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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

May 1, 2018Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 1, 2018, 8:44 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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: May 1, 2018, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2018, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Russell County, KS

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2318 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.5

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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 May 1, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 4:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
420 PM CDT Tue May 1 2018

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-022130-
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-
420 PM CDT Tue May 1 2018

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas,
South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Supercell storms with hail up to the size of baseballs and a few
strong tornadoes are expected into early evening across parts of
central and south central Kansas. Storms are expected along and west
of a line from Salina to Hutchinson to Kingman.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Severe thunderstorms should be more numerous on Wednesday afternoon
and Wednesday evening. The main threats will be golf ball sized
hail, 60 to 70 mph winds and a tornado.

Another round of severe thunderstorms is possible Thursday
afternoon for locations roughly east of the turnpike. This activity
will depend on the evolution of Wednesday's storms. The most likely
threat would be hail and damaging winds.

A few storms are possible Monday in central Kansas. These are not
expected to be severe at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be needed this evening along and west of a
line from Salina to Hutchinson to Kingman.

&&

For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
http://weather.gov/wichita/hwo/

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 7:56 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 8:00 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 8:15 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 8:37 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 8:38 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 8:44 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
844 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

KSZ032-020215-
Russell KS-
844 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Northern Russell County in central Kansas...

* Until 915 PM CDT

* At 842 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles west of Luray, or 14 miles
  north of Russell...moving northeast at 50 mph.

hail up to the size of dimes will be possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Luray, Paradise and Waldo.

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.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3913 9900 3913 9850 3896 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 243DEG 41KT 3910 9886

KETCHAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	39 min
May 1, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Saline	20 min
May 1, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	62 min
May 1, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Lincoln	19 min
May 1, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	67 min
May 1, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	46 min
May 1, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	57 min
May 2, 12:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	33 hr
May 2, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	72 min
May 2, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	24 min
May 2, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell	34 min
May 2, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	78 min
May 2, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	81 min
May 2, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Saline	40 min
May 2, 3:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	4 hr
May 2, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	70 min
May 2, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	57 min
May 2, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	57 min
May 2, 4:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	3 hr
May 2, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson, Saline	50 min
May 2, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	45 min
May 2, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	29 min
May 2, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	67 min
May 2, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion	31 min
May 2, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	60 min
May 2, 5:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	2 hr
May 2, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	51 min
May 2, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick, Sumner	60 min
May 2, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	23 min
May 2, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	62 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.