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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2017, 2:46 AM CDT for Allen County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 17, 2017, 2:46 AM CDT (07:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2017, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Allen County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 3990 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1299 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 23.8
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 16, 10:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 10:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 608 PM CDT Fri Jun 16 2017 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-172315- 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- 608 PM CDT Fri Jun 16 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Thunderstorms may develop southward into far southeast Kansas later tonight. A few strong to severe storms would be possible with damaging winds and large hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday There is a greater chance of severe thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and Saturday night as a cold front moves through the area. Large hail and damaging winds will once again be the main threats. Heat indices of 100 to 105 are forecast for Saturday afternoon, with the higher values expected along and east of I-135. See the Excessive Heat Advisory for further details. There will be periodic chances of thunderstorms from Tuesday through Thursday. Some strong storms are likely during this period. .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/
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:46 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 246 AM CDT SAT JUN 17 2017 KSZ072-170815- Allen KS- 246 AM CDT SAT JUN 17 2017 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Northeastern Allen County in southeastern Kansas... * Until 315 AM CDT * At 242 AM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Blue Mound to near Lone Elm...and moving southeast at 40 mph. wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms. * Locations impacted include... Moran and Mildred. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Be prepared to take shelter in the event the storms intensify and become severe...or a warning is issues by the National Weather Service. && A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for southeastern Kansas. LAT...LON 3804 9530 3804 9508 3782 9508 TIME...MOT...LOC 0745Z 318DEG 42KT 3809 9504 3811 9529 KLEINSASSER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 17, 3:44 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Labette, Montgomery, Sumner | 12 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 74 min |
| Jun 17, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 6:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 6:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.