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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Wichita, KS

April 26, 2024Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Elk County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2024, 2:08 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 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
Apr 26, 2024, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2024, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 12:00Z on 2024-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2024-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 573 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-349 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
573 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
572 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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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 Apr 26, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 10:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1048 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-271600-
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-
1048 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A few isolated thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and
evening, primarily along and east of a line from Emporia to Eureka
to Sedan. If storms are able to form, they will be capable of
baseball size hail and damaging winds. A tornado or two cannot be
ruled out as well.

Strong south to southwest winds gusting to 35 to 45 mph will impact
central and eastern Kansas today. The strong winds will fuel very
high grassfire danger this afternoon over central and north-
central Kansas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Severe storms are possible on Saturday. There is also the potential
for localized flooding where training thunderstorms occur.

Thunderstorm chances may linger across far southeast Kansas on
Sunday. Additional storm chances are possible Tuesday and
Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is possible along and east of the Flint Hills
this afternoon and evening, and areawide Saturday afternoon and
night.

&&

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, Apr 26, 12:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1200 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     Rain             2 NNW Parsons           37.37N 95.29W
04/26/2024  M3.80 Inch       Labette            KS   CO-OP Observer

            24 hour total

0700 AM     Rain             1 SW Neodesha           37.42N 95.69W
04/26/2024  M2.20 Inch       Wilson             KS   CO-OP Observer

            In the past 24 hours

0700 AM     Rain             Moran                   37.91N 95.17W
04/26/2024  M2.13 Inch       Allen              KS   CO-OP Observer

            24 hour value

0900 AM     Rain             1 NNE Galesburg         37.49N 95.35W
04/26/2024  M1.89 Inch       Neosho             KS   CO-OP Observer

            In the previous 24 hours

0600 AM     Rain             Erie                    37.57N 95.25W
04/26/2024  M1.68 Inch       Neosho             KS   Cocorahs

            24 hour total

0600 AM     Rain             1 E Iola                37.93N 95.39W
04/26/2024  M1.68 Inch       Allen              KS   Cocorahs

            In the past 24 hours

0700 AM     Rain             1 NE Oswego             37.18N 95.10W
04/26/2024  M1.67 Inch       Labette            KS   CO-OP Observer

            24 hour value

&&
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 2:04 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
204 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

KSZ069-093-094-261930-
Butler KS-Cowley KS-Elk KS-
204 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN ELK...NORTHEASTERN
COWLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM CDT...

At 204 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Grenola, or 16 miles north of Cedar Vale, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Howard, Grenola, and Cambridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3724 9675 3761 9654 3760 9602 3730 9642
      3730 9652 3722 9652 3721 9654
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 222DEG 40KT 3735 9656

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

JAKUB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 12:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Elk31 min
Apr 26, 3:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper29 min
Apr 26, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner41 min
Apr 26, 4:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner28 min
Apr 26, 4:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner17 min
Apr 26, 4:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler28 min
Apr 26, 4:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler34 min
Apr 26, 7:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Neosho29 min
Apr 26, 10:42 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICTAllen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more8 hr
Apr 26, 2:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk26 min
Apr 26, 2:29 PM CDTFlood WatchICTAllen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 11 more53 hr
Apr 26, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson52 min
Apr 26, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WarningICTElk, Greenwood43 min
Apr 26, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk, Wilson36 min
Apr 26, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningICTGreenwood, Wilson, Woodson38 min
Apr 26, 3:33 PM CDTTornado WarningICTElk, Wilson27 min
Apr 26, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningICTWoodson16 min
Apr 26, 3:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTWilson34 min
Apr 26, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningICTWilson28 min
Apr 26, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson34 min
Apr 26, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningICTAllen31 min
Apr 26, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen14 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.