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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Wichita, KS

June 26, 2024Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2024, 1:23 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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 26, 2024, 1:23 AM CDT (06:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2024, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Montgomery County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 2024-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3564 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1380 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
6.0

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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 25, 6:37 PM CDT, 6 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 6:37 PM CDT, 6 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 5:28 PM CDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
528 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-262230-
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-
528 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Heat indices will be around 105 to 110 this afternoon and evening.
Refer to the Heat Advisory for details and safety information.

Scattered thunderstorms will continue across south central Kansas
this evening. The strongest storms may produce ping pong ball size
hail, damaging winds up to 70 mph, and heavy rain.

Additional storms are possible across southeast Kansas late tonight
into Wednesday morning. The strongest storms may produce winds up to
70 mph and heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Lingering storms are possible across southeast Kansas early
Wednesday morning.

Periodic chances for thunderstorms are in the forecast late
Wednesday night through Sunday night. Check later forecasts and
outlooks on the potential for severe weather late in the week.

Heat indices between 105 and 111 are possible Friday afternoon
area-wide, then heat indices up to 105 are possible across far
southern Kansas Saturday afternoon.

.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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley13 min
Jun 25, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua29 min
Jun 25, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk40 min
Jun 25, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTMontgomery78 min
Jun 26, 12:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery37 min
Jun 26, 1:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery31 min
Jun 26, 2:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho37 min
Jun 26, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho44 min
Jun 26, 2:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua28 min
Jun 26, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua33 min
Jun 26, 2:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Neosho36 min
Jun 26, 3:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery29 min
Jun 26, 3:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase56 min
Jun 26, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTAllen, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson64 min
Jun 26, 4:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery28 min
Jun 26, 4:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase, Marion32 min
Jun 26, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery47 min
Jun 26, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho15 min
Jun 26, 5:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood, Woodson29 min
Jun 26, 5:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery15 min
Jun 26, 5:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk, Neosho, Wilson39 min
Jun 26, 6:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery29 min
Jun 26, 6:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase36 min
Jun 26, 6:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood38 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.