Alert archive / Kansas / Special Weather Statements in 2020
Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Mar 11, 2020, 2:08 AM CDT for McPherson County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
- Mar 11, 2020, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2020, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County McPherson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1134 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
645 WWUS83 KICT 110708 SPSICT Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 208 AM CDT Wed Mar 11 2020 KSZ051-052-110800- McPherson KS-Marion KS- 208 AM CDT Wed Mar 11 2020 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... McPherson County in central Kansas... Southwestern Marion County in central Kansas... * Until 300 AM CDT. * At 206 AM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm near Mcpherson...moving east at 45 mph. hail up to the size of dimes will be possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... Mcpherson, Hillsboro, Moundridge, Inman, Galva, Canton, Goessel, Lehigh, Windom, Durham, Mcpherson Airport and Marion Lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Be prepared to take shelter in the event the storms intensify and become severe...or a warning is issued by the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 3849 9711 3818 9715 3817 9792 3843 9792 TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 256DEG 37KT 3831 9770 $$ KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 32 min |
| Mar 11, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 38 min |
| Mar 11, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 51 min |
| Mar 11, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline | 35 min |
| Mar 11, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 54 min |
| Mar 11, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion | 55 min |
| Mar 11, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 49 min |
| Mar 11, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 50 min |
| Mar 11, 3:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk, Wilson | 56 min |
| Mar 11, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 57 min |
| Mar 11, 8:30 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Ellsworth, Greenwood, Harvey and 6 more | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.