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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2016, 2:44 PM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 28, 2016, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Cowley County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 905 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
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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 28, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 239 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-291945- 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- 239 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS, SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE 60-75 MPH WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY. UP TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH DISCRETE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PERIODIC ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE MAJORITY OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH MAINLY ISOLATED STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. STRONG STORMS ARE LIKELY DURING THIS PERIOD. A FEW SEVERE STORMS STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT EXACT TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE SEVERE STORMS IS UNCERTAIN. HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY REACH THE TRIPLE DIGITS OVER MOST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. HOT TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO PERSIST INTO MID WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/
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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:55 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 243 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016 KSZ083-092-282030- SEDGWICK KS-SUMNER KS- 243 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MULVANE...MOVING SOUTH 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... DERBY...MULVANE...BELLE PLAINE...RIVERDALE AND WELLINGTON AIRPORT. 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 3731 9741 3753 9741 3756 9716 3731 9715 TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 352DEG 13KT 3749 9729 CARUSO
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 5:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Neosho | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 10:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Neosho | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell, Saline | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice | 35 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.