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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2019, 7:54 PM CDT for Wilson County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2019, 8:38 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 848 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
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, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 644 PM CDT Sun Jul 21 2019 ...Updated for Aviation Discussion... .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 325 PM CDT Sun Jul 21 2019 The main forecast highlight will be chances of thunderstorms this afternoon through tonight, and the last few hours of excessive heat in southeast Kansas late this afternoon. Otherwise, cooler temperatures accompanying a dry pattern will persist throughout the next week. && .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Wednesday night) Issued at 325 PM CDT Sun Jul 21 2019 Early this afternoon, water vapor and visible satellite imagery show a MCV across southern Nebraska/northeast Kansas. A synoptic front that has become mostly stationary during the day today stretches from the Great Lakes region through central Missouri, and into eastern Kansas before turning more southward through south central Kansas and the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas. Visible satellite imagery depicts a band of clouds stretching from northeast Kansas, across Saline, McPherson, Rice, and Reno counties and extending southwest into Oklahoma, which appears to be a remnant outflow boundary. As of 19z, some isolated convection has initiated along this band in northwest Barber County. Over the next several hours, convective development is likely to occur as the cap erodes and CAPE continues to increase. Effective bulk wind difference values are less than stellar for severe storm development, but sufficient buoyancy, initiating boundaries as a focus, and maximized residence time within surface-based effective inflow layer air should be sufficient to produce a few strong to severe storms. These will likely be focused along the main MCV in far northeast Kansas/southeast Nebraska/northwest Missouri, as well as along the main synoptic front and outflow boundary. With storms expected to congeal into clusters and line out, the primary threat with these storms will be straight-line wind, with gusts of around 60mph possible. However, severe hail will be possible in initial, isolated development. The overall tornado threat appears low within the forecast area, but mesoscale boundary interactions that could create temporary windows of locally favorable environmental conditions for tornado development will need to be monitored. Additionally, forecast precipitable water values (2.0-2.25 inches) well above climatology for the time of year suggest that heavy rainfall will be a concern as well, as thunderstorms are expected to be efficient rain makers. Localized flooding will be possible, especially in the usual places and in low-lying areas. As thunderstorms push southeast overnight, a big cool-down is expected behind the cold front as surface flow switches to blow out of the north, allowing early morning low temperatures to drop into the 60s in central and south central Kansas but remain a little warmer in southeast Kansas given the timing of the convection and frontal passage. Regardless, storms should be mostly clear of southeast Kansas by mid-morning tomorrow allowing for clearing skies across the entire area in the afternoon as a ridge builds into the region. Afternoon highs will be much cooler than previous days, reaching only into the low 80s area-wide on Monday. This surface ridge is forecast to remain in place for quite some time, so the remainder of the short term will remain precipitation-free with mostly sunny skies and cooler than normal temperatures but with a slight warming trend each day. .LONG TERM...(Thursday through Sunday) Issued at 325 PM CDT Sun Jul 21 2019 As the previous discussion stated, the remainder of the long term forecast will remain quiet as a high pressure regime dominates the central Plains for much of the rest of the week. The slight warming trend should continue each day through the workweek, with highs reaching back into the 90s next weekend. Little change was made to the previous forecast other than the removal of slight chance pops next weekend in favor of a drier scenario. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Monday evening) Issued at 641 PM CDT Sun Jul 21 2019 Scattered thunderstorms will move southeast across portions of south-central and southeast Kansas this evening, as a cold front oozes south across the region. Included VCTS at ICT and CNU for now, but amendments for TEMPO +TSRA and strong variable winds may eventually be needed. Thinking activity will exit southeast Kansas by 06-08z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Wichita-KICT 69 83 62 83 / 60 10 0 0 Hutchinson 66 82 59 83 / 60 10 0 0 Newton 66 82 60 81 / 90 10 0 0 ElDorado 68 82 61 81 / 70 10 0 0 Winfield-KWLD 70 83 62 83 / 60 20 0 0 Russell 64 82 57 84 / 20 10 0 0 Great Bend 63 82 57 83 / 30 10 0 0 Salina 66 82 59 83 / 80 10 0 0 McPherson 66 81 59 81 / 90 10 0 0 Coffeyville 72 84 63 83 / 70 30 0 0 Chanute 71 82 62 82 / 80 30 0 0 Iola 70 82 62 81 / 90 20 0 0 Parsons-KPPF 71 83 63 82 / 80 30 0 0 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Excessive Heat Warning until 7 PM CDT this evening for KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100. && SYNOPSIS...TAV SHORT TERM...TAV LONG TERM...TAV AVIATION...ADK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 5:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 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, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
650 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0646 PM TSTM WND GST 8 SSW CASSODAY 37.93N 96.69W
07/21/2019 E60 MPH BUTLER KS TRAINED SPOTTER
STRONG WINDS TO 60MPH AND SOME TREE BRANCHES BROKEN
&&
TVAUGHANSpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 7:22 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
722 PM CDT Sun Jul 21 2019
KSZ083-092-220045-
Sumner KS-Sedgwick KS-
722 PM CDT Sun Jul 21 2019
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Significant Weather Advisory for...
Northeastern Sumner County in south central Kansas...
Southeastern Sedgwick County in south central Kansas...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 719 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
tracking a strong thunderstorm over Haysville...moving southeast at
10 mph.
Hail as large as nickels and winds up to 50 mph are possible with
this storm.
* Locations impacted include...
Wichita, Derby, Haysville, Mulvane, Clearwater, Belle Plaine, South
Wichita, Mcconnell Air Force Base, Riverdale, Oaklawn and
Wellington Airport.
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.
&&
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch, number 537, remains in effect until
midnight CDT for south central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3754 9750 3764 9730 3749 9715 3742 9715
3731 9740
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 332DEG 9KT 3753 9736
ESLocal storm report, Jul 21, 7:26 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
726 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0723 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 S ROSALIA 37.73N 96.62W
07/21/2019 BUTLER KS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FOUR INCH TREE LIMB DOWN
&&
TVAUGHANLocal storm report, Jul 21, 7:48 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
748 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0713 PM TSTM WND GST 1 S EL DORADO 37.81N 96.86W
07/21/2019 M61 MPH BUTLER KS PUBLIC
DELAYED REPORT OF MEASURED 61MPH GUST
&&
TVAUGHANLocal storm report, Jul 21, 7:53 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
753 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 PM HAIL 2 W MULVANE 37.48N 97.28W
07/21/2019 M0.75 INCH SEDGWICK KS PUBLIC
PICTURE OF DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR PECK RECEIVED VIA TWITTER
&&
TVAUGHANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 23 min |
| Jul 21, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 39 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.