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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

May 24, 2018Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 24, 2018, 10:31 PM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 24, 2018, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2018, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Labette County, KS

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2018-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2018-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-268 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1369 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 24, 6:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 8:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
821 PM CDT Thu May 24 2018

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-252130-
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-
821 PM CDT Thu May 24 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Scattered storms will linger into this evening for southeast Kansas.
Brief heavy rain and gusty winds are expected with the stronger
storms.

Storms that develop over western Kansas will move east into central
Kansas later tonight. There is a small chance that these will be
severe, mainly across Russell and Barton counties. The threat would
be damaging winds. Storms could continue to develop and move across
the remainder of the area through daybreak, most likely west of
I-35. Locally heavy rain and isolated wind gusts to 50 mph are
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Storms will likely linger well into Friday over mainly southern and
southeast Kansas. Isolated storms are also possible Saturday
afternoon in southeast Kansas, and Sunday evening in central
Kansas. A few strong storms are likely and an isolated severe storm
is possible. Heavy rain and gusty winds are the primary threat.

There will also be periodic chances for storms from late Monday
night through Wednesday. While widespread severe weather is not
expected, a handful of strong to severe storms remain possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated this afternoon or tonight.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 8:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 24, 8:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 24, 8:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 24, 10:31 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson, Woodson30 min
May 24, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen34 min
May 24, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery, Wilson28 min
May 24, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen30 min
May 24, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Neosho29 min
May 24, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen28 min
May 24, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Neosho30 min
May 24, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen31 min
May 24, 10:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton, Russell36 min
May 24, 10:44 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho5 hr
May 24, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton, Lincoln, Russell34 min
May 24, 11:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln32 min
May 24, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth31 min
May 25, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton29 min
May 25, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson, Saline34 min
May 25, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Rice61 min
May 25, 1:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton31 min
May 25, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno, Rice29 min
May 25, 2:06 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Russell5 hr
May 25, 2:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno33 min
May 25, 2:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth23 min
May 25, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey33 min
May 25, 6:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson37 min
May 25, 7:01 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice3 hr
May 25, 7:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey27 min
May 25, 9:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua27 min

Nearby

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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.