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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 308, NWS Wichita, KS

August 16, 2019Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2019, 11:44 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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: Aug 16, 2019, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2019, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 16, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 2044 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 Aug 16, 7:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 7:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 10:45 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1045 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-172100-
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-
1045 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to impact portions
of central Kansas after midnight. The main threats will be damaging
straight-line winds to 70 mph and large hail up to golf-ball size.
Locally heavy rainfall could also lead to minor lowland flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Chances for thunderstorms will continue through the weekend with the
best chances along and east of a Salina to Wichita to Arkansas City
line. Strong to severe storms will be possible, mainly across the
Flint Hills into southeast Kansas.

Heat indices will hover around 100 degrees on Saturday afternoon
across much of south central and southeast Kansas. Heat indices will
range from 100 to 105 degrees across south central and southeast
Kansas on Sunday afternoon and across the entire area on Monday and
Tuesday afternoons. A heat advisory will likely be needed for
portions of the area in the Sunday through Tuesday time frame.

Slight chances for thunderstorms will exist across portions of the
area Tuesday night through Friday. While a few strong storms and
some with heavy rainfall will be possible, the risk for organized
severe weather appears low at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is a remote possibility early this evening across
south central Kansas and overnight across central Kansas.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 11:33 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1133 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

KSZ032-170530-
Russell KS-
1133 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Russell County in central Kansas...

* Until 1230 AM CDT.

* At 1132 PM CDT...National Weather Service Doppler radar was
  tracking a strong thunderstorm with locally heavy rainfall 6 miles
  northeast of Emmeram...moving east at 15 mph.

* Hail up to the size of nickels...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will
  be possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Russell, Lucas, Gorham, Luray, Dorrance, Milberger, Bunker Hill,
  Paradise, Waldo, Wilson State Park, Wilson Lake and Russell
  Airport.

LAT...LON 3914 9903 3913 9849 3870 9849 3870 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 254DEG 15KT 3900 9902

METZGER

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 11:35 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1135 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

KSZ091-092-170515-
Harper KS-Sumner KS-
1135 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Southeastern Harper County in south central Kansas...
  Southwestern Sumner County in south central Kansas...

* Until 1215 AM CDT.

* At 1132 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking strong thunderstorm outflow winds in the Anthony area.

wind gusts up to 55 mph will be possible across eastern Harper and
western Sumner counties through midnight.

* Locations impacted include...
  Anthony, Caldwell, Argonia, Milan, Bluff City, Danville and
  Freeport.

LAT...LON 3725 9818 3735 9758 3701 9755 3700 9785
      3700 9805
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 246DEG 42KT 3720 9771

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 11:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	57 min
Aug 16, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	40 min
Aug 16, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln, Saline	39 min
Aug 16, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Woodson	52 min
Aug 17, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	64 min
Aug 17, 12:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	37 min
Aug 17, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Sumner	27 min
Aug 17, 1:15 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	ICT	Sumner	45 min
Aug 17, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	42 min
Aug 17, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	30 min
Aug 17, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	51 min
Aug 17, 2:11 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	49 min
Aug 17, 6:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	37 min
Aug 17, 6:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	37 min
Aug 17, 7:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	28 min
Aug 17, 7:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	30 min
Aug 17, 7:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	28 min
Aug 17, 7:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	37 min
Aug 17, 7:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	42 min
Aug 17, 8:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Labette	27 min
Aug 17, 9:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	35 min
Aug 17, 10:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	36 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.