Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Wichita KS
325 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Monday night)
Issued at 325 PM CDT Fri Aug 26 2016

Main forecast challenge this evening into early Saturday morning is
convective trends across central and eastern Kansas. Surface heating
continues to destabilize airmass along the turnpike corridor
where effective bulk shear of 35-40 kts resides. A weak line of
surface convergence trailing south over the Flint Hills will provide
one area of focus for storms into the early even hours in advance
of an upper shortwave eminating from the eastern Texas panhandle
into northwest Oklahoma. A few severe storms can be expected
across the Flint Hills into parts of southeast Kansas with perhaps
a few isolated storms even across south central Kansas. Convection
across western Kansas was developing in response to an approaching
northern stream upper trof across the northern Rockies. Decent
850-700 mb warm advection and moisture transport will develop
across central Kansas as this trof moves east across the northern
Plains. This should allow the high Plains convection to develop or
move eastward across central Kansas tonight with highest PoPs
close to the I-70 corridor. Some weak moisture transport may
linger across parts of central and eastern Kansas through Saturday
morning so will decrease but linger PoPs and clouds to start the
day. Otherwise, it will remain seasonably warm but rather humid
through the weekend and into Monday. There is general consensus in
geopotential height rises with some ridging aloft across the area.
However, the low level airmass will remain unstable with
relatively cool mid-level temperatures. So despite weaker forcing
or focus mechanisms will maintain low to modest PoPs across the
area.

Darmofal

.LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Friday)
Issued at 325 PM CDT Fri Aug 26 2016

Despite a general upper ridging over the Plains will maintain
slight to modest PoPs into much of next week as we look to
maintain a moist/unstable southerly low level flow with some
potential for periodic sub-tropical connection aloft.

KED

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Saturday afternoon)
Issued at 1241 PM CDT Fri Aug 26 2016

Aviation concern will be late afternoon/evening storm chances.

Front that storms developed on Thu afternoon has lifted back to
the north and stretches from northeast KS to generally along
I-70. Some IFR cigs linger over central KS(KRSL-KGBD-KSLN) and
should stay around just for a couple more hours. First chance for
storms will be over southeast KS in a couple hours where greatest
instability will be situated with development aided by an
approaching upper wave from the southwest. Storm chances will then
increase over central KS later tonight as storms move off the high
Plains this evening.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Wichita-KICT    68  88  69  89 /  30  20  20  20
Hutchinson      67  86  68  88 /  30  30  30  20
Newton          67  86  68  88 /  30  30  20  20
ElDorado        67  87  68  88 /  40  30  20  20
Winfield-KWLD   68  89  69  90 /  30  20  20  20
Russell         63  86  66  89 /  50  20  30  20
Great Bend      64  87  66  89 /  50  20  30  20
Salina          66  86  68  89 /  50  40  30  20
McPherson       66  85  68  88 /  40  30  30  20
Coffeyville     68  90  70  91 /  30  20  20  20
Chanute         68  87  69  88 /  40  30  20  20
Iola            68  87  68  88 /  50  30  20  20
Parsons-KPPF    68  89  69  90 /  40  20  20  20

&&

.ICT Watches/Warnings/Advisories...None.
&&

SHORT TERM...KED
LONG TERM...KED
AVIATION...RBL

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
413 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-272115-
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-
413 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS,
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE KANSAS
TURNPIKE. THE MAIN RISKS WILL BE DOWN-BURST WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO
65 MPH AND LARGE HAIL UP TO PING-PONG BALL SIZE. HIGH RAINFALL
RATES COULD ALSO PROMOTE MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING.

ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FURTHER WEST ACROSS
THE REST OF CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH THE
BEST CHANCES CLOSER TO THE I-70 CORRIDOR ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.
THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR LOWLAND
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST
FROM SATURDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER THEY ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...THOUGH A FEW STRONG
STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT:
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
447 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

KSZ095-096-099-100-262230-
WILSON KS-NEOSHO KS-LABETTE KS-MONTGOMERY KS-
447 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEODESHA...
  MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND BRIEF TORRRENTIAL RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHERRYVALE...THAYER...PARSONS TRI CITY AIRPORT...BIG HILL LAKE AND
  DENNIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3726 9564 3748 9564 3753 9539 3727 9539
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 272DEG 6KT 3738 9556

CARUSO