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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 326, NWS Wichita, KS

August 18, 2019Elk County, Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2019, 2:11 AM CDT for Elk County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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 18, 2019, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2019, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 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 17, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 2409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 4.2

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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 Aug 18, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 4:05 PM CDT, 10 hours 6 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
405 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2019

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-182115-
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-
405 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Isolated thunderstorms will remain possible over the Flint Hills and
southeast Kansas through early this evening. The storms are not
expected to be severe.

Isolated storms are also possible across Kingman, Harper and Sumner
counties this evening. If so, these storms will be capable of
damaging down-burst winds and hail.

A better chance for thunderstorms will exist overnight a bit further
north across central Kansas, which may move into parts of southeast
Kansas toward dawn. The main threat will be damaging straight-line
winds to 70 mph and hail up to quarter size.

Locally heavy rainfall and minor lowland flooding is possible with
any storms this evening or tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Chances for thunderstorms will continue on Sunday, mainly along and
east of the Kansas turnpike. Strong to severe storms will be
possible, mainly during the late afternoon and evening.

Heat indices will range from 100 to 104 degrees on Sunday afternoon
across south central and southeast Kansas.

Intense heat is anticipated during the afternoon hours on Monday and
Tuesday with heat indices from 100 to around 108. The highest heat
indices on Monday are expected across south central and southeast
Kansas and generally along and east of a Salina to Wichita line on
Tuesday.

Periodic chances for storms will return from Tuesday night through
Friday with the best chances on Wednesday and Thursday. Strong to
marginally severe storms will be possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is a remote possibility this evening and tonight.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 18, 1:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
108 AM CDT SUN AUG 18 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0104 AM     TSTM WND GST     15 NE EL DORADO         37.97N 96.66W
08/18/2019  E60 MPH          BUTLER             KS   PUBLIC

&&

RBL

Local storm report, Aug 18, 1:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
110 AM CDT SUN AUG 18 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1246 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NE EL DORADO          37.87N 96.81W
08/18/2019                   BUTLER             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREES DOWN ACROSS EL DORADO LAKE.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 18, 1:16 AM CDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
116 AM CDT SUN AUG 18 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0112 AM     TSTM WND GST     8 SSW CASSODAY          37.93N 96.69W
08/18/2019  E70 MPH          BUTLER             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RBL

Local storm report, Aug 18, 1:23 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
123 AM CDT SUN AUG 18 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 AM     TSTM WND GST     3 ESE BEL AIRE          37.75N 97.22W
08/18/2019  M54 MPH          SEDGWICK           KS   ASOS

            ASOS STATION KAAO COLONEL JAMES JABARA
            AIRPORT.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 18, 1:28 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
128 AM CDT SUN AUG 18 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0125 AM     HAIL             3 ENE EL DORADO         37.84N 96.81W
08/18/2019  E1.75 INCH       BUTLER             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT
            EL DORADO LAKE.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 18, 1:39 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
139 AM CDT SUN AUG 18 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N ANDOVER             37.71N 97.14W
08/18/2019                   BUTLER             KS   PUBLIC

            FENCE SNAPPED NEAR 13TH AND ANDOVER RD.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	79 min
Aug 17, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice	80 min
Aug 17, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno, Saline	92 min
Aug 17, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	61 min
Aug 17, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	44 min
Aug 17, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion	68 min
Aug 17, 11:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Russell	9 hr
Aug 17, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	65 min
Aug 18, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno	73 min
Aug 18, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Marion	79 min
Aug 18, 12:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	54 min
Aug 18, 12:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell	9 hr
Aug 18, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	76 min
Aug 18, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood	80 min
Aug 18, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	42 min
Aug 18, 1:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	8 hr
Aug 18, 1:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	6 hr
Aug 18, 2:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	63 min
Aug 18, 3:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	23 min
Aug 18, 3:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	37 min
Aug 18, 4:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	37 min
Aug 18, 4:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	46 min
Aug 18, 5:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	30 min
Aug 18, 6:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	29 min
Aug 18, 7:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	30 min
Aug 18, 3:32 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 18 more	53 hr

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.