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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 2:03 AM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 7, 2018, 2:03 AM CDT (07:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2018, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Aug 6, 11:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 11:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1116 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018
KSZ047-070445-
Barton KS-
1116 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Significant Weather Advisory for...
Central Barton County in central Kansas...
* Until 1145 PM CDT.
* At 1113 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
tracking a strong thunderstorm near Albert, or 7 miles southeast of
Shaffer...moving east at 30 mph.
wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
* Locations impacted include...
Great Bend, Hoisington, Ellinwood, Albert, Olmitz, Great Bend
Airport and Cheyenne Bottoms.
LAT...LON 3849 9903 3853 9903 3852 9856 3831 9857
3834 9903 3847 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 273DEG 27KT 3841 9896
DARMOFALSpecial weather statement, Aug 6, 11:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 1140 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018 KSZ047-070515- Barton KS- 1140 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Southern Barton County in central Kansas... * Until 1215 AM CDT. * At 1137 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm near Great Bend...moving east at 35 mph. wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... Great Bend, Ellinwood, Great Bend Airport and Cheyenne Bottoms. LAT...LON 3849 9880 3845 9848 3826 9848 3826 9889 TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 281DEG 29KT 3834 9874 DARMOFAL
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:03 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 203 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2018 KSZ032-070730- Russell KS- 203 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2018 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Southeastern Russell County in central Kansas... * Until 230 AM CDT. * At 202 AM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm over Dorrance, or 7 miles west of Wilson...moving east at 25 mph. wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... Dorrance, Wilson State Park and Wilson Lake. LAT...LON 3870 9849 3872 9865 3893 9868 3900 9849 TIME...MOT...LOC 0703Z 270DEG 23KT 3882 9862 HOWERTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 5:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 32 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.