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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
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
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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.
- 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
The text
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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 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/ Howerton
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 8:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 30 min |
| May 24, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 34 min |
| May 24, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 28 min |
| May 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 30 min |
| May 24, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 29 min |
| May 24, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 28 min |
| May 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 30 min |
| May 24, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 31 min |
| May 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton, Russell | 36 min |
| May 24, 10:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 5 hr |
| May 24, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton, Lincoln, Russell | 34 min |
| May 24, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 24, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 31 min |
| May 25, 12:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 29 min |
| May 25, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 34 min |
| May 25, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 61 min |
| May 25, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 31 min |
| May 25, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno, Rice | 29 min |
| May 25, 2:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 5 hr |
| May 25, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 33 min |
| May 25, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 23 min |
| May 25, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 37 min |
| May 25, 7:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice | 3 hr |
| May 25, 7:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 27 min |
| May 25, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 27 min |
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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.