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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2019, 10:31 PM CDT for Butler 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2019, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2019, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Butler County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1354 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 2, 9:47 PM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 9:47 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 316 PM CDT Tue Jul 2 2019 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-032030- 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- 316 PM CDT Tue Jul 2 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...This evening and tonight Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are expected across the area. Strong storms will be possible this evening, capable of small hail and down-burst winds to around 55 mph. Slow movement of some storms may also result in localized heavy rainfall and minor lowland flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Periodic chances for thunderstorms will remain in the forecast Wednesday through the upcoming weekend. While the risk for organized severe storms will remain low, strong storms with gusty winds, small hail and locally heavy rainfall will be possible. Heat indices will approach or hover around 100 degrees during the afternoon hours on Thursday and Friday and may persist into Saturday afternoon over far southern Kansas. .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
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 2, 10:31 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 1031 PM CDT Tue Jul 2 2019 KSZ069-030415- Butler KS- 1031 PM CDT Tue Jul 2 2019 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Southern Butler County in south central Kansas... * Until 1115 PM CDT. * At 1029 PM CDT...National Weather Service Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm with locally heavy rainfall near Leon. this storm was nearly stationary. * Hail up to the size of dimes...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... El Dorado, Andover, Augusta, Towanda, Benton, Leon, Rosalia, El Dorado Airport, Augusta Municipal Airport, El Dorado State Park, El Dorado Lake and Santa Fe Lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3755 9711 3779 9711 3788 9661 3754 9659 TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 289DEG 2KT 3772 9687 METZGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 7:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 16 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 8:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 12:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 14 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 24 min |
| Jul 3, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 22 min |
| Jul 3, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 30 min |
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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.