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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2022, 9:36 PM CDT for Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2022, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2022, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butler County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 9:37 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 Ese East Wichita, KS | DELAYED REPORT. |
| Apr 29, 9:48 PM CDT | HAIL 0.7 | Derby, KS | |
| Apr 29, 9:48 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nne Derby, KS | DELAYED REPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 14.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KICT 300236
SVRICT
KSC015-173-300330-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0041.220430T0236Z-220430T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
936 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Sedgwick County in south central Kansas...
Butler County in south central Kansas...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 936 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near East Wichita,
or near Andover, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Wichita, Derby, El Dorado, Andover, Haysville, Augusta, Bel Aire,
Rose Hill, Towanda, Benton, Leon, Eastborough, Latham, East
Wichita, Northeast Wichita, Mcconnell Air Force Base, South
Wichita, Santa Fe Lake, El Dorado State Park and Augusta Municipal
Airport.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 0 and 8.
Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 38 and 80.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central
Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3754 9739 3774 9731 3797 9666 3751 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 264DEG 24KT 3766 9721
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
CUELLAR2 follow-up statements
487
WWUS53 KICT 300249
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
949 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022
KSC015-173-300330-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-220430T0330Z/
Sedgwick KS-Butler KS-
949 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK AND SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTIES...
At 949 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Andover, moving
east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Wichita, Derby, El Dorado, Andover, Haysville, Augusta, Rose Hill,
Towanda, Leon, Latham, Mcconnell Air Force Base, Santa Fe Lake, El
Dorado State Park, Augusta Municipal Airport, El Dorado Airport, El
Dorado Lake and Oaklawn.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3754 9735 3772 9721 3791 9665 3751 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 264DEG 24KT 3767 9710
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
CUELLAR911
WWUS53 KICT 300304
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1004 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022
KSC015-173-300330-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-220430T0330Z/
Sedgwick KS-Butler KS-
1004 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK AND SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTIES...
At 1003 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Augusta,
moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Derby, Andover, Augusta, Rose Hill, Leon, Latham, Augusta Municipal
Airport, El Dorado Airport and Santa Fe Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3754 9729 3763 9716 3770 9714 3781 9664
3751 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 264DEG 24KT 3768 9698
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
CUELLARWhat 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 Apr 29, 6:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 612 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Monday night) Issued at 256 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022 Convective trends/severe mode the main concern/challenge this evening. Little change from previous thinking/discussions, as warm sector continues to destabilize with dry-line (DL) at 19z starting to mix eastward from GBD to just east of PTT/P28 line. So, expect the DL focus to be situated just west of the I-135 corridor in the 21z-00z time frame where 2500-3000 j/kg MLCape should reside with weakening inhibition. IF DL convection can develop, then very favorable bulk shear of 45-50 kts normal to the DL, around 100 j/kg 0-3km Cape and increasing low level helicity with backing near surface flow toward around 00z will support supercells with potential for significant large hail and tornadoes across south central Kansas into the Flint Hills through early this evening. Otherwise, there remains rather high confidence in quasi-linear strong to severe convection as the cold front merges with the DL late this evening/tonight as it progresses eastward from the I- 135 corridor across the Flint Hills into southeast Kansas. This will pose mainly a damaging wind threat with some potential for marginally large hail early on. A drier and cooler regime will follow on Saturday as the upper low deepens over the Upper Midwest. Some diurnally enhanced stratocu could drift over portions of central and eastern Kansas with gusty northwest winds diminishing late in the day. Dry weather expected on Sunday with return southerly flow and mild/near seasonal temperatures. Sunday night-Monday: Strong low level moisture transport Sunday night may result in moderate instability with sufficient cloud bearing shear for strong storms with potential MCS moving across southern Kansas. Then on Monday the warm front will bow northward putting at least portions of southern and eastern Kansas in the very moist unstable warm sector ahead of another vigorous upper trof moving into the central Plains. Of course the NAM is more bullish with the Sunday night-Monday scenario over the GFS. Nonetheless, another dry-line/cold frontal merger scenario looks to evolve along/east of I- 135 in the late afternoon/evening with higher probability of severe wind/squall line, though conditional chances again for somewhat more isolated storms/supercells across far southern Kansas or more probable northern Oklahoma at the moment. Darmofal .LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Friday) Issued at 256 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022 A more typical active Spring-time pattern will prevail next week. Another upper low will be somewhat slower to progress eastward from the western conus into the Plains Wednesday into Thursday. The medium range ensemble members show some variance late in the week, so confidence is lower especially on PoP trends. KED && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Saturday evening) Issued at 612 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022 Isolated strong/severe convection is possible until mid-evening along a dry-line. Otherwise, stronger forcing along an eastward advancing cold front is expected to result in a line of storms later this evening/overnight from central into eastern Kansas. While mainly VFR cigs, brief MVFR cigs/vsbys and locally strong downburst winds are possible in and near convection. Gusty northwest winds are expected behind the front on Saturday. KED && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 256 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022 Gusty northwest winds on Saturday will result in very high grassland fire danger from late morning through the afternoon across portions of central Kansas, mainly west of highway 14. Otherwise, fire weather concerns are expected to be low to moderate Sunday into next week with periodic chances for widespread wetting rains. KED && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Wichita-KICT 52 74 46 75 / 60 0 0 0 Hutchinson 51 73 44 74 / 30 0 0 10 Newton 51 72 45 74 / 60 0 0 0 ElDorado 51 73 46 74 / 70 0 0 0 Winfield-KWLD 51 75 46 76 / 60 0 0 0 Russell 48 71 42 74 / 30 10 0 10 Great Bend 49 72 42 74 / 20 0 0 10 Salina 51 72 44 74 / 40 10 0 10 McPherson 50 72 44 73 / 40 0 0 10 Coffeyville 55 75 48 76 / 80 10 0 0 Chanute 54 73 47 75 / 70 10 0 0 Iola 54 72 47 73 / 70 10 0 0 Parsons-KPPF 55 74 47 75 / 80 10 0 0 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 10 PM CDT this evening for KSZ049-051>053- 067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100. && SHORT TERM...KED LONG TERM...KED AVIATION...KED FIRE WEATHER...KED
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 3:28 PM CDT, 6 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 328 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-302030- 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- 328 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight There is a chance for significant supercell thunderstorms late this afternoon and early evening across portions of central and south central Kansas into the Flint Hills. If storms form just ahead of a dry-line front, they will be capable of producing baseball size hail, damaging winds in excess of 70 mph and tornadoes. Thunderstorms will become likely along a cold front this evening which will overtake the dry-line as it moves from central and south central Kansas into southeast Kansas tonight. This line of storms will be capable of mainly quarter size hail and damaging winds to 65 mph until about 2 am. Very high grassland fire danger is expected late this afternoon and early evening behind the the dry-line, mainly along and west of I-135. Strong south to southwest winds will continue as well along and ahead of the dry-line into the evening. Refer to the Wind Advisory for details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Very high grassland fire danger is expected Saturday from late morning through the afternoon across portions of central Kansas, mainly along and west of highway 14. There is a good chance for thunderstorms Sunday night through Monday night. Some of these storms could be strong to severe. Periodic chances for storms will exist Wednesday into Thursday with some potential for at least strong to marginally severe storms. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Storm spotters may be needed late this afternoon and evening. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ict
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 29, 9:02 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
902 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0901 PM TSTM WND GST EAST WICHITA 37.68N 97.26W
04/29/2022 M70 MPH SEDGWICK KS PUBLIC
PUBLIC CITIZEN REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF 65 TO
70 MPH IN EASTBOROUGH NEAR THE WSU CAMPUS.
&&Local storm report, Apr 29, 9:03 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
903 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0901 PM HAIL 2 W ROSALIA 37.82N 96.66W
04/29/2022 E1.75 INCH BUTLER KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
KEVIN.DARMOFALLocal storm report, Apr 29, 9:20 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
920 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0919 PM HAIL WICHITA EISENHOWER NATI 37.66N 97.44W
04/29/2022 E1.00 INCH SEDGWICK KS OFFICIAL NWS OBS
WIND DRIVEN HAIL AT NWS OFFICE.
&&
KEVIN.DARMOFALLocal storm report, Apr 29, 9:29 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
929 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0927 PM TORNADO 2 N ROSALIA 37.85N 96.62W
04/29/2022 BUTLER KS TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTS OF MULTI-VORTEX, WEDGE.
&&
KEVIN.DARMOFALLocal storm report, Apr 29, 9:31 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
931 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0929 PM HAIL EAST WICHITA 37.68N 97.26W
04/29/2022 E1.00 INCH SEDGWICK KS PUBLIC
WIND DRIVEN HAIL.
&&
KEVIN.DARMOFALLocal storm report, Apr 29, 9:35 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
935 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0933 PM HAIL 2 S EAST WICHITA 37.66N 97.26W
04/29/2022 E2.00 INCH SEDGWICK KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
KEVIN.DARMOFALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick | 14 min |
| Apr 29, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Marion | 16 min |
| Apr 29, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 8:04 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Reno, Rice and 2 more | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Marion | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 18 min |
| Apr 29, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Sumner | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Wilson, Woodson | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Sumner | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 82 min |
| Apr 30, 2:42 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Chase, Ellsworth, Harvey, Lincoln, McPherson and 5 more | 16 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.