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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Wichita, KS

May 9, 20235 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2023, 1:21 PM CDT for 5 counties in 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 9, 2023, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2023, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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
May 9, 10:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 8, 3:43 PM CDT, 21 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:43 PM CDT, 21 hours 38 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 9, 2:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	28 min
May 9, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	34 min
May 9, 4:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	23 min
May 9, 4:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	25 min
May 9, 4:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	30 min
May 9, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	32 min
May 9, 4:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	39 min
May 9, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	30 min
May 9, 5:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	35 min
May 9, 5:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	34 min
May 9, 6:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	33 min
May 9, 11:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	53 min
May 9, 11:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Russell	36 min
May 9, 12:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	61 min
May 9, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	28 min
May 9, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	53 min
May 9, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	32 min
May 9, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	69 min
May 9, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	52 min
May 9, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton	78 min
May 9, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	72 min
May 9, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton	51 min
May 9, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Allen, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	93 min
May 9, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	54 min
May 9, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Allen, Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	55 min
May 9, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	28 min
May 9, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery, Neosho	52 min
May 9, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	45 min
May 9, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	58 min
May 9, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	34 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.