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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

March 17, 2021Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Mar 17, 2021, 12:12 AM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2021, 12:12 AM CDT (05:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2021, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Sedgwick County, KS

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 16, 7:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 7:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 3:46 PM CDT, 8 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 16, 10:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1021 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

KSZ082-091-170345-
Harper KS-Kingman KS-
1021 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Northwestern Harper County in south central Kansas...
  Southeastern Kingman County in south central Kansas...

* Until 1045 PM CDT.

* At 1018 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles northeast of Attica...moving
  north at 35 mph.

* Hail up to the size of dimes will be possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Harper, Attica, Spivey, Rago and Crystal Springs.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
south central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3725 9801 3725 9825 3751 9825 3750 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 189DEG 29KT 3731 9814

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Special weather statement, Mar 16, 10:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 16, 11:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1111 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

KSZ091-170500-
Harper KS-
1111 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Harper County in south central Kansas...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1110 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles
  southeast of Anthony to 7 miles east of Hazelton...and moving north
  at 40 mph.

* Hail up to the size of nickels...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will
  be possible with these storms.

* Locations impacted include...
  Anthony, Harper, Attica, Bluff City, Danville, Waldron, Freeport,
  Corwin, Runnymede and Crystal Springs.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
south central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3700 9835 3738 9835 3739 9781 3701 9781
      3700 9821
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 180DEG 35KT 3708 9790 3706 9827

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Special weather statement, Mar 16, 11:48 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 16, 11:58 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1158 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

KSZ083-170530-
Sedgwick KS-
1158 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  North central Sedgwick County in south central Kansas...

* Until 1230 AM CDT.

* At 1152 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm over West Wichita, or near Maize...
  moving north at 20 mph.

* Hail up to the size of nickels...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will
  be possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Wichita, Park City, Valley Center, Goddard, Maize, Sedgwick,
  Colwich, Bentley, West Wichita and Eisenhower National Airport.

LAT...LON 3767 9760 3791 9762 3791 9730 3764 9741
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 187DEG 20KT 3773 9748

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Special weather statement, Mar 17, 12:12 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1212 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

KSZ083-092-170545-
Sumner KS-Sedgwick KS-
1212 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Northwestern Sumner County in south central Kansas...
  Southwestern Sedgwick County in south central Kansas...

* Until 1245 AM CDT.

* At 1207 AM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm over Conway Springs...moving north
  at 30 mph.

* Hail up to the size of nickels...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will
  be possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Conway Springs and Viola.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
south central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3736 9756 3736 9776 3759 9780 3759 9753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 181DEG 25KT 3742 9766

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 8:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	47 hr
Mar 16, 10:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	24 min
Mar 16, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	34 min
Mar 16, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	49 min
Mar 16, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	53 min
Mar 16, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	27 min
Mar 16, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	32 min
Mar 17, 12:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	29 min
Mar 17, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	28 min
Mar 17, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	26 min
Mar 17, 12:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	23 min
Mar 17, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	31 min
Mar 17, 12:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	29 min
Mar 17, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	28 min
Mar 17, 1:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	24 min
Mar 17, 1:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	23 min
Mar 17, 1:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	37 min
Mar 17, 2:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	34 min
Mar 17, 2:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	51 min
Mar 17, 3:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	53 min
Mar 17, 4:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	63 min
Mar 17, 8:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	27 hr
Mar 17, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	4 days
Mar 17, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	3 days
Mar 17, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	58 hr
Mar 17, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	39 hr
Mar 17, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	4 days
Mar 17, 11:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	20 hr
Mar 17, 12:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	4 hr
Mar 17, 2:42 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Harvey, Marion and 2 more	12 hr
Mar 17, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	32 min
Mar 17, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	46 min
Mar 17, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	24 min
Mar 17, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Chase, Sedgwick, Sumner	48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.