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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Wichita, KS

August 14, 2024Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2024, 7:33 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Saline 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
Aug 14, 2024, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2024, 7:55 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 14, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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 Aug 14, 6:50 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 6:50 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 3:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 5:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
531 PM CDT Wed Aug 14 2024

KSZ047-050-142300-
Rice KS-Barton KS-
531 PM CDT Wed Aug 14 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN RICE AND SOUTHEASTERN
BARTON COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...

At 531 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles west of Raymond, or 7 miles southeast of Ellinwood, moving
northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Lyons, Chase, Geneseo, Raymond, Frederick, and Silica.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 9834 3852 9802 3819 9840 3824 9847
      3826 9847 3826 9850 3831 9858
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 229DEG 32KT 3828 9848

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

DARMOFAL
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 14, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline29 min
Aug 14, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth38 min
Aug 14, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson24 min
Aug 14, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatICTMcPherson38 min
Aug 14, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatICTMarion52 min
Aug 14, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno50 min
Aug 14, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTChase, Marion32 min
Aug 14, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno38 min
Aug 14, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion40 min
Aug 14, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman30 min
Aug 14, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, Marion31 min
Aug 14, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Marion48 min
Aug 14, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Kingman32 min
Aug 14, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick44 min
Aug 14, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Marion32 min
Aug 14, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTButler, Harvey, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner53 min
Aug 14, 11:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood25 min
Aug 14, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler22 min
Aug 14, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Greenwood, Sedgwick34 min
Aug 15, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Greenwood, Sedgwick, Woodson42 min
Aug 15, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler59 min
Aug 15, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick27 min
Aug 15, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk, Greenwood, Woodson23 min
Aug 15, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood30 min
Aug 15, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood33 min
Aug 15, 4:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson, Woodson27 min
Aug 15, 6:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette37 min
Aug 15, 9:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTReno, Rice47 hr
Aug 15, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner28 min
Aug 15, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.