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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Wichita, KS

July 30, 2020Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2020, 2:13 AM CDT for Ellsworth County, Rice County, 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 30, 2020, 2:13 AM CDT (07:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2020, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 1771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.2

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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 29, 11:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 11:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 7:00 PM CDT, 7 hours 13 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
700 PM CDT Wed Jul 29 2020

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-302145-
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-
700 PM CDT Wed Jul 29 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Scattered thunderstorms will persist into the evening hours across
the Flint Hills and southeast Kansas. Torrential rain will likely
cause temporarily flooding of poor drainage areas.

Storms are expected to increase later this evening and overnight,
moving in from western Kansas. A few strong or marginally severe
storms, with winds to around 60 mph are possible late this evening,
roughly west of a line from Russell to Hutchinson to Anthony. The
biggest threat is localized flooding from torrential rain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

A couple more rounds of thunderstorms are expected through Friday
area wide and lingering into Saturday across southeast Kansas. There
will be a threat for heavy rainfall and localized flooding
with these storms. The heavy rain could lead to rises on some area
rivers and streams. Another round of storms is possible Sunday
across southeast Kansas. These are not expected to be strong or
severe.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight...however rainfall
reports over an inch would be appreciated.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 11:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 12:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:16 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:00 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 2:03 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 2:08 AM CDT, 5 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
Jul 29, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	37 min
Jul 29, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	62 min
Jul 29, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	34 min
Jul 29, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	62 min
Jul 29, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	28 min
Jul 29, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	37 min
Jul 29, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	62 min
Jul 29, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice	56 min
Jul 29, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	63 min
Jul 29, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	35 min
Jul 29, 11:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	24 min
Jul 29, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	30 min
Jul 30, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	26 min
Jul 30, 1:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Russell	44 min
Jul 30, 1:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	65 min
Jul 30, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	45 min
Jul 30, 2:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman, Reno	64 min
Jul 30, 2:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	53 min
Jul 30, 3:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	50 min
Jul 30, 3:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	65 min
Jul 30, 3:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Sumner	51 min
Jul 30, 4:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	38 min
Jul 30, 9:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Barton, Chase, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Marion and 3 more	18 hr
Jul 30, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Cowley	55 min
Jul 30, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	33 min
Jul 30, 6:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	18 hr

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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.