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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Wichita, KS

May 9, 20234 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2023, 2:22 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 53 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, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2023, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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: 2346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.2

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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 9, 12:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 12:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 11:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1130 AM CDT Tue May 9 2023

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-100945-
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-
1130 AM CDT Tue May 9 2023

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Scattered storms over northern Kansas will develop southward
impacting much of the area this afternoon. The strongest storms may
be capable of producing hail up to tennis ball size and damaging
winds around 80 mph. A brief tornado is also possible. Some of this
activity may linger into the evening hours.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Scattered storms are expected Wednesday night, especially across
eastern Kansas. Severe storms are not expected with this activity.

Storms will be possible late Thursday afternoon into Thursday
evening, especially for locations along and west of Interstate 135.
Severe storms will be possible with this activity.

Periodic hit or miss thunderstorms are possible for Friday night
through Monday. While a few strong storms cannot be ruled out, we
are not looking for organized severe storms through this time
period.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated today or 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, May 9, 12:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 12:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 1:39 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
139 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0125 PM     HAIL             4 NE MILBERGER          38.76N 98.85W
05/09/2023  E1.00 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   PUBLIC

            BRIEF QUARTER SIZED HAIL VIA TWITTER VIDEO.

&&

Local storm report, May 9, 2:06 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
206 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0203 PM     HAIL             7 NW ELLSWORTH          38.81N 98.32W
05/09/2023  M0.75 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

Special weather statement, May 9, 2:17 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
217 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023

KSZ048>051-091945-
Ellsworth KS-Rice KS-McPherson KS-Saline KS-
217 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
McPherson, northeastern Rice, Ellsworth and southwestern Saline
Counties through 245 PM CDT...

At 217 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Kanopolis, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Ellsworth, Kanopolis, Marquette, Geneseo, Brookville, Lorraine,
Frederick, Kanopolis Lake, Kanopolis State Park and Ellsworth
Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for
central Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 9833 3880 9833 3886 9776 3845 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 269DEG 35KT 3866 9820

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

BUTLER

Local storm report, May 9, 2:22 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
222 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 PM     HAIL             7 ENE LORRAINE          38.61N 98.20W
05/09/2023  M1.00 INCH       ELLSWORTH          KS   STORM CHASER

&&

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, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Saline	54 min
May 9, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	28 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

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.