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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2016, 7:39 AM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 14, 2016, 7:39 AM CDT (12:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2016, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Chase County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1018 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
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 Jul 14, 6:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 6:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 602 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 .SHORT TERM...(Today through Saturday night) Issued at 330 AM CDT Thu Jul 14 2016 Main concern is convective trends and potential for heavy rainfall and severe weather today. The quasi-stationary front across far southern Kansas will be the focus for this convection where strong instability and strong deep layer shear will be present. An elevated cluster of storms is already underway over northwest Kansas which should continue to move east-southeast across central Kansas through mid-morning with some upscale growth possible. Diurnal heating should aid in additional development by midday into the afternoon which should sweep east-southeast across southern Kansas. Some of this activity is expected to become severe with locally heavy rainfall also probable. The main challenge is the progression of the afternoon convection and how much will fester into the evening and tonight. The latest consensus continues to support a faster north-south demise in PoPs across the forecast area with the bulk of the convection pushing south into Oklahoma tonight. Otherwise it will be relatively cooler the next couple of days with periodic chances for convection in the disturbed west-northwest flow aloft as the moisture begins to return northward again across Kansas later Friday into Saturday. Darmofal .LONG TERM...(Sunday through Wednesday) Issued at 330 AM CDT Thu Jul 14 2016 Upper ridge builds in earnest over the central CONUS during the period with the center of the high over Kansas by Tuesday and Wednesday. This should ensure a dry and hot regime with many areas of central Kansas at or above the century mark. KED && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Friday morning) Issued at 559 AM CDT Thu Jul 14 2016 EXPECTING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION FOR THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG/SEVERE. THE ACTIVITY WILL MAINLY AFFECT SOUTHERN KANSAS AS THE DAY GOES ON THEN BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO SETTLE OVER THE AREA FOR LATER TONIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Wichita-KICT 89 67 87 68 / 60 60 40 50 Hutchinson 87 66 86 67 / 60 50 40 50 Newton 87 66 86 67 / 60 50 30 50 ElDorado 88 67 86 68 / 60 60 30 50 Winfield-KWLD 90 68 88 69 / 70 70 40 50 Russell 85 64 86 65 / 70 30 30 50 Great Bend 85 65 87 65 / 70 30 40 50 Salina 87 65 88 67 / 60 30 30 50 McPherson 86 66 86 67 / 60 40 30 50 Coffeyville 92 68 88 69 / 70 70 30 50 Chanute 90 67 87 68 / 60 60 30 40 Iola 89 67 87 68 / 50 50 30 40 Parsons-KPPF 91 68 88 69 / 60 60 30 50 && .ICT Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. && SHORT TERM...KED LONG TERM...KED AVIATION...CDJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 4:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 408 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-150915- 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- 408 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS, SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. THE AREA AT GREATEST RISK IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GREAT BEND TO MCPHERSON TO COTTONWOOD FALLS LINE. THE MAIN RISKS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ON FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. MORE INTENSE HEAT IS EXPECTED TO BUILD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA NEXT WEEK...WITH HEAT INDICES DURING THE AFTERNOON EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 105 DEGREES OR HIGHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
617 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016
KSZ048-050-051-141145-
ELLSWORTH KS-MCPHERSON KS-RICE KS-
617 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 AM CDT
* AT 613 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GENESEO...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF
LYONS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARQUETTE...LITTLE RIVER...GENESEO...WINDOM AND KANOPOLIS LAKE.
LAT...LON 3862 9793 3861 9792 3861 9775 3831 9785
3847 9827 3863 9818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1113Z 286DEG 33KT 3852 9813
DARMOFALSpecial weather statement, Jul 14, 6:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 627 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 KSZ050-067-141200- RENO KS-RICE KS- 627 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHWESTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 700 AM CDT * AT 626 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STERLING... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HUTCHINSON...SOUTH HUTCHINSON...STERLING...NICKERSON...ARLINGTON... PARTRIDGE...SYLVIA...PLEVNA...ABBYVILLE AND WILLOWBROOK. LAT...LON 3793 9847 3824 9846 3822 9794 3788 9794 TIME...MOT...LOC 1126Z 279DEG 28KT 3811 9829 DARMOFAL
Local storm report, Jul 14, 7:12 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
712 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0701 AM TSTM WND GST 1 W ARLINGTON 37.90N 98.20W
07/14/2016 E60 MPH RENO KS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
CDJSpecial weather statement, Jul 14, 7:15 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 715 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 KSZ051-052-068-069-141245- HARVEY KS-MCPHERSON KS-MARION KS-BUTLER KS- 715 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 745 AM CDT * AT 714 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER GOESSEL...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILLSBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEWTON...HESSTON...HILLSBORO...HALSTEAD...MARION...NORTH NEWTON... MOUNDRIDGE...PEABODY...CANTON...WHITEWATER...GOESSEL...POTWIN... WALTON...ELBING...LEHIGH...NEWTON AIRPORT AND MARION LAKE. 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 3802 9762 3839 9748 3845 9692 3794 9701 TIME...MOT...LOC 1214Z 312DEG 23KT 3825 9730 METZGER
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:30 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
730 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016
KSZ050-051-067-068-141315-
HARVEY KS-MCPHERSON KS-RENO KS-RICE KS-
730 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 815 AM CDT
* AT 727 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NICKERSON...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUTCHINSON...MCPHERSON...STERLING...INMAN...BUHLER...NICKERSON...
BURRTON...GALVA...WILLOWBROOK...
MCPHERSON AIRPORT AND HUTCHINSON 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 3816 9831 3834 9805 3840 9748 3802 9762
3810 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 1227Z 278DEG 20KT 3815 9803
METZGERSpecial weather statement, Jul 14, 7:39 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 739 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 KSZ052-053-069-070-141330- CHASE KS-GREENWOOD KS-MARION KS-BUTLER KS- 739 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 830 AM CDT * AT 736 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL 7 MILES EAST OF FLORENCE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...FLORENCE...BURNS...CASSODAY... BAZAAR...ELMDALE...MATFIELD GREEN...CEDAR POINT...HYMER... WONSEVU...TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE...SAFFORDVILLE... TALLGRASS PRAIRIE AND EL DORADO LAKE. 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 3794 9701 3846 9692 3851 9639 3786 9637 TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 282DEG 7KT 3820 9680 METZGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 5:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 5:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 6:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 6:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 6:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 6:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 7:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey, Marion | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 7:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey, Marion | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 8:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 8:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 8:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 8:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 8:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 8:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman, Sumner | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 9:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 9:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 9:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 9:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Woodson | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 10:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 10:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 29 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.