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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2016, 2:07 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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 31, 2016, 2:07 AM CDT (07:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2016, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Lincoln County, KS
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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 31, 1:30 AM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 1:30 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1014 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-010315- 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- 1014 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS, SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS INTO THE FLINT HILLS. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FEW STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING FOR MAINLY SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD OCCUR. A WARMING TREND LOOKS TO COMMENCE SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE WORK WEEK. HEAT INDICES IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME, WITH THE WARMEST HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/
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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 12:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1249 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
KSZ032-047-310615-
RUSSELL KS-BARTON KS-
1249 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT
* AT 1247 AM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
OVER MILBERGER...OR 10 MILES EAST OF PFEIFER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSSELL...MILBERGER...BUNKER HILL...GALATIA AND RUSSELL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY
FURTHER AND BECOME SEVERE OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
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 3880 9904 3896 9874 3872 9858 3861 9900
3867 9903 3870 9903 3870 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 243DEG 21KT 3873 9897
ESSpecial weather statement, Jul 31, 1:35 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 26 min |
| Jul 31, 1:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Saline | 25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.