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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Wichita, KS

June 3, 2019Labette County, Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2019, 5:11 PM CDT for Labette County, Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2019, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2019, 5:59 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Labette County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2019-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2019-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-304 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 3, 4:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 4:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Wichita KS
402 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Thursday night)
Issued at 402 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019

Tonight-Tue:
A mid-level shortwave will gradually strengthen as it moves from
WY/CO across Northern KS tonight before slowly shearing as it
crosses the Missouri Valley on Tue. This would bring a weak sfc
trof into Western KS & perhaps Central KS very late tonight and
Tue morning. This would bring another batch of showers &
thunderstorms east across Northern & Central KS late tonight then
across Northeast & Eastern KS Tue morning. The progress of the
mid-level, but shearing shortwave should drive the modest
convection out of KICT Country Tue morning. Until the shortwave
approaches showers & thunderstorms would target Southeast KS this
evening. A few thunderstorms occurring across Southeast KS may be
quite strong with similar convection venturing across Northern &
Central KS late tonight.

Tue-Thu Night:
Confidence on location of convection is lacking as mid-upper
pattern is non-descript. For now nearly all facets of forecast
have been kept intact.

.LONG TERM...(Friday through Monday)
Issued at 402 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019

Fri-Mon:
The extended range still appears unsettled a strong upper level
500mb trough will slowly push through the region. The main
difference between the long range models is how they handle a
tropical plume of moisture for the end of the week. The GFS and
ECMWF both fully integrate this moisture in and provide a wide
areal coverage of convection across the Great Plains. The GFS
pulls much of this moisture into the CWA indicating a good chance
for some significant rain once again while the ECMWF is a little
more progressive with this activity and pushes the bulk of the
convection southeast of the CWA. Due to inconsistencies with the
extended range, confidence is rather low for the precipitation.
Temperature wise, most of the models are more in agreement keeping
the temperatures near or a little below normal for this time of
year.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Tuesday afternoon)
Issued at 1244 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019

Convection location and timing remain the primary concern
throughout this period. Models continue to struggle with the
unstable, marginally capped and weakly forced environment. At
this time, appears the HRRR and to a lesser extent the NAM have
best handle on ongoing trends. Better moisture is present in
southeast KS, and believe recent shower over Elk county is first
of an expanding cluster of showers/thunderstorm that will move
across southeast KS this afternoon. Suspect rest of the area would
remain dry. While storms are likely on high plains again this
evening, not clear how far east they will make it, with the
northeast quarter of the state more likely to see precipitation
than the southeast quarter overnight. Fairly decent signal for low
potentially MVFR clouds to roll north late tonight, mainly
along/east I-35, as low level moisture surges north.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Wichita-KICT    69  88  67  86 /  40  10  20  30
Hutchinson      69  89  65  86 /  40  10  20  30
Newton          68  88  66  85 /  40  20  20  30
ElDorado        68  87  67  85 /  40  20  20  30
Winfield-KWLD   68  87  67  85 /  30  10  20  30
Russell         65  88  63  87 /  50   0  20  20
Great Bend      66  88  63  86 /  40   0  20  30
Salina          68  89  66  88 /  50  10  30  30
McPherson       68  88  65  86 /  50  10  30  30
Coffeyville     68  87  69  85 /  40  30  10  40
Chanute         68  87  68  86 /  40  40  20  40
Iola            68  86  68  86 /  40  40  20  30
Parsons-KPPF    68  87  69  85 /  40  30  10  40

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

SHORT TERM...EPS
LONG TERM...EPS
AVIATION...PJH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 1:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:45 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
445 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019

KSZ096-100-032245-
Labette KS-Neosho KS-
445 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Northeastern Labette County in southeastern Kansas...
  Neosho County in southeastern Kansas...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 444 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm near Parsons...moving northeast at
  15 mph.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Parsons, Erie, St. Paul, Galesburg, Lake Parsons, Dennis and South
  Mound.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3721 9508 3739 9552 3769 9531 3761 9509
      3739 9509 3738 9508 3735 9507 3722 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 212DEG 15KT 3740 9526

Martin

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.