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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Wichita, KS

June 9, 20195 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2019, 3:29 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 9, 2019, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2019, 4:15 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 8, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 2096 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 271 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 14.6

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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 9, 3:09 AM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 3:09 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 3:46 PM CDT, 11 hours 43 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
346 PM CDT Sat Jun 8 2019

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-092100-
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-
346 PM CDT Sat Jun 8 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Thunderstorms will develop across the High Plains of western Kansas
this evening, eventually moving east and then southeast, and then
potentially impacting central Kansas around midnight and portions of
south central Kansas before dawn. The primary threats will be
strong wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph and hail from dime to quarter
size. The greatest risk looks to reside across central Kansas,
mainly along and west of highway K-14.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Widely scattered to isolated thunderstorms may linger on Sunday,
especially in the morning. A few strong storms and some with
locally heavy rainfall will be possible, mainly west of I-135.

There is a chance of thunderstorms late Tuesday afternoon through
Tuesday night and then again Thursday night through Friday night.
The risk for organized severe weather appears low for now, though a
few strong storms will be possible.

.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

Local storm report, Jun 9, 2:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 2:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:32 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:17 AM CDT, 12 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
Jun 9, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell	89 min
Jun 9, 2:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	43 min
Jun 9, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice, Saline	45 min
Jun 9, 3:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln, Saline	43 min
Jun 9, 4:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Marion, Sumner	30 min
Jun 9, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	15 min
Jun 9, 5:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	25 min

Nearby

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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.