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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

July 28, 2016Cowley County, Kansas

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

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 905 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 2016-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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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 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, Jul 28, 2:39 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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/

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:43 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:44 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice27 min
Jul 28, 9:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho50 min
Jul 28, 10:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho45 min
Jul 28, 12:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk44 min
Jul 28, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk35 min
Jul 28, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner47 min
Jul 28, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner48 min
Jul 28, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley55 min
Jul 28, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley36 min
Jul 28, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell37 min
Jul 28, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Russell38 min
Jul 28, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell, Saline36 min
Jul 28, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno29 min
Jul 28, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice35 min

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

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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.