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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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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</html>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
DARMOFALSpecial 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
DARMOFALSpecial 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
DARMOFALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Oct 5, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 34 min |
| Oct 5, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 1:38 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 8 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 49 min |
| Oct 6, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 66 min |
| Oct 6, 4:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 1 more | 32 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 8:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 4 days |
| Oct 6, 10:49 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 11:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 18 min |
| Oct 6, 1:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Labette | 5 days |
| Oct 6, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 2:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 39 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 67 min |
| Oct 6, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 48 min |
| Oct 6, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 24 min |
| Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 48 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 66 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 3 days |
| Oct 6, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 43 min |
| Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 52 min |
| Oct 6, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 57 min |
| Oct 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 36 min |
| Oct 6, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 46 min |
| Oct 6, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 59 min |
| Oct 6, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson | 42 min |
| Oct 6, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 67 min |
| Oct 6, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 49 min |
| Oct 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 23 min |
| Oct 6, 5:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 6, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 40 min |
| Oct 6, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 57 min |
| Oct 6, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 52 min |
| Oct 6, 5:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 5:53 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Chase, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase, Sedgwick, Sumner | 23 min |
| Oct 6, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 65 min |
| Oct 6, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion | 17 min |
| Oct 6, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 13 min |
| Oct 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Greenwood | 36 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.