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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Wichita, KS

July 21, 2019Butler County, Harvey County, Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2019, 5:40 PM CDT for Butler County, Harvey County, Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
Jul 21, 2019, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2019, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 21, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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 Jul 21, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 5:19 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
519 PM CDT Sun Jul 21 2019

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-222230-
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-
519 PM CDT Sun Jul 21 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms will become likely late this afternoon
and evening. While strong thunderstorms are expected over much of
the area, severe thunderstorms will be possible along and north of
a
line from Lincoln to Buhler to Coffeyville. The primary threats
will be 60 mph winds, but quarter sized hail and locally heavy rain
are also possible.

Heat indices around 105 can be expected over southeast Kansas this
afternoon. See the latest Excessive Heat Warning for details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

A few thunderstorms may linger across southeast Kansas early on
Monday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is possible this evening and tonight across
portions of south central and southeast Kansas.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:21 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson24 min
Jul 21, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Greenwood61 min
Jul 21, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.