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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

October 6, 2017Lincoln County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 453 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
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

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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 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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 8:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTReno, Rice6 days
Oct 6, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln36 min
Oct 6, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton58 min
Oct 6, 6:32 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton4 hr
Oct 6, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice53 min

Nearby

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

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.