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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS

March 7, 2024McPherson County, Reno County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2024, 6:17 AM CST for McPherson County, Reno County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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: Mar 7, 2024, 6:17 AM CST (12:17 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 2024, 6:45 AM CST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 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 Mar 6, 5:33 PM CST, 12 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 5:33 PM CST, 12 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 3:53 PM CST, 14 hours 24 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
Mar 7, 4:49 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	26 min
Mar 7, 5:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	46 min
Mar 7, 5:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	37 min
Mar 7, 5:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	38 min
Mar 7, 5:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	35 min
Mar 7, 5:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	30 min
Mar 7, 5:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	36 min
Mar 7, 6:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	24 min
Mar 7, 6:13 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	32 min
Mar 7, 6:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	27 min
Mar 7, 7:20 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	25 min
Mar 7, 7:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	44 min
Mar 7, 4:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	27 min
Mar 7, 4:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	24 min
Mar 7, 4:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	32 min
Mar 7, 4:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	30 min
Mar 7, 5:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	33 min
Mar 7, 5:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	35 min
Mar 7, 5:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	44 min
Mar 7, 5:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	25 min
Mar 7, 5:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.