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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2024, 6:09 PM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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 15, 2024, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2024, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 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 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 237 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1395 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
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 15, 2:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 2:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 6:08 PM CDT, 1 minute before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 608 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2024 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-162315- 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- 608 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight A heat advisory is in effect for portions of south central and southeast Kansas this afternoon and evening. Heat indices will climb to around 105 degrees. A few severe storms with 60-70 mph winds, hail up to half dollar size, and locally heavy rain are possible this evening across far southern and southeast Kansas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Scattered storms will remain possible on Friday. Some strong to severe storms are possible. Hail up to golfballs and winds up to 70 mph will be possible with the strongest storms. The strongest storms will most likely along and south of a line from Barton, Ellsworth, Saline and Chase counties. Saturday, humidities will be increase and heat indicates in the counties along the Oklahoma State line will climb in to the 103F to 107F range. Periodic storm chances may linger into next week but the probability for widespread severe weather remains low. .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
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 15, 1:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 15, 5:47 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
547 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2024
KSZ092-152315-
Sumner KS-
547 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL SUMNER COUNTY
THROUGH 615 PM CDT...
At 545 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm just
south of the Oklahoma border about 6 miles south of South Haven, or
11 miles east-southeast of Caldwell, moving northeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Caldwell, South Haven, and Hunnewell.
This includes Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 1 and 7.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3703 9762 3711 9733 3700 9723 3700 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 234DEG 6KT 3698 9742
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
DARMOFALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 22 min |
| Aug 14, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Marion | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey, Kingman | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Marion | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 22 min |
| Aug 14, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Greenwood, Sedgwick | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 12:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Greenwood, Sedgwick, Woodson | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 59 min |
| Aug 15, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Woodson | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 6:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 9:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 47 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 28 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.