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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Wichita, KS

May 7, 20194 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2019, 12:59 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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: May 7, 2019, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2019, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 61 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, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:03 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
May 6, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 2260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 5.4

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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 May 7, 12:58 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 12:58 AM CDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 6:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 59 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
600 PM CDT Mon May 6 2019

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-072300-
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-
600 PM CDT Mon May 6 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for much of Central, South-Central
and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Severe thunderstorms will develop in Central Kansas along a slow,
southeast-moving cold front. Hail up to around two inches in
diameter, winds up to 70 mph and a few tornadoes are all possible.
The thunderstorms may begin to train over the same areas in central
Kansas for tonight which would likely cause flooding.

Meanwhile, more thunderstorms are expected to develop over western
Kansas and move eastward across central and south central Kansas
later tonight. Flash flooding is possible, especially for areas
that saw heavy rainfall last night and any locations that
experience training thunderstorms. You should refer to the Flash
Flood Watch for further details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms will occur thru late
Wednesday, some of which will likely be strong to severe. There
remains some day to day uncertainty regarding the threat areas and
potential hazards and the magnitude of those hazards, so be sure to
monitor forecasts issued over the 2 days.

In addition to the severe weather threat, areal flooding and
potential flash flooding will continue to be a concern. A Flash
Flood Watch remains in effect until Wednesday evening and should be
referred to for further details.

Throughout the next few days, river flooding is also forecast along
portions of the Cottonwood, Arkansas, and Little Arkansas River.
Record flooding is forecast at Halstead along the Little Arkansas
River. Minor flooding is also likely on the Cow Creek in
Hutchinson. See the latest river forecast warnings for details.

.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, May 6, 11:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1113 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2019

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

1112 PM     HAIL             2 SW CASSODAY           38.01N 96.67W
05/06/2019  E0.88 INCH       BUTLER             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

Local storm report, May 6, 11:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1122 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2019

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

1121 PM     FLOOD            2 SW CASSODAY           38.01N 96.66W
05/06/2019                   BUTLER             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 177 ABOUT 2 MILES
            SOUTHWEST OF CASSODAY.

&&

Local storm report, May 6, 11:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1129 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2019

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

1115 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 N PARSONS TRI CITY AI 37.37N 95.52W
05/06/2019  E70 MPH          LABETTE            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

Local storm report, May 6, 11:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 7, 12:03 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 12:34 AM CDT, 25 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
May 6, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	56 min
May 6, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	64 min
May 6, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	30 min
May 6, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	39 min
May 6, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	43 min
May 6, 7:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	15 hr
May 6, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	36 min
May 6, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion	34 min
May 6, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	33 min
May 6, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion	58 min
May 6, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	21 min
May 6, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	33 min
May 6, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	42 min
May 6, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	62 min
May 6, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	45 min
May 6, 9:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	59 hr
May 6, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	62 min
May 6, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	44 min
May 6, 9:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	71 hr
May 6, 9:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	4 days
May 6, 9:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	35 min
May 6, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	57 min
May 6, 9:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	12 hr
May 6, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase	66 min
May 6, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	62 min
May 6, 10:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	58 hr
May 6, 10:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	3 days
May 6, 10:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	4 days
May 6, 10:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	5 days
May 6, 10:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	6 days
May 6, 10:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	21 hr
May 6, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	29 min
May 6, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	55 min
May 6, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	59 min
May 6, 10:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	6 hr
May 6, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	60 min
May 6, 11:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	9 hr
May 6, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Reno, Rice	67 min
May 6, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	32 min
May 6, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	51 min
May 6, 11:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	34 hr
May 6, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	67 min
May 6, 11:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	39 hr
May 7, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	57 min
May 7, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	62 min
May 7, 1:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	33 min
May 7, 1:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion	8 hr
May 7, 1:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Chase, Sedgwick	34 min
May 7, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Chase	46 min
May 7, 3:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	51 min
May 7, 4:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Elk, Wilson, Woodson	39 min
May 7, 7:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	27 hr
May 7, 7:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	27 min
May 7, 8:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	31 hr
May 7, 8:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	31 hr
May 7, 8:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	24 hr
May 7, 9:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	4 days
May 7, 9:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	71 hr
May 7, 9:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	71 hr
May 7, 1:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	7 hr
May 7, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	36 min
May 7, 2:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	4 days
May 7, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	37 min
May 7, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	28 min
May 7, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	59 min
May 7, 3:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	19 hr
May 7, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	30 min
May 7, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	62 min
May 7, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	25 min
May 7, 4:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	18 hr
May 7, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	55 min
May 7, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick	66 min
May 7, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	55 min
May 7, 5:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	17 hr
May 7, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	54 min
May 7, 5:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	3 hr
May 7, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	66 min
May 7, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2019 Every 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.