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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Wichita, KS

July 4, 2024Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2024, 1:32 AM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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: Jul 4, 2024, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2024, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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: 84 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.6

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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 Jul 4, 1:08 AM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:08 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 4:01 PM CDT, 9 hours 31 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
401 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2024

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-042115-
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-
401 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to gradually
increase this evening and overnight across central and eastern
Kansas. The strongest activity will be capable of 60 mph winds, pea
to dime size hail, and areas of very heavy rainfall, which may
produce localized flooding. The greatest potential for this
localized flooding will be over southeast Kansas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible Thursday afternoon
and evening, mainly along and southeast of the Kansas Turnpike. A
few of the strongest storms may be capable of large hail and
damaging winds, along with locally heavy rainfall.

Heat indices around 105 degrees are possible Thursday afternoon
across far southern and southeast Kansas.

Chances for showers and thunderstorms increase across the region
Saturday through early Monday. Stay tuned as we refine severe
weather chances.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected 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, Jul 4, 1:17 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 1:19 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 1:22 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 1:23 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 1:24 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 1:31 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
Jul 3, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	63 min
Jul 3, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	54 min
Jul 4, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Saline	54 min
Jul 4, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice	57 min
Jul 4, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	McPherson	60 min
Jul 4, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Marion, Saline	61 min
Jul 4, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	60 min
Jul 4, 3:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	37 min
Jul 4, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson	49 min
Jul 4, 4:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Neosho	43 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.