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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

October 6, 2016Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2016, 3:32 PM CDT for Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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 6, 2016, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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, 20 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 6:57 PM CDT, 20 hours 35 minutes before

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The 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, 10:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	35 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 Tornado observed	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, 3:46 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 Tornado observed	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.