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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Wichita, KS

July 16, 2023Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2023, 7:59 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 13 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: Jul 16, 2023, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2023, 8:12 PM CDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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
Jul 16, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 2161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.7

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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 Jul 16, 7:09 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 7:09 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 4:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
434 PM CDT Sun Jul 16 2023

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-172145-
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-
434 PM CDT Sun Jul 16 2023

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

.DAY ONE...Evening into Tonight

Scattered thunderstorms will be possible this evening through
tonight along and west of the Kansas Turnpike. A few storms may be
severe. The main impacts with the strongest storms will be hail up to
baseball size and wind gusts of up to 70 mph. Locally heavy
rainfall will also be possible and may result in minor localized
flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

There is a lingering slight chance for thunderstorms in southeast
Kansas Monday morning into the early afternoon. Severe weather is
not anticipated.

Heat indices ranging from 100 to 105 are forecast during the
afternoon hours on Monday areawide, on Wednesday in southern Kansas
and on Thursday in southeast Kansas. The highest heat indices are
expected to occur on Tuesday with values around 105.

There are chances for thunderstorms in north central Kansas on
Tuesday. Additional chances of storms exist for much of the area from
Wednesday through Saturday. There is potential for a few strong to
severe thunderstorms, but widespread severe weather is not expected
with these storms at this time. Locally heavy rainfall will be
possible as well and could result in minor localized flooding
specifically on Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is anticipated today and tonight.

&&

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, Jul 16, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:21 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 7:33 PM CDT, 26 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
Jul 16, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	24 min
Jul 16, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	29 min
Jul 16, 9:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	36 min
Jul 17, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	31 min
Jul 17, 3:56 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 16 more	40 hr
Jul 17, 8:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	30 min
Jul 17, 9:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	23 min
Jul 17, 9:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	35 min
Jul 17, 9:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	27 min
Jul 17, 10:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Marion	60 min
Jul 17, 10:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	29 min
Jul 17, 10:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	56 min
Jul 17, 11:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Cowley	35 min
Jul 17, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Chautauqua	47 min
Jul 17, 11:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	50 min
Jul 17, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	47 min
Jul 17, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	35 min
Jul 17, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery	55 min
Jul 17, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	37 min
Jul 17, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	32 min

Nearby

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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.