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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

August 19, 2016Chautauqua County, Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2016, 10:21 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 19, 2016, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1186 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
1186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1365 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

118 
WWUS83 KICT 200321
SPSICT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1021 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016
 
KSZ094-095-098-099-200400-
CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-WILSON KS-MONTGOMERY KS-
1021 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  EASTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1019 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
  EAST OF HOWARD...TO NEAR LONGTON...TO PERU...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...CHERRYVALE...
  CANEY...SEDAN...DEARING...ALTOONA...LONGTON...ELK CITY...TYRO...
  PERU...LIBERTY...CHAUTAUQUA...ELK FALLS...HAVANA...ELGIN...
  BOLTON AND SYCAMORE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUES BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9631 3732 9618 3753 9627 3765 9562
      3738 9552 3701 9562
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 263DEG 31KT 3750 9611 3733 9601 3711 9609 

$$

KLEINSASSER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno, Sedgwick24 min
Aug 19, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley32 min
Aug 19, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman37 min
Aug 19, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick39 min
Aug 19, 7:46 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Sedgwick4 hr
Aug 19, 8:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner11 hr
Aug 19, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner27 min
Aug 19, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley34 min
Aug 19, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner66 min
Aug 19, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley36 min
Aug 19, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk, Neosho, Wilson50 min
Aug 19, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Elk28 min
Aug 19, 10:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley35 min
Aug 20, 3:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSumner36 hr
Aug 20, 3:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTCowley57 hr
Aug 20, 8:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSumner23 hr
Aug 20, 9:24 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSumner17 hr

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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.