Alert archive / Kansas / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 14, 2017, 2:37 PM CDT for Harvey County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 14, 2017, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2017, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Harvey County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 448 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</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 14, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 10:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 1055 AM CDT Sat Oct 14 2017 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-151600- 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- 1055 AM CDT Sat Oct 14 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms will affect portions of central and south- central Kansas into early this afternoon. Pea to dime size hail and gusts to 50 mph may accompany the stronger storms. As a cold front surges southward into the area late this afternoon into this evening, strong to severe storms are expected to develop across south-central and southeastern Kansas. The main threats from these storms will be damaging wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph and large hail of quarter to ping pong ball size. After cold frontal passage, northwest winds will greatly increase, especially west of I-135 where 30 to 35 mph sustained winds with gusts of 45 to 50 mph, are likely in the evening. A wind advisory is effect for much of the region tonight. See the latest bulletin for details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... A few storm spotters may be needed after 4 pm into this evening, across south-central and southeastern Kansas. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: http://weather.gov/wichita/hwo/
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 14, 11:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1147 AM CDT SAT OCT 14 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1005 AM TSTM WND DMG CUNNINGHAM 37.64N 98.43W
10/14/2017 KINGMAN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 1 INJ *** DELAYED REPORT FROM DISPATCH OF A FED EX
TRUCK BEING BLOWN INTO THE MEDIAN ON UNITED STATES
HIGHWAY 54. DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
ADDITIONALLY THERE WERE EIGHT POWER POLES SOUTH OF
CUNNINGHAM THAT WERE KNOCKED OVER. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR.
&&
VJPSpecial weather statement, Oct 14, 2:37 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 237 PM CDT SAT OCT 14 2017 KSZ052-053-068-069-142015- Butler KS-Harvey KS-Marion KS-Chase KS- 237 PM CDT SAT OCT 14 2017 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Northwestern Butler County in south central Kansas... Southeastern Harvey County in south central Kansas... Southern Marion County in central Kansas... Southwestern Chase County in east central Kansas... * Until 315 PM CDT * At 235 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm near Walton, or 7 miles east of North Newton...moving northeast at 55 mph. wind gusts up to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... Newton, Halstead, Marion, North Newton, Sedgwick, Peabody, Whitewater, Florence, Walton, Elbing, Burns, Cedar Point, Newton Airport and Wonsevu. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Be prepared to take shelter in the event the storms intensify and become severe...or a warning is issued by the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 3791 9719 3793 9764 3848 9690 3824 9659 TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 239DEG 49KT 3808 9721 CARUSO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 3:26 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 7 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:26 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 8 more | 20 hr |
| Oct 14, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 46 min |
| Oct 14, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase, Harvey | 51 min |
| Oct 14, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Marion | 54 min |
| Oct 14, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Greenwood | 31 min |
| Oct 14, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 43 min |
| Oct 14, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 50 min |
| Oct 14, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 49 min |
| Oct 14, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 46 min |
| Oct 14, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 58 min |
| Oct 14, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 55 min |
| Oct 14, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 68 min |
| Oct 14, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 64 min |
| Oct 14, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 78 min |
| Oct 14, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson | 67 min |
| Oct 14, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 46 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.