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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

May 17, 2017Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 17, 2017, 2:08 AM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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
May 17, 2017, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2017, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Butler County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2017-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 388 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 2017-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
388 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-468 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1371 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

978 
WWUS83 KICT 170708
SPSICT

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
208 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2017
 
KSZ069-170745-
Butler KS-
208 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2017

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Butler County in south central Kansas...

* Until 245 AM CDT

* At 205 AM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 5 miles
  south of Potwin to 5 miles east of Augusta to near Atlanta...and
  moving northeast at 45 mph.

hail up to the size of dimes...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be
possible with these storms.

* Locations impacted include...
  El Dorado, Augusta, Towanda, Leon, Potwin, Latham, Rosalia,
  Cassoday, El Dorado Airport, Beaumont, El Dorado Lake and El Dorado
  State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for
south central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3763 9692 3789 9714 3808 9705 3808 9652
      3748 9653 3748 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 226DEG 41KT 3787 9705 3766 9688 3748 9682 

$$

MCGUIRE

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, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.