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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

June 14, 2017Harper County, Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2017, 1:40 AM CDT for Harper County, Kingman 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
Jun 14, 2017, 1:40 AM CDT (06:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2017, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2017-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 655 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2017-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
655 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-269 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Jun 13, 11:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 11:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 7:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
754 PM CDT Tue Jun 13 2017

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-150100-
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-
754 PM CDT Tue Jun 13 2017

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms will affect portions of
central and south-central Kansas this evening, mainly west of a line
extending from Salina to Hutchinson to Kingman. The strongest
activity will be capable of golfball size hail and 65 mph winds.
Additional thunderstorm activity could venture as far east as the
Flint Hills overnight, with a few strong to marginally severe storms
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

A few storms will be possible Wednesday afternoon and evening,
generally along and southeast of the Kansas Turnpike. Hail up to
golf ball size and damaging downburst winds will be the main
threats.

Scattered storm chances remain in the forecast Thursday through
Saturday night. Any storms that develop during this time will have a
good chance to become severe, with large hail and damaging winds
the main threats.

Heat indices of 100 to 104 are expected across much of the area
during the afternoon and early evening Thursday and Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A few storm spotters may be needed this evening, generally west of a
line extending from Salina to Hutchinson to Kingman.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 9:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
937 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 PM     TSTM WND GST     RUSSELL AIRPORT         38.87N 98.82W
06/13/2017  M56.00 MPH       RUSSELL            KS   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

BDK
Local storm report, Jun 13, 9:40 PM CDT, 4 hours before
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Local storm report, Jun 13, 9:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
946 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 N SYLVAN GROVE        39.03N 98.39W
06/13/2017  E60.00 MPH       LINCOLN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            JUST NORTH OF SYLVAN GROVE ON K-14.

&&

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 9:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
947 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

KSZ033-140330-
Lincoln KS-
947 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Lincoln County in central Kansas...

* Until 1030 PM CDT

* At 942 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking dissipating storms across northern Ellsworth County.
  Strong winds were occurring well away from any thunderstorms.

wind gusts up to 60 mph will be possible across Lincoln county.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Beverly, Barnard, Westfall, Ash Grove,
  Wilson State Park and Wilson Lake.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3887 9793 3888 9849 3921 9849 3922 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 221DEG 43KT 3913 9819

HOWERTON
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 10:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:40 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
Jun 13, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton27 min
Jun 13, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice31 min
Jun 13, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton25 min
Jun 13, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell44 min
Jun 13, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln43 min
Jun 13, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth36 min
Jun 14, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner41 min
Jun 14, 3:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler35 min
Jun 14, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler47 min
Jun 14, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick55 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017

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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.