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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 8, 2016, 8:40 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
- Sep 8, 2016, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Chase County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 1780 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 8, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 332 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-092045- 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- 332 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS, SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING EXPANDING IN COVERAGE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH HOURLY RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES MAY LEAD TO FLOODING AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS THIS EVENING MAY PRODUCE WINDS GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY EVENING. HEAVY RAIN MAY AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING CONCERNS WHILE WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ANOTHER FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES FOR STORMS LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/
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Local storm report, Sep 8, 8:28 PM CDT, 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 63 min |
| Sep 8, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 7:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Rice | 13 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 34 min |
| Sep 8, 8:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 40 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 65 min |
| Sep 8, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 42 min |
| Sep 8, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 54 min |
| Sep 8, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sumner | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase, Marion | 24 min |
| Sep 8, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper, Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 10:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 12 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sumner | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 10:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Chase | 24 min |
| Sep 8, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk, Wilson | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner | 41 min |
| Sep 8, 11:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 8 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 18 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Greenwood, Woodson | 9 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 9 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 32 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 11 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 10 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 42 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 57 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 8 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 14 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 69 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 3 days |
| Sep 9, 7:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 3 days |
| Sep 9, 7:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 48 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson | 43 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 26 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 43 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Lyon | 64 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 9 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 53 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 3 days |
| Sep 9, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 5 days |
| Sep 9, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Labette | 5 days |
| Sep 9, 9:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 36 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 52 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 64 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 52 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 4 days |
| Sep 9, 10:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 4 days |
| Sep 9, 10:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 4 days |
| Sep 9, 10:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 8 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 8 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 8 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 41 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 18 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 18 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 60 min |
| Sep 9, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 53 min |
| Sep 9, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 55 min |
| Sep 9, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 57 min |
| Sep 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 62 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.