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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2018, 6:25 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2018, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2018, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1400 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 20, 6:22 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 6:22 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 511 PM CDT Thu Sep 20 2018 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-212215- 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- 511 PM CDT Thu Sep 20 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight A few strong to marginally severe thunderstorms will impact portions of central and north-central Kansas before about 9 PM, especially northwest of Lyons to Salina. The strongest activity will be capable of 50 to 60 mph winds and dime to quarter size hail, along with pockets of heavy rainfall and minor flooding. Severe potential will wane after about 9 PM, although pockets of heavy rain and minor low-land flooding will remain possible all night as activity gradually shifts into the southern half of Kansas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Showers along with a few thunderstorms will impact far southern Kansas Friday, with a continued threat of locally heavy rain and minor low-land flooding, especially from near the Oklahoma border on south. After a quiet weekend, shower and thunderstorm chances will increase once again Monday night and Tuesday. A few strong to marginally severe storms are possible, although the risk for widespread severe weather appears low at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed for a few hours this evening, mainly northwest of a Lyons to Salina line. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: http://weather.gov/wichita/hwo/
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 20, 6:16 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 41 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.