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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
- 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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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/
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| 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, 7:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 51 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, 10:22 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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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.