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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2020, 3:13 AM CDT for Harper County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 13, 2020, 3:13 AM CDT (08:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2020, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Harper County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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
- 1825 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
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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 13, 2:43 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:43 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 1024 PM CDT Sun Jul 12 2020 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-140330- 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- 1024 PM CDT Sun Jul 12 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight There is a slight chance for thunderstorms late tonight along and west of a line from Russell to Winfield. Strong or severe storms are not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday There will be slight chances for thunderstorms periodically from Monday night through Thursday night. A few strong to marginally severe storms will be possible. Heat indices will hover near 100 degrees across southern Kansas during the afternoon hours on Tuesday. There is a better chance for much of the area experiencing heat indices from 100 to 105 degrees during the afternoon hours on Thursday through Saturday. .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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 12:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 1204 AM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020 KSZ047-130530- Barton KS- 1204 AM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Barton County in central Kansas... * Until 1230 AM CDT. * At 1200 AM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking thunderstorms over southwest Barton county...moving southeast at 45 mph. outflow wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible in vicinity of the storms. * Locations impacted include... Great Bend, Hoisington, Ellinwood, Claflin, Pawnee Rock, Albert, Olmitz, Galatia, Susank, Great Bend Airport, Cheyenne Bottoms and Odin. LAT...LON 3869 9903 3870 9848 3826 9848 3826 9903 TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 312DEG 37KT 3835 9886 DARMOFAL
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
128 AM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020
KSZ067-082-091-130700-
Reno KS-Harper KS-Kingman KS-
128 AM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Significant Weather Advisory for...
Southwestern Reno County in south central Kansas...
Harper County in south central Kansas...
Western Kingman County in south central Kansas...
* Until 200 AM CDT.
* At 125 AM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near
Byers to near Isabel to 5 miles east of Kiowa...and moving east at
40 mph.
wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms and pea
sized hail.
* Locations impacted include...
Kingman, Anthony, Harper, Attica, Cunningham, Turon, Sylvia,
Plevna, Nashville, Willowdale, Zenda, Spivey, Langdon, Cleveland,
Penalosa, Waldron, Corwin, Rago, Crystal Springs and Kingman
Airport.
LAT...LON 3700 9835 3738 9835 3739 9846 3798 9847
3804 9826 3741 9803 3700 9799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 272DEG 31KT 3783 9883 3740 9852 3699 9839
DARMOFALSpecial weather statement, Jul 13, 2:20 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 12:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 1:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 2:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 26 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.