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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Wichita, KS

May 15, 2022Greenwood County, Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2022, 1:36 PM CDT for Greenwood County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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: May 15, 2022, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2022, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Greenwood County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 15, 6:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -329 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1238 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.6

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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 May 15, 12:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 12:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 11:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 15, 11:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 12:37 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 12:57 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 1:01 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 1:02 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 1:23 PM CDT, 13 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
May 14, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	45 min
May 14, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	68 min
May 14, 10:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	37 min
May 14, 11:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	24 min
May 15, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	51 min
May 15, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	40 min
May 15, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	38 min
May 15, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	38 min
May 15, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	48 min
May 15, 5:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	46 min
May 15, 6:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Saline	66 min
May 15, 6:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	58 min
May 15, 7:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Marion, Rice	58 min
May 15, 7:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	62 min
May 15, 7:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Marion	63 min
May 15, 7:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, McPherson, Marion	65 min
May 15, 8:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	35 min
May 15, 8:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	33 min
May 15, 8:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood	46 min
May 15, 9:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Woodson	55 min
May 15, 9:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	26 min
May 15, 10:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	44 min
May 15, 10:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	32 min
May 15, 10:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	55 min
May 15, 10:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	32 min
May 15, 11:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	52 min
May 15, 11:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	40 min
May 15, 11:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	24 min
May 15, 11:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	56 min
May 15, 12:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	26 min
May 15, 12:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	53 min
May 15, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Neosho	48 min
May 15, 1:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Woodson	43 min
May 15, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	52 min
May 15, 1:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	46 min
May 15, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	35 min
May 15, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	29 min
May 15, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	27 min
May 15, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	28 min
May 15, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	31 min
May 15, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	28 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.