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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Wichita, KS

July 11, 20204 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2020, 5:43 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 62 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 11, 2020, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2020, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 11, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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 10, 6:20 PM CDT, 23 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:20 PM CDT, 23 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 3:24 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryICTButler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Harper, Kingman and 4 more17 hr
Jul 11, 7:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion48 min
Jul 11, 7:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler44 min
Jul 11, 7:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler33 min
Jul 11, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen56 min
Jul 11, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Woodson55 min
Jul 11, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho60 min
Jul 11, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson33 min
Jul 11, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson48 min
Jul 11, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette39 min
Jul 11, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson62 min
Jul 11, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery, Neosho60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.