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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Wichita, KS

July 3, 2020Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2020, 1:07 AM CDT for Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 68 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 3, 2020, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2020, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2020-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2120 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2020-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 3, 12:20 AM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:20 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:52 PM CDT, 9 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
352 PM CDT Thu Jul 2 2020

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-032100-
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-
352 PM CDT Thu Jul 2 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Heat indices range from 100 to around 105 degrees through early
this evening.

There is a chance for thunderstorms this evening and overnight.
Any storms that develop or move into the area this evening, mainly
across far southeast Kansas and areas of central Kansas to the west
of I-135, will be capable of strong to locally damaging wind gusts
of 55 to 65 mph and nickel to quarter sized hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

There will be periodic chances for thunderstorms through the 4th of
July weekend and into early next week. While the risk for organized
and widespread severe storms is low, a few strong to marginally
severe storms with strong winds and hail will be possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight.

&&

For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ict

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1108 PM CDT Thu Jul 2 2020

KSZ050-030515-
Rice KS-
1108 PM CDT Thu Jul 2 2020

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

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

* Until 1215 AM CDT.

* At 1105 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bushton, or 8 miles southeast
  of Claflin...moving southeast at 20 mph.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Lyons, Little River, Chase, Bushton, Geneseo, Alden, Raymond,
  Frederick and Silica.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3852 9792 3834 9793 3818 9847 3852 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 296DEG 19KT 3846 9840

METZGER
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton54 min
Jul 2, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton18 min
Jul 2, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell36 min
Jul 2, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell63 min
Jul 2, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton63 min
Jul 2, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln52 min
Jul 2, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell44 min
Jul 2, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline61 min
Jul 2, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln60 min
Jul 2, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton37 min
Jul 2, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton26 min
Jul 2, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion57 min
Jul 2, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice67 min
Jul 2, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Saline56 min
Jul 2, 11:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno39 min
Jul 3, 12:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey49 min
Jul 3, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson47 min
Jul 3, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman, Reno67 min
Jul 3, 1:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey42 min
Jul 3, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner44 min
Jul 3, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sumner58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.