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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

October 5, 2016Elk County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 5, 2016, 10:40 PM CDT for Elk County, 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
Oct 5, 2016, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Elk County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2016-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 841 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 00:00Z on 2016-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 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
841 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
392 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
7.4

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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 Oct 5, 6:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 6:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 10:22 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1022 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-070330-
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-
1022 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DIME-SIZED HAIL ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS. COVERAGE WILL EXPAND AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA WITH HAIL AS LARGE AS NICKELS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH MAY ALSO
OCCUR.

AREAS OF FOG WILL DEVELOP IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL
KANSAS AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...REDUCING VISIBLITIES TO AROUND 1
MILE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A SOUTHEAST ADVANCING
COLD FRONT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HALF DOLLAR-SIZED HAIL
WOULD INITIALLY BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...WITH DAMAGING 60 TO 70 MPH
WINDS BECOMING THE PRIMARY THREAT AS THE THUNDERSTORMS QUICKLY
DEVELOP INTO A SQUALL LINE LATER THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVY RAIN IS
ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
THURSDAY
EVENING.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY RETURN TO THE FORECAST EARLY NEXT WEEK BUT
STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 5, 9:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
933 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

KSZ099-060300-
MONTGOMERY KS-
933 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR INDEPENDENCE...MOVING NORTH AT
  25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INDEPENDENCE...CHERRYVALE...BOLTON...SYCAMORE...
  ELK CITY STATE PARK...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT AND ELK CITY LAKE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3716 9588 3739 9575 3739 9572 3726 9552
      3724 9552 3708 9571
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 199DEG 22KT 3717 9574

DARMOFAL
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 9:56 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
956 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

KSZ095-060330-
WILSON KS-
956 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 954 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FREDONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FREDONIA...BENEDICT AND NEW ALBANY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3744 9588 3754 9597 3755 9596 3773 9579
      3774 9577 3762 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 218DEG 33KT 3756 9586

DARMOFAL
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 10:40 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1040 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

KSZ070-094-060415-
ELK KS-GREENWOOD KS-
1040 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1040 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF HOWARD...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOWARD...SEVERY...CLIMAX...PIEDMONT...
  FALL RIVER LAKE AND FALL RIVER STATE PARK.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3749 9652 3750 9653 3781 9621 3754 9600
      3738 9638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 216DEG 30KT 3748 9642

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery27 min
Oct 5, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson34 min
Oct 5, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson31 min
Oct 6, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson34 min
Oct 6, 12:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner28 min
Oct 6, 1:38 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell8 hr
Oct 6, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Elk49 min
Oct 6, 3:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Cowley45 min
Oct 6, 3:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Montgomery66 min
Oct 6, 4:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 1 more32 hr
Oct 6, 7:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLabette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson4 hr
Oct 6, 8:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho4 days
Oct 6, 10:49 AM CDTFlood WatchICTAllen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 5 more16 hr
Oct 6, 10:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLabette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson6 hr
Oct 6, 11:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette29 min
Oct 6, 11:57 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTLabette18 min
Oct 6, 1:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTCherokee, Labette5 days
Oct 6, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley29 min
Oct 6, 2:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery39 hr
Oct 6, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley67 min
Oct 6, 2:12 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley48 min
Oct 6, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Greenwood24 min
Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen48 hr
Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho66 hr
Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTNeosho3 days
Oct 6, 2:47 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley43 min
Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley, Elk52 min
Oct 6, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood57 min
Oct 6, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley36 min
Oct 6, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley46 min
Oct 6, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson28 min
Oct 6, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner59 min
Oct 6, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson42 min
Oct 6, 4:17 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTSaline28 min
Oct 6, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood67 min
Oct 6, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood34 min
Oct 6, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner49 min
Oct 6, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline23 min
Oct 6, 5:10 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho and 3 more18 hr
Oct 6, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper45 min
Oct 6, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman25 min
Oct 6, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson25 min
Oct 6, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood40 min
Oct 6, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen57 min
Oct 6, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningICTAllen, Woodson52 min
Oct 6, 5:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTAllen, Butler, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson and 1 more6 hr
Oct 6, 5:53 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICTBarton, Chase, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 8 more3 hr
Oct 6, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase, Sedgwick, Sumner23 min
Oct 6, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Elk, Greenwood65 min
Oct 6, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Harvey, Marion17 min
Oct 6, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner13 min
Oct 6, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Cowley, Greenwood36 min

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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.