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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2020, 1:32 AM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2020, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 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
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, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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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
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 18 min |
| Jul 2, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 61 min |
| Jul 2, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 67 min |
| Jul 3, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 68 min |
| Jul 3, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 44 min |
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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.