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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2023, 4:25 AM CDT for Harper County, Kingman County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 80 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
- Aug 5, 2023, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2023, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 80 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1012 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Aug 5, 2:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 836 PM CDT Fri Aug 4 2023 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-052115- 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- 836 PM CDT Fri Aug 4 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Thunderstorms are possible this evening and overnight with the best chances along the Oklahoma border. The strongest storms will be capable of wind gusts up to 60 mph and nickel size hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Heat indices of 100 to 105 will be possible across southern Kansas on Saturday afternoon. Another round of strong to severe storms will arrive late Saturday to much of the area. Locally heavy rain and damaging winds appear to the be the main threats at this time. Hit or miss showers and storms may linger across the area into early next week. .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, Aug 5, 3:39 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 4:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho, Wilson | 9 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 5:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 6:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 68 min |
| Aug 5, 6:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 69 min |
| Aug 5, 7:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk, Wilson | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 40 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.