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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

May 17, 2017Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 17, 2017, 1:41 AM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
May 17, 2017, 1:41 AM CDT (06:41 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2017, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Cowley County, KS

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 17, 12:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 12:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 4:09 PM CDT, 9 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
409 PM CDT Tue May 16 2017

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-172115-
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-
409 PM CDT Tue May 16 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas,
South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will impact the region
this evening and overnight. The highest threat for large hail and
damaging winds and perhaps an isolated tornado will be mainly across
central and south-central Kansas this evening, mainly west and
northwest of the Turnpike. A second round of thunderstorms is
expected to approach central and south-central Kansas toward
midnight, spreading into eastern Kansas later tonight, but this
activity should mostly be sub-severe.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Strong and gusty southwest winds will prevail across the region
Wednesday, sustained around 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph
possible.

The next chance for organized severe thunderstorms is Thursday late
afternoon and evening, especially over south-central Kansas. Large
hail, damaging winds and heavy rain are possible, along with the
potential for a few tornadoes. While some uncertainty exists, there
is some potential for higher-end severe weather, so please check
later outlooks for updated information.

Another round of strong to severe storms is possible Friday
afternoon and evening over mainly eastern and southern Kansas,
along with locally heavy rain and flooding. There remains some
uncertainty, so once again please stay tuned.

More storms are possible Monday afternoon and night, with at least
strong storms possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is likely this evening across central and south-
central Kansas, mainly west and northwest of the Kansas Turnpike.

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For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
http://weather.gov/wichita/hwo/

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 17, 12:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 17, 12:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 17, 12:41 AM CDT, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, May 17, 12:50 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 17, 1:40 AM CDT, 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, May 17, 1:41 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton35 min
May 16, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton29 min
May 16, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton35 min
May 16, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell25 min
May 16, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell28 min
May 16, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln, Russell41 min
May 16, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper35 min
May 16, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell24 min
May 16, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner16 min
May 16, 11:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner25 min
May 17, 12:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick30 min
May 17, 12:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper26 min
May 17, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno24 min
May 17, 12:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler34 min
May 17, 12:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner25 min
May 17, 1:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson35 min
May 17, 2:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler37 min
May 17, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase, Greenwood30 min
May 17, 3:13 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICTAllen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more16 hr
May 17, 4:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Montgomery24 min
May 17, 4:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Montgomery56 min
May 17, 5:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho, Wilson59 min
May 17, 5:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen40 min
May 17, 6:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell49 min
May 17, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln26 min
May 17, 11:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln50 min
May 17, 2:06 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningICTAllen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson2 hr

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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.