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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2023, 1:58 AM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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
- Sep 19, 2023, 1:58 AM CDT (06:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2023, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Sep 18, 11:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 11:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Sep 18, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 25 min |
| Sep 18, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 36 min |
| Sep 19, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 37 min |
| Sep 19, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 26 min |
| Sep 19, 7:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 53 min |
| Sep 19, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 35 min |
| Sep 19, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 49 min |
| Sep 19, 9:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 45 min |
| Sep 19, 10:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 41 min |
| Sep 19, 10:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.