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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

May 10, 2018Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 10, 2018, 12:45 AM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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 10, 2018, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2018, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Kingman County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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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 10, 12:27 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 12:27 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 3:28 PM CDT, 9 hours 17 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
328 PM CDT Wed May 9 2018

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-102030-
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-
328 PM CDT Wed May 9 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

A few strong thunderstorms with 50 mph winds may spread south and
east across the area tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

A few storms may linger into the morning hours across southeast
Kansas on Thursday. Strong or severe storms are not expected.

Isolated thunderstorms may return Friday night for locations along
and north of I-70, a few strong storms will be possible.

Thunderstorm chances will increase from Sunday through Tuesday.
Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will bring the
potential for locally heavy rain and a few severe storms.

.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, May 9, 11:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1128 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2018

KSZ047-050-100500-
Rice KS-Barton KS-
1128 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2018

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Rice County in central Kansas...
  Southern Barton County in central Kansas...

* Until midnight CDT

* At 1126 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm near Great Bend...moving east at 5
  mph. Another strong storm was located 7 miles south of Ellinwood
  moving east at 10 mph.

hail up to the size of nickels...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be
possible with these storms.

* Locations impacted include...
  Great Bend, Lyons, Hoisington, Sterling, Ellinwood, Chase, Bushton,
  Geneseo, Pawnee Rock, Alden, Olmitz, Raymond, Frederick, Great Bend
  Airport, Cheyenne Bottoms and Silica.

LAT...LON 3852 9899 3852 9803 3817 9806 3817 9847
      3826 9847 3826 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 256DEG 6KT 3836 9886

JAKUB

Special weather statement, May 9, 11:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1139 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2018

KSZ048-050-051-100545-
Ellsworth KS-Rice KS-McPherson KS-
1139 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2018

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Southeastern Ellsworth County in central Kansas...
  Eastern Rice County in central Kansas...
  Northwestern McPherson County in central Kansas...

* Until 1245 AM CDT

* At 1135 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm near Geneseo, or 9 miles south of
  Kanopolis...moving southeast at 20 mph.

hail up to the size of nickels...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be
possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lyons, Marquette, Little River, Geneseo, Lorraine, Windom,
  Frederick, Kanopolis Lake and Kanopolis State Park.

LAT...LON 3871 9793 3861 9792 3861 9779 3846 9759
      3823 9816 3857 9837 3872 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 303DEG 18KT 3858 9810

JAKUB

Local storm report, May 10, 12:14 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 10, 12:15 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 10, 12:37 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 10, 12:45 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	45 min
May 9, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	66 min
May 9, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	59 min
May 9, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Rice	32 min
May 9, 11:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	66 min
May 9, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	34 min
May 10, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase, Marion	43 min
May 10, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	62 min
May 10, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	32 min
May 10, 1:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	60 min
May 10, 1:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	64 min
May 10, 2:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	67 min
May 10, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman	61 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2018 Every special weather statement in 2018

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.