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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Wichita, KS

June 9, 2024Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2024, 3:30 AM CDT for Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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: Jun 9, 2024, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2024, 4:15 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Allen County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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
Jun 8, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 1985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 4.8

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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 Jun 9, 12:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 12:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 11:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1152 PM CDT Sat Jun 8 2024

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-100500-
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-
1152 PM CDT Sat Jun 8 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will spread east across the
region overnight. Strong to severe thunderstorms are likely,
capable of quarter size hail and 60 to 80 mph straight-line
damaging winds. Pockets of very heavy rainfall and localized
flooding are likely as well. The greatest potential for severe
weather and localized flooding should stay south of I-70.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

A few non-severe thunderstorms could linger into Sunday morning over
southeast Kansas.

Slight chances for off-and-on thunderstorms are possible Tuesday
through the end of the week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed overnight.

&&

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, Jun 9, 2:37 AM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 2:41 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 2:42 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 2:54 AM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 3:23 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 3:29 AM CDT, 1 minute 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
Jun 8, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	55 min
Jun 8, 11:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	44 hr
Jun 9, 12:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	8 hr
Jun 9, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Reno, Rice	67 min
Jun 9, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	49 min
Jun 9, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	58 min
Jun 9, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Chase, Cowley, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick and 1 more	58 min
Jun 9, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	49 min
Jun 9, 8:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	24 hr
Jun 9, 8:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	24 hr
Jun 9, 8:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	24 hr
Jun 9, 8:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	31 hr
Jun 9, 8:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	42 hr
Jun 9, 8:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	62 hr
Jun 9, 8:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	70 hr
Jun 9, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	4 days

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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.