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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 16, 2017, 4:29 AM CDT for Chautauqua County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
- Apr 16, 2017, 4:29 AM CDT (09:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2017, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Montgomery County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
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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 Apr 16, 3:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 3:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 1206 AM CDT Sun Apr 16 2017 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-170515- 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- 1206 AM CDT Sun Apr 16 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Clusters of strong thunderstorms are expected to move southward across eastern and southern Kansas overnight, with the threat transitioning to locally heavy rainfall and pockets of flooding. An areal flood warning remains in effect for portions of Central Kansas including, northern Ellsworth county and southern Lincoln County. Lowland flooding and some flooded county roads are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday There is a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms over southern Kansas Sunday morning into the afternoon, with chances increasing late Sunday afternoon and night. While a few strong storms with small hail are possible over southern Kansas, severe weather is not expected. Periodic thunderstorm chances will continue to impact the region through much of the upcoming week. It appears the greatest potential for organized severe storms will be Wednesday afternoon and evening, although a few severe storms cannot be ruled out Monday and Tuesday evening areawide, and again Friday over far southern Kansas. .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/ ADK/Ketcham
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 16, 2:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 15, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 8:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 15 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 8:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 68 min |
| Apr 15, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 10:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 12 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 12:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson | 9 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 1:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 1:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey | 8 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 2:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 5:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 40 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.