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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2017, 3:33 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
- Oct 6, 2017, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2017, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Lincoln County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 Oct 6, 2:37 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 2:37 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 3:27 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 327 PM CDT Fri Oct 6 2017 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-072030- 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- 327 PM CDT Fri Oct 6 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Severe storms will be likely after 5 or 6 pm for areas west of highway 14. This activity will reach the I-135 corridor after 9 pm. Hail to the size of golf balls and 70 mph winds can be expected with the stronger storms, along with heavy rain and associated flooding. Locations along and west of highway 14 will have the best chance to receive large hail. The line of storms is expected to weaken as it moves east of I-135 late tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Storms will be possible Monday into Monday night. Severe storms are not expected with this activity. .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, Oct 6, 3:33 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 333 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017 KSZ033-062100- Lincoln KS- 333 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... North central Lincoln County in central Kansas... * Until 400 PM CDT * At 329 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm near Victor, or 12 miles northwest of Lincoln...moving northeast at 25 mph. hail up to the size of nickels...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... Ash Grove. LAT...LON 3922 9806 3908 9822 3919 9841 3922 9839 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 216DEG 21KT 3920 9827 MCGUIRE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 6 days |
| Oct 6, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Oct 6, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 58 min |
| Oct 6, 6:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 53 min |
Nearby
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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.