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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

July 14, 20164 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2016, 10:02 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 28 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, 10:02 AM CDT (15:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2016, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Allen County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1018 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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 14, 6:02 AM CDT, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 6:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 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, 5 hours 54 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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley35 min
Jul 13, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner63 min
Jul 13, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner61 min
Jul 14, 5:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth49 min
Jul 14, 5:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Russell40 min
Jul 14, 6:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno28 min
Jul 14, 6:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice28 min
Jul 14, 6:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno33 min
Jul 14, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice42 min
Jul 14, 7:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Marion30 min
Jul 14, 7:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick63 min
Jul 14, 7:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice45 min
Jul 14, 7:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase51 min
Jul 14, 7:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Marion44 min
Jul 14, 7:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, Sedgwick63 min
Jul 14, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood29 min
Jul 14, 8:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson24 min
Jul 14, 8:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner55 min
Jul 14, 8:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho, Wilson24 min
Jul 14, 8:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood52 min
Jul 14, 8:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Woodson40 min
Jul 14, 8:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman, Sumner32 min
Jul 14, 9:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson54 min
Jul 14, 9:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Greenwood52 min
Jul 14, 9:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper50 min
Jul 14, 9:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick41 min
Jul 14, 9:50 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTWoodson4 hr
Jul 14, 9:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner24 min
Jul 14, 10:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery38 min
Jul 14, 11:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Cowley, Elk29 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.