A man was struck by lightning while he was in a Walmart parking lot.
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A man was struck by lightning while he was in a Walmart parking lot.
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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 28, 5:47 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 647 PM CDT Tue Mar 28 2017 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday night) Issued at 259 PM CDT Tue Mar 28 2017 The slow moving upper level low will move out of New Mexico tonight and into the Southern Plains tomorrow. Low to mid level moisture will be abundant as this system moves through bringing scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms through tomorrow. Moderate to heavy rain will be possible at times. Otherwise mostly cloudy skies will be observed. Given the nature of the convection, widespread flooding appears unlikely, although the threat for localized high water issues will be a threat, along with modest rises in area streams/creeks/rivers. As for temperatures, lows tonight look to range from the mid 40s across central Kansas to upper 50s across far southeast Kansas. Highs tomorrow are anticipated to range from the upper 40s across central Kansas to around 70 degrees across far southeastern Kansas. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Tuesday) Issued at 259 PM CDT Tue Mar 28 2017 The slow moving system will continue to affect the forecast area through at least Thursday morning before exiting the CWA by Thursday night. Cloudy skies are also expected to continue through Thursday morning with decreasing cloudiness from west to east Thursday afternoon into Thursday evening. A short dry period is expected Thursday night through Friday with partly cloudy skies. However, this will be short lived as the next storm system moves into the area Friday night into this weekend. Precipitation chances increase across central Kansas first Friday night then spread across the remainder of eastern Kansas Saturday. This system will also slowly trek eastward but as of now with a more southern track. As for temperatures, highs will start out in the low to mid 50s Thursday, then increase a few degrees each day with highs in the 60s by early next week. Lows will start out in the upper 30s to lower 40s Wednesday night increasing into the mid to upper 40s by early next week. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Wednesday evening) Issued at 639 PM CDT Tue Mar 28 2017 Aviation concerns will be widespread showers and storms along with lower ceilings. Strong upper low is currently lifting out across far west TX with increasing upper diffluence and mid level warm advection resulting in increasing showers and storms across NW OK into Central KS. This trend is expected to continue with areas along and west of I-135 encompassed in showers and storms by 02z. While heavy rain will be the main concern, some small hail also can't be ruled out. The 03z-09z time frame is when we are expected the most robust storms as some elevated instability works into central and south central KS. SE KS should start to get in on the action after 04z with an increase a couple hours prior to sunrise. With convection around, ceilings are expected to bounce around all night with periods of IFR a good bet for areas along and NW of the KS Turnpike. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Wichita-KICT 53 59 44 53 / 90 80 80 30 Hutchinson 50 53 43 52 / 90 90 80 30 Newton 51 57 42 51 / 90 80 80 40 ElDorado 53 63 44 53 / 90 80 80 40 Winfield-KWLD 55 67 46 55 / 90 90 80 30 Russell 44 47 39 53 / 100 90 80 30 Great Bend 46 47 40 52 / 100 90 80 30 Salina 48 49 42 52 / 90 90 80 50 McPherson 48 52 42 51 / 90 90 80 40 Coffeyville 57 70 50 58 / 90 80 80 40 Chanute 54 68 49 57 / 80 80 80 50 Iola 53 67 49 57 / 80 80 80 50 Parsons-KPPF 56 69 50 58 / 90 80 80 40 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...Hovorka_42 LONG TERM...Hovorka_42 AVIATION...RBL
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 404 PM CDT Tue Mar 28 2017 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-292115- 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- 404 PM CDT Tue Mar 28 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Numerous showers and thunderstorms will impact the tonight. Small hail is likely with the storms overnight. There is a threat for quarter sized hail across Southeast Kansas overnight with the strongest storms. Areas of heavy rain are also likely which could result in localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Off and on showers and thunderstorms will continue to impact the region into Thursday night. Pockets of heavy rain and flooding are possible. Additional showers are possible starting Friday night and persisting into the weekend, which would aggravate ongoing flooding, if it occurs. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: http://weather.gov/wichita/hwo/ Howerton
The Wichita radar (KICT), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:30 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
According to Arkansas City Fire and EMS Captain, a man was in the parking lot of a retail store and lightning struck a nearby utility pole. The injured man fell to the ground in pain, was shaking, and had a hard time breathing.
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