAUMONT...WINFIELD CITY LAKE...PIEDMONT AND EL DORADO AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR
MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3732 9690 3777 9688 3775 9637 3730 9632
      3730 9652 3729 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 0754Z 276DEG 14KT 3753 9680

JAKUB

Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
300 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0253 AM     TSTM WND GST     SALINA AIRPORT          38.80N 97.65W
07/12/2016  M56 MPH          SALINE             KS   ASOS

&&

CDJ

Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:14 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
314 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0309 AM     TSTM WND GST     SALINA AIRPORT          38.80N 97.65W
07/12/2016  M64 MPH          SALINE             KS   ASOS

&&

CDJ

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:46 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
346 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

KSZ068-120930-
HARVEY KS-
346 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 344 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF
  HESSTON...SPREADING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE OUTFLOW WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWTON...HESSTON...HALSTEAD...NORTH NEWTON...SEDGWICK...BURRTON...
  WALTON AND NEWTON AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3791 9770 3816 9770 3817 9715 3791 9716
TIME...MOT...LOC 0844Z 291DEG 23KT 3809 9750

JAKUB

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:54 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
354 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

KSZ069-070-093-094-098-121000-
CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-
354 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  WESTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 352 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEXTER...OR
  11 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDAR VALE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EUREKA...HOWARD...CEDAR VALE...MOLINE...DEXTER...SEVERY...
  GRENOLA...LATHAM...ROSALIA...CAMBRIDGE...CLIMAX...
  EUREKA CITY LAKE...EUREKA AIRPORT...BEAUMONT AND PIEDMONT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3709 9677 3793 9665 3797 9613 3700 9631
TIME...MOT...LOC 0852Z 268DEG 11KT 3724 9662

JAKUB

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:01 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
401 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

KSZ069-121000-
BUTLER KS-
401 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 357 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS OVER ELBING...OR NEAR
  WHITEWATER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE OUTFLOW WINDS
AS THEY SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY.
.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EL DORADO...TOWANDA...BENTON...WHITEWATER...LEON...POTWIN...
  ELBING...CASSODAY...EL DORADO STATE PARK...
  EL DORADO LAKE AND EL DORADO AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3778 9715 3809 9715 3808 9652 3806 9652
      3767 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0857Z 315DEG 28KT 3803 9709

JAKUB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	44 min
Jul 11, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	32 min
Jul 11, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	57 min
Jul 11, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	36 min
Jul 11, 11:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	26 min
Jul 11, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	67 min
Jul 11, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	34 min
Jul 12, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	37 min
Jul 12, 12:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	28 min
Jul 12, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	33 min
Jul 12, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	43 min
Jul 12, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	28 min
Jul 12, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	30 min
Jul 12, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	30 min
Jul 12, 1:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	26 min
Jul 12, 1:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice	29 min
Jul 12, 1:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	28 min
Jul 12, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Marion	28 min
Jul 12, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	29 min
Jul 12, 1:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	40 min
Jul 12, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	38 min
Jul 12, 1:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	48 min
Jul 12, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	27 min
Jul 12, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	46 min
Jul 12, 2:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	40 min
Jul 12, 2:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	49 min
Jul 12, 2:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Rice, Saline	61 min
Jul 12, 3:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Marion, Rice, Saline	6 hr
Jul 12, 3:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	54 min
Jul 12, 3:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	44 min
Jul 12, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	66 min
Jul 12, 4:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	48 min
Jul 12, 4:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	41 min
Jul 12, 4:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	45 min
Jul 12, 4:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood	61 min
Jul 12, 5:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Chautauqua, Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson	63 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.