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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

July 10, 2020Ellsworth County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2020, 2:11 AM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
Jul 10, 2020, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2020, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Ellsworth County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 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 163 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2020-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1142 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2020-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 9, 11:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 11:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 11:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 11:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1136 PM CDT Thu Jul 9 2020

KSZ092-100530-
Sumner KS-
1136 PM CDT Thu Jul 9 2020

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Southeastern Sumner County in south central Kansas...

* Until 1230 AM CDT.

* At 1135 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm near Caldwell...moving east at 25
  mph.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Caldwell, South Haven, Geuda Springs and Hunnewell.

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 3705 9768 3723 9715 3700 9715 3700 9766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 257DEG 20KT 3699 9752

KETCHAM
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:11 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
211 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2020

KSZ032-047-048-100800-
Ellsworth KS-Russell KS-Barton KS-
211 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2020

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Ellsworth County in central Kansas...
  Southern Russell County in central Kansas...
  Northern Barton County in central Kansas...

* Until 300 AM CDT.

* At 210 AM CDT...National Weather Service Doppler radar was tracking
  a strong thunderstorm with locally heavy rainfall near Ellsworth...
  moving east at 40 mph.

* Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Russell, Ellsworth, Hoisington, Wilson, Claflin, Kanopolis,
  Holyrood, Gorham, Bushton, Geneseo, Dorrance, Lorraine, Olmitz,
  Milberger, Bunker Hill, Galatia, Susank, Ellsworth Airport, Russell
  Airport and Kanopolis Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3893 9904 3890 9848 3887 9848 3887 9793
      3852 9793 3851 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 283DEG 35KT 3873 9832

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 10:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper36 min
Jul 9, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper43 min
Jul 9, 11:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner54 min
Jul 10, 2:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice47 min
Jul 10, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Rice47 min
Jul 10, 3:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton47 min
Jul 10, 3:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno49 min
Jul 10, 4:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell45 min
Jul 10, 4:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno, Sedgwick62 min
Jul 10, 4:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton58 min
Jul 10, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey25 min
Jul 10, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton, Ellsworth58 min
Jul 10, 4:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno64 min
Jul 10, 5:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Sedgwick35 min
Jul 10, 5:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman58 min
Jul 10, 5:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton55 min
Jul 10, 5:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick36 min
Jul 10, 5:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper, Sumner64 min
Jul 10, 6:12 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner7 hr
Jul 10, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner47 min
Jul 10, 7:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper43 min

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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.