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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Wichita, KS

April 27, 2024Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2024, 11:47 AM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner 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: Apr 27, 2024, 11:47 AM CDT (16:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2024, 12:45 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 225 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: 2248 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.2
Supercell composite: 11.5

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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 27, 6:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 6:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 3:23 AM CDT, 8 hours 24 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
323 AM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-280830-
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-
323 AM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Severe thunderstorms are expected, mainly this afternoon and
evening. All hazards are possible, including large hail up to
baseball size, damaging wind gusts to 75 mph and tornadoes.
The severe risk will transition into mainly a heavy rain threat
later tonight across the Flint Hills and southeast Kansas where
lowland flooding is possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

A slight risk for severe storms will continue for southeast Kansas
on Sunday with a continued risk for heavy rainfall and flooding.

There will be more chances for thunderstorms across much of the area
from late Tuesday through Thursday night. The risk for organized
severe storms appears low at this time for the mid-week periods.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is possible this afternoon and evening.

&&

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 27, 7:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 7:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 8:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes 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
Apr 27, 12:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sumner	62 min
Apr 27, 12:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	49 min
Apr 27, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood	43 min
Apr 27, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	14 min
Apr 27, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Sumner	57 min
Apr 27, 2:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	38 min
Apr 27, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	66 min
Apr 27, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	30 min
Apr 27, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	56 min
Apr 27, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	25 min
Apr 27, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Cowley	35 min
Apr 27, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	31 min
Apr 27, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	40 min
Apr 27, 3:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	40 min
Apr 27, 3:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	48 min
Apr 27, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	24 min
Apr 27, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	31 min
Apr 27, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	45 min
Apr 27, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	56 min
Apr 27, 4:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Cowley	18 min
Apr 27, 4:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Elk	61 min
Apr 27, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	45 min
Apr 27, 4:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	21 min
Apr 27, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	53 min
Apr 27, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Elk	36 min
Apr 27, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	48 min
Apr 27, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	47 min
Apr 27, 5:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	4 hr
Apr 27, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	53 min
Apr 27, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Elk	12 min
Apr 27, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Wilson	28 min
Apr 27, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	56 min
Apr 27, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	32 min
Apr 27, 5:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	6 hr
Apr 27, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	47 min
Apr 27, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Chautauqua	38 min
Apr 27, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	20 min
Apr 27, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	51 min
Apr 27, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	32 min
Apr 27, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Montgomery	30 min
Apr 27, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	55 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.