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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Wichita, KS

May 26, 2024Labette County, Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2024, 1:36 AM CDT for Labette County, Montgomery County, 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 26, 2024, 1:36 AM CDT (06:36 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2024, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Destructive
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

Counties Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 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 25, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 1925 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 10.7

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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 26, 1:23 AM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 1:23 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 3:19 PM CDT, 10 hours 17 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
319 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-262030-
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-
319 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Storms are expected to develop over Western Oklahoma and Western
Kansas late this afternoon or early evening, affecting the area
generally after 6 pm. Very large hail up to baseball size and
damaging winds to 75 mph will be possible with any storm that is
able to develop this evening. The highest tornado potential looks
to be generally along and south of Highway 400 between 6 pm and 10
pm. Additionally, very heavy rain is likely with these storms which
may cause localized flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Scattered storms are expected to return to return to the forecast
for Tuesday night through Friday with at least some strong storms
possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight.

&&

For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=ict

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 1:09 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 1:15 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 1:18 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 1:20 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 1:21 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 1:33 AM CDT, 3 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 25, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper	45 min
May 25, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	30 min
May 25, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	34 min
May 25, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	36 min
May 25, 8:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	106 min
May 25, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	48 min
May 25, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sumner	35 min
May 25, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	21 min
May 25, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	28 min
May 25, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	20 min
May 25, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	22 min
May 25, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	42 min
May 25, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	33 min
May 25, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sumner	40 min
May 25, 11:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Cowley	43 min
May 26, 12:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	56 min
May 26, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Montgomery	37 min
May 26, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	31 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.