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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Wichita, KS

June 15, 2024Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2024, 4:09 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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 15, 2024, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2024, 4:33 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2024-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2024-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -53 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
111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 15, 2:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • A cluster of showers/storms moving into portions of central and south central KS
  • Additional showers/storms possible this evening into tonight
  • Hot temperatures continue into next week
  • Active weather pattern with multiple rain chances Tuesday through Thursday
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Wichita KS
200 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- A cluster of showers/storms moving into portions of central and
  south central KS

- Additional showers/storms possible this evening into tonight

- Hot temperatures continue into next week

- Active weather pattern with multiple rain chances Tuesday through
  Thursday

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 158 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024

As of 2PM Saturday afternoon, a midlevel shortwave trough was
advancing across western KS. In response to this shortwave, a
cluster of showers and storms has developed across
central/south central KS. At this hour, the cluster extends from
just southwest of Great Bend, southward through Greensburg.
Given the forcing for ascent aloft and minimal inhibition, this
cluster should continue east-northeastward towards the
Interstate 135 corridor. The overall severe weather potential
seems relatively low, although DCAPE values upwards of 1300 J/kg
will support localized gusty winds up to 50 mph. Otherwise,
additional showers and storms are possible this evening into the
overnight with the shortwave trough remaining in the
neighborhood and increasing low-level WAA. Meager deep layer
shear should continue to limit the potential for severe storms.

Transitioning into Sunday and next week, the midlevel ridge axis
will amplify across the eastern CONUS early next week, leaving the
Plains on the western periphery. Temperatures will remain warm with
highs in the mid 90s through Tuesday. A western US trough will pivot
into the central states Tuesday into Wednesday, shunting a cold
front into KS. This should shunt the warmest temperatures into the
MS Valley. In addition, shower and storm chances will return Tuesday
night through Thursday.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/...
Issued at 1230 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024

A upper level wave will move eastward across Kansas today and
will spark off some scattered showers/storms across parts of
central/south central Kansas. Any remaining storms are expected
to diminish shortly after sunset. Meanwhile south winds will
remain gusty across the region until late evening hours.

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

DISCUSSION...BMB
AVIATION...CDJ
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 12:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth24 min
Jun 15, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth27 min
Jun 15, 2:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline33 min
Jun 15, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Reno, Rice61 min
Jun 15, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno53 min
Jun 15, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson53 min
Jun 15, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman37 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2024Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

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.