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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Wichita, KS

June 22, 2022Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2022, 6:59 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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: Jun 22, 2022, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2022, 7:28 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1278 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 22, 6:27 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 6:27 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
335 PM CDT Wed Jun 22 2022

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-232045-
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-
335 PM CDT Wed Jun 22 2022

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

.DAY ONE...This Evening and Tonight

Strong to marginally severe storms expected across south central
Kansas. Wind gusts up to 60 mph are the main concern, with dime to
quarter sized hail possible as well. Localized flooding will be
possible due to slow moving storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Thunderstorm chances will continue across the region for Thursday
afternoon and evening. The highest threat will be across central
Kansas. Strong to severe storms will be possible with quarter to
half dollar size hail, wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph. A tornado cannot
be ruled out.

There are additional chances for storms Friday night in north
central Kansas and across the area Saturday through early Sunday.
A few strong storms with wind gusts to 50 mph, small hail and
locally heavy rainfall are possible through this period.

On Friday,afternoon heat indices may climb to 102 to 105. Heat
indices on Saturday are anticipated to be around 100 in portions of
south central and southeast Kansas.

.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, Jun 22, 5:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:01 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:19 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:35 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:39 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:50 PM CDT, 9 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
Jun 21, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	46 min
Jun 21, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	30 min
Jun 21, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	38 min
Jun 21, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler	34 min
Jun 21, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	30 min
Jun 21, 8:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	2 hr
Jun 21, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	48 min
Jun 21, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	31 min
Jun 21, 9:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	37 min
Jun 21, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	36 min
Jun 21, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey	33 min
Jun 22, 12:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	38 min
Jun 22, 5:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	48 min
Jun 22, 6:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	33 min
Jun 22, 7:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	43 min
Jun 22, 7:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	47 min
Jun 22, 8:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	39 min
Jun 22, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	36 min
Jun 22, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	36 min
Jun 22, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	32 min
Jun 22, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	66 min
Jun 22, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	32 min
Jun 22, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	31 min
Jun 22, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman, Sedgwick	35 min
Jun 22, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	57 min
Jun 22, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	64 min
Jun 22, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	25 min
Jun 22, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Harvey	55 min
Jun 22, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	24 min
Jun 22, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	37 min
Jun 22, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	30 min
Jun 22, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	29 min
Jun 22, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	23 min
Jun 22, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	35 min
Jun 22, 6:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	4 hr
Jun 22, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	26 min
Jun 22, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	36 min
Jun 22, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	25 min

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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.