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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

April 15, 20234 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 15, 2023, 2:08 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2023, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2023, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
40

Counties Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2023-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 751 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2023-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
751 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

As transmitted.

934 
WWUS83 KICT 150708
SPSICT

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
208 AM CDT Sat Apr 15 2023
 
KSZ053-068>070-083-150815-
Butler KS-Greenwood KS-Harvey KS-Sedgwick KS-Chase KS-
208 AM CDT Sat Apr 15 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of eastern Sedgwick,
southeastern Harvey, Chase, Butler and Greenwood Counties through 315
AM CDT...

At 207 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 14 miles southwest of Olpe to Wichita. Movement
was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch 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...
Wichita, Derby, Newton, El Dorado, Andover, Haysville, Augusta, Park
City, Valley Center, Bel Aire, Rose Hill, Maize, Eureka, North
Newton, Sedgwick, Towanda, Cottonwood Falls, Benton, Whitewater and
Leon.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 0 and 35.
 Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 41 and 116.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3757 9743 3809 9744 3809 9684 3835 9683
      3836 9682 3841 9636 3817 9635 3817 9596
      3761 9596 3761 9652 3760 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 283DEG 33KT 3817 9641 3770 9733 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

CUELLAR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice27 min
Apr 14, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth39 min
Apr 14, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Rice31 min
Apr 14, 7:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth40 min
Apr 14, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice16 min
Apr 14, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth14 min
Apr 14, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln33 min
Apr 14, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice45 min
Apr 14, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno54 min
Apr 14, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno66 min
Apr 14, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline30 min
Apr 14, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno56 min
Apr 14, 9:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson53 min
Apr 14, 9:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, McPherson, Saline55 min
Apr 14, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion64 min
Apr 14, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno62 min
Apr 14, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase59 min
Apr 14, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice52 min
Apr 14, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno52 min
Apr 14, 11:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice50 min
Apr 14, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman43 min
Apr 14, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno, Rice31 min
Apr 15, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson, Marion41 min
Apr 15, 12:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno47 min
Apr 15, 12:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Marion35 min
Apr 15, 1:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Marion65 min
Apr 15, 2:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson65 min
Apr 15, 11:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler41 min
Apr 15, 11:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey37 min
Apr 15, 11:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley47 min
Apr 15, 12:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase43 min
Apr 15, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler26 min
Apr 15, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase26 min
Apr 15, 12:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler35 min
Apr 15, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood25 min
Apr 15, 1:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase23 min
Apr 15, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk32 min
Apr 15, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen27 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.